Week 1 Agenda Wednesday 5:30-8:15
5:30-6:00
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Introductions: Two Truths and A Lie
Icebreaker
1.
Who are you?
2.
Why are you
taking this class-what does your ideal teaching job look like?
3.
Tell us
something interesting or special about you that we will not forget. Do it with 2 Truths and A Lie!
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6:00-6:30
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KWL about Literacy/Reading
What is Reading?
Poem “First Reader”
9th grade Passages-Group
Activity
What is Literacy/Types of Literacy |
6:30-7:00
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Course Tour in Blackboard
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7:00-7:15
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Content Area Literacy Project
Description
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Part 1 :
Classroom Observations
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Part 2: One on
One Tutoring of a Selected Student
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Part 3: Content
Area Literacy Report (Live Text Submission)
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Rubrics for
each section
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7:15-7:45
| Your "Personal" Literacy History/Background |
7:45-8:00
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Common Core Discussion
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Background of
Previous Standards vs. CC Standards
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Webb’s Depth of
Knowledge Levels
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Essay Prompt
Examples
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8:00-8:20
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Reading Instruction in Different
Content Areas video (4 mins)
David Coleman "Bringing the Common Core to Life" video (12:45 mins) |
8:20-8:25
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Review of Assignments that are due
next Tuesday at midnight
1. Readings (do all readings in this section)
2. Reader Response Journal-write a Journal response to Chapter 1 in Content Area Literacy.
3. Discussion Board
(First response is due Sunday night at midnight and second response to one other classmate for each thread is due Tuesday night at midnight)
4. Preparation for Tutorial Project: Review Requirements for Content Area Literacy Tutoring Project and Locate Class for Observation. Set it up this week. Do not delay. I want to know who you are tutoring, what school, what times etc. by next week. This is you most important assignment this week! |
8:25-8:30
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Complete KWL and collect
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K
What I already Know about Reading and Literacy
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W
What I want to Know about Reading and Literacy
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L
What I Learned about Reading and
Literacy
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3.
4.
5.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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What is Reading?
Reading
Is Not:
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Reading
Is:
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What is Literacy?
lit·er·a·cy [lit-er-uh-see]
noun
1.
the quality or state of being literate,
especially the ability to read and write.
2.
possession of education: to question someone's literacy.
3.
a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field: to acquire computer
literacy.
What types of Literacy exist?
From Literacy with An Attitude by Patrick J Finn
“If powerful literacy is not the
typical literacy of your discourse community, and if you are not taught
powerful literacy, you’re not likely to acquire it.” Page 126
Level 9 Passage Questions
1. What is this passage mostly about?
2. When did the first schools start for
veterinarians?
3. What type of animals were treated during
that time?
4. What were the reasons veterinarians began to
set up small-animal practices?
Non
Common Core Essay prompt:
Odysseus from the epic poem The Odyssey is considered to be a classic epic hero.
In a 5-paragraph essay, analyze his character,
describing both his heroic attributes and
his flaws. Choose 3 of his
distinct character traits and include examples and evidence from the story that
demonstrate each trait.
Common core essay prompt
for The Odyssey:
In this
unit, you have done a critical reading of the five sources about heroism that
we covered in class and an in depth reading and analysis of The Odyssey.
Prove that
Odysseus displays the qualities of a true epic hero in Homer’s The Odyssey. Use at least three sources from the five that
have been provided for you to prove your thesis. It will be through your examination and
evaluation of the documents that you will assert a developed interpretation of
the qualities of a true epic hero.
Finn’s Levels of Literacy pg. 126
Performative
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Functional
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Informational
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Powerful
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