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What I Learned In Literacy Class
A peek into the notebook of
Kate Rogers
Literacy Seminar
Union Graduate College
Profs.Carol Reynolds & Bill Wojcik
Winter, 2006
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The Importance of Strong Literacy Skills
Even struggling students
can achieve mastery
There are many ways you
can help students learn
Expect great things even
from students who find
reading difficult
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Literacy Education is More
Important Than Ever National literacy rates
have been declining
Nearly half of all
Americans exhibit
limited literacy skills
that are considered“basic” or “below
basic”
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Critical Language Skills Are
Acquired Young
Literacy education
begins before school
Highly literate parents provide richer
language experiences
for their children
These childrengenerally have greater
academic success
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Students Enjoy Being Read To
The novelty never
fades even for older
students & adults
It’s a great technique
for capturing interest
Facilitates content
understanding,especially for
struggling readers
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Disposition and Attitude are
Important Aspects of Literacy
Reading is more than
decoding
Individualcharacteristics can
either impede or
support academic
success and learningoutcomes
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Vocabulary and Domain Knowledge
are Critical Components of ReadingComprehensionMother Superior calls all the
nuns together and says, "I
must tell you something. Wehave a case of gonorrhea.”
A nun in the back of the room
says, "Thank, God. I am so
tired of the Zinfandel."
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Reading Needs to be Relevant
Teachers should try to
reach students in familiar
territory
Provide material thatconnects with students’
experiences
This deepens
comprehension byconnecting content to
prior knowledge
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Literacy Across the Curriculum
Literacy instruction
should be
comprehensive across
the curriculum.
Not limited to English
Language Arts
All academic subjectsshould be concerned
with literacy
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Expressive Writing
Exploratory
Tool for discovery
Relaxed & intimateWritten for self
Personalizes
knowledge
Assists learning
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Transactional Writing
Explanatory
Formal & impersonal
For an audience Instrument for reporting
content mastery
Is easiest when
supported by expressivewriting
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Television and Modern Culture
Children today watch
more TV than ever
It’s influence is pervasive
Watching lots of TV
doesn’t necessarily
mean that theyunderstand everything
they see
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Modern Times
Call for Modern ReadersWe need to develop
different reading
strategies
Reading and writing is
now a multimedia
experience
New skills are neededto process information
in new formats
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Computers Have Changed the
Way We Communicate
Instant Messages
Chat rooms
Blogs
Personal websites
Online journalsMySpace.com
Strong, swift readingfluency is required to
keep up with it all.
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We Use Text in New Ways
How to Describe an Arse in a
Chat Room:(_!_) A Regular Arse
(__!__) A Fat Arse(!) A Tight Arse
(_._) A Flat Arse
{_!_} A Swishy Arse
(_$_) This Arse Will Cost You
(X) Kiss My Arse(O^^O) A Wise Arse
Reading Fluency Now Involves Learning to
Read in New Ways
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Reading Images
Teaching students to read
images involves
developing the same
critical thinking skillsneeded to interpret text
Stress Test: Here is a picture of two
dolphins. If you can see both dolphins,your stress level is within the acceptable
range. If you see anything other than two
dolphins, your stress level is too high and
you need to go home and rest.
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The New Multi-Media Literacy
Key skills:
Reading
ListeningViewing
Interacting
Interpreting
Evaluating
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Media Literacy
Teaching students to be intelligent media
consumers has broad implications for their
future success and happiness
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Media Fluency
Students are
immersed in the
consumer culture
Media Literacyeducation develops
the critical thinking
skills needed to
make sense of media
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Internet Plagiarism
The internet makes it
easy to find information
Research is easier than
ever to plagiarize
A great option for a
transactional assignment
is to have students
narrate the research process
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Schools Ask More of Students
Than Ever Before
Higher standards
Fewer ResourcesHigh-Stakes
Testing
Good thing they still
have us, eh?
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Standardized Testing
NCLB has increased
the scope of testing
significantly
Controversy over the
value of the results
Fears of weakening
curriculum by“teaching to the test”
It’s here to stay
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Testing Pressures
Schools are under more
pressure than ever to
show annual
improvement based onstandardized test scores
“Just Relax and Do Your
Best...” I learned that
kids don’t really fall for
this line.
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Literacy Education Develops
Thinking Skills
And Thinking is Good