literacy for a lifetime

Literacy for a Lifetime

Mrs. Juliet GreenLiteracy Resource Teacher (LRT)

Palmer High School

My Journey to Palmer High School

Collegiate Fanatics . . .UCLA USC = Falcon or Tiger Fans

GREEN Family . . . Life Outside PHS & Rm. 237!

Quotes from PHS Students/Staff!

Just What is Literacy?Being able to succeedLearning how to learn infoEnglish of something . . .Writing?Understanding what words meanThe ability to read and writeThe art of languageReading something and knowing what it meansLanguage for lifeMaking meaning of/from wordsNOT LIT ! ! ! !

Five P’s for Literacy (& puppies too!)

Purpose :No accidents! Literacy is purposeful and constant across contents

Prepare: Determine students’ personalities and work with their strengths

Plan: Establish a literacy schedule that complements your coursework

Practice: Set a schedule and be faithful and diligent

Perform: Do all of the above to help students succeed!

Wikipedia Definition

Literacy is the ability to read, write, listen and comprehend, and speak a language.[1] In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication or at a level that lets one understand and communicate abstract ideas.

Literature . . .

Visual Thesaurus

Literature & Literacy are NOT Identical Twins !

Although they may look alike

Often our students don’t know the power they have as readers and the possibilities that books provide.

. . . language arts and reading teachers need content-area teachers to show students how to read and write like a scientist, historian, or mathematician. All teachers in all subject areas share the responsibility for literacy development in high school. Today, more and more content-area teachers recognize this responsibility and are incorporating content literacy into their teaching through a variety of instructional strategies

-Richard Vacca

Literacy–noun 1. the quality or state of being literate, esp. the ability to read and write. 2. possession of education. 3. a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field:

The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.

Nobody should be excused from effectively educating the youth of America

Teachers, Parents, Schools = All Adults

Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids.

Actual notes written by parents . . .Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre, dyrea, direathe), the shits. [Words in ( )'s were crossed out].

Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well

My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.

Literacy for Lunch . . .*FREE lunch!

*Participation = Credit!

*~1 X= per month

*New & Venerable Teachers Alike!

*Cris Tovani’s I Read It But I Don’t Get It