New York City July 17-18, 2012	Boston August 6-9, 2012	Baltimore August 13-16, 2012
Binder Contents	Scandinavians Seek Land, Students Seek Meaning (Catherine Snow)	Academically Productive Talk: Discussion within Word Generation (Cathy O'Connor)
Handouts	Word Generation Scope and Sequence (Erin Ruegg)	Teaching Perspective Taking Using the Word Generation Curriculum (Beverly Brembt)
Talk Move Map: 81/2 x 11 or 11 x 17	Developing Vocabulary for All Students: Learning the Target Words (Heidi Ames)	Presentation to 7th Grade Science Teachers (Matt Ellinger)
Corrected Conflict Graph Solution	Word Generation & the Common Core: Charting the Shift (Carol Mahedy)	Using Group Talk to Help Students Dig Into Complex Text (Erin Ruegg and Cathy O'Connor)
Math and Science Words Bolded: Series 1, Series 2, Series 3	Perspective Taking Skills: What they are, how they are promoted, and how they are assessed (Robert L. Selman, Silvia Diazgranados, and Michelle Dionn
Presentation: Internal Coherence Overview (Michelle Forman)	Presentation to 7th Grade Science Teachers (Matt Ellinger)
Presentation: Peer Observation (Michelle Forman)	Teaching Perspective Taking Using the Word Generation Curriculum (Beverly Brembt)
Presentation: Effective Teams (Michelle Forman)
Presentation: Common Core and WG (Catherine Snow)
Differentiated Discussion Frames for ELs (Patrick Hurley)
Presentation: Academic Language (Catherine Snow)

Materials/presentations from the 2011 Summer Institute, Boston

Lowry Hemphill

• The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy

Patrick Hurley

• Strategies for English language learners: Explicit academic vocabulary instruction and academic discussions

Cathy O'Connor

• Quick Reference: Tools to Support Discussion
• Academically Productive Talk: Supporting Student Learning with Discussion and Accountable Talk

Emily Phillips-Galloway

• Academic Language Assessement

Catherine Snow

• SERP, Word Generation, STARI, and CCDD: An introduction
• RISE Reading Assessment - Its origins and uses

Zak Stein

• Introducing Discotests

 

 

 

Materials/presentations from the 2010 Summer Institute

Developing Academic Language across the Content Areas: Word Generation (Snow & White)

Academic Language and Promoting Productive Discussion (O'Connor & Ford-Connors)

The Effects Of Background Information And Debate On Persuasive Writing: A Pilot Study using the Word Generation curriculum (Jennifer Rabold)

Internal Coherence: Implications for the Implementation of Word Generation (Richard Elmore)

Documents presented by Deirdre Tarpey: Goals | Team Plan | Meeting Sheets | Record Sheet | Wrap-up

An Exploration of Relevance & Depth in Teachers' Team Conversations (Susan F. Henry)

Materials/presentations from the 2009 Summer Institute

Struggling Adolescent Readers and Vocabulary 
Development across the Content Areas: “Word Generation”
View Dr. White's Slides (.pdf)

Vocabulary Development Made Visible: Classroom Talk and Writing Outcomes 
View White/Snow Slides (.pdf)

Accountable Talk
View O'Connor/Ford-Connor Slides (.pdf)

Internal Coherence
View Dr. Elmore's Slides (.pdf)