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Literacy

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Literacy

Prior Understanding
- = Cursory/Not informed
  - Ability to read and write/comprehend in target language
    - Literacy is...
      - E.g. National Literacy Rate % = Reflection of progress
        e.g. Canada = 99% Literacy Rate
        https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CAN/canada/literacy-rate#:~:text=Adult%20literacy%20rate%20is%20the,a%200%25%20increase%20from%202015.
        VS.
        Are literacy rates even defined/measured the same way?
        Pakistan = 56% Literacy Rate
        https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405883116300247#:~:text=Introduction,both%20rural%20and%20urban%20areas.
      - Economic Indicator?
      - Social development Indicator?
      - Development Sector "Buzz Word"
        UN
        World Bank
End of course understanding
- ...in Progress
Start of Course Understanding
- Week 1
  - Academic Investigation of Literacy
    - Assessment strategies for reading/writing
    - Reading comprehension strategies
    - How we learn to read
    - Phonological awareness
    - Concepts about print and texts
    - Words and vocabulary
    - Oral language
      - speaking and listening with understanding
    - Critical Literacy
    - How to teach and assess writing
    - help students see themselves as readers and writers
  - Teaching
    - Impact on Learning
  - Learning
    - Change in Knowledge/Behavior
    - Influences
      - Teacher knowledge about:
        curriculum
        Assessment
        Pedagogy
      - Quality of instruction
      - knowledge of subject matter
      - Student
        Motivation
        Engagement
        Developmental Readiness
      - Learning Conditions/Environments
  - Reading
    - Cognitive Process
      - Prior Knowledge (activation)
      - etc.
      - Memory
      - Print Kowledge
      - Letter/sound knowledge
      - Domain Specific Knowledge
      - Comprehension
      - Word Knowledge
- Week 2
  - Building a vocabulary of Literacy terms
    - Glossary of Literary Terms
      - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VWHwKjN26lfT1We6OGK4CNSluqfOwnYPJLbOXSmSVp0/edit?usp=sharing
      - Anchor Charts
      - Authentic Learning
      - Critical Literacy
      - Fluency
      - Graphic Organizer
      - Literacy
      - Comprehension
      - Comprehension Strategies
      - Text
      - Grammar
      - Scaffolding
      - Vocabulary
      - Word Study
      - Writing Process
      - Text Form
      - Literary Assessment
      - Media Literacy
      - Language Curriculum
  - Assessment in Literacy
    - Analysis =
      - Improvement =
        Success!
      - What can student do?
        Mold Instruction accordingly
    - Higher Subjectivity!
      - +
        More knowledge
        Literacy Behavior
        =
        Lower Subjectivity/Objectivity Higher
        @ varying stages
    - Skills vs.Demonstration of Learning
      - Emotionally Positive Classroom
      - Clear Expectations
      - Feedback
        Authenticity
        More and More
        Real Text Reading
        Dialogue
        Spelling in Context
        Edited/Revised Writing
        Observation
        Conversation
        Products
        Less and Less
        Testing Knowledge in Isolation
        Paper/Pencil Assessment
        e.g. spelling/punctuation
        Not =
        Ability
    - Assessment 4 Square
      - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUnRSNju4kLTz_P5Y2Z-2HvFq3nZxMMD/view?usp=sharing
      - Effective Assessment + Feelings
      - Ineffective Assessment + Feelings
    - Brain Research + Learning
      - Old VIew of Brain
        Knowledge in Isolation
        Learning by Repetition
      - Current View
        Prior Knowledge
        Existing Patterns
        Existing Neural Networks
        Emotion
        Social Interaction
        Readiness + Interest
        Risk Taking
    - e.g. Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Viewing, etc.
      - Assessing Reading
        Visual Information
        Knowledge of Letters, Sounds, etc.
        Structure
        Grammar
        Meaning
        Context
        Missed during "Word Calling"
        Missed during reading based on Structure
        Check in on Comprehension
        Before
        During
        After
        Not simply Literal
        Integrated System of
        Predicting
        Inferring
        Summarising
    - Meaningful Assessment
      - =
        Understand what to asses
  - Literacy Report
    - Global Conversation
      - https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/resource-documents/whatshotreport_2020_final.pdf
  - Ontario Curriculum
    - Grades 1-8
      - Construct Meaning
      - Create Meaning
      - Read Fluently
      - Reading
        Reflect on/Identify
        Strengths
        Areas of Improvement
        Best Strategies for
        Before Reading
        After Reading
        During Reading
  - Reading Recovery
    - Text Selection
- Teaching and Learning
- Week 4
  - Balanced Literacy
    - Assessment
      - Formative
      - Summative
    - Writing
      - Modelled Writing
      - Shared Writing
      - Guided Writing
      - Independent Writing
    - Oral Language
      - Supported Speaking/Listening
      - Phonic Awareness
      - Modeled
    - Reading
      - Guided Reading
      - Independent Reading
      - Shared Reading
      - Modeled Think Aloud
    - Word Work
      - Word study/Spelling
      - Vocabulary
      - Phonics
      - Sight Words
  - Basic Cueing Systems
    - Semantic Cues
    - Meaning
      - Did the child use meaning to attempt the word?
    - Syntactic Cues
      - Did the child use the structure of the text to attempt the word?
    - Graphophonic Cues
      - Did the child use visual information to attempt the word?
  - Four Roles of the Adolescent Reader
    - Meaning Maker
    - Code User
    - Text User
    - Text Analyser
  - Comprehension Prompts
    - Making Connections Text to World
    - Inferring
    - Using Fix-Up Strategies
    - Visualizing
  - Teaching Intermediate Learners
- Week 5
  - Literature Circles
    - Grades 6 to 8 Book
      - I am Malala
        Prompt 1
        Identity
        Prompt 2
        Relate
      - Roles
        Visualizer
        Inferences
        Symboliser
      - The Incredible Journey
      - The Brave Little Toaster
    - Power of One (Abridged)
  - Talking to Learn
    - Creates accountability
      - Assigning Roles to students
    - What to about + How to talk
      - Making skills evident to students
      - Focus talk with product
        Mind Map
        Anchor Chart
        Keep empty on day 1
        Fill with students work
        Annotated Question
    - Anticipation Guides
      - Making Connections
      - Voicing opinions
      - Making predicitions
      - Embody a stance or opinion
- Week #6
  - Drama and Literacy
    - Role Playing
    - Dramatic Reading
      - Reader's Theatre
        ownership
        podcasting
        wider audiences
        permanency
        audio as visual
        meaning
      - Repeated Reading
      - Build in Expression
      - Reading for fluency
      - Reading for Comprehension
    - Choral Speaking/Reading
    - Tableau
- Week #7
  - Writing Assessment and Instruction
    - Mr. Terupt, Rob Buyea
    - Generate, gather, organize ideas
    - draft and revise writing
    - editing, proof reading, publishing skills
    - reflect on and identify strengths as writers
    - areas for improvement
- Wek #8
  - Critical Literacy
    - Disrupting the Commonplace
    - Interrogating Multiple Viewpoints
    - Focusing on sociopolitical issues
    - Taking action and promoting social justice
    - Action through Critical Literacy
      - Kai Butterfield
    - Truth about texts
      - Approach with inquiring and analytical mind
      - helps students question authority of texts
      - address issues of bias and perspective
      - know texts reflect experiences, choices, position, beliefs of creator
    - text-person, person-text
      - choice of text important
- Week #9
  - Literacy Resources for classroom
    - The Dangers of a Single Story
    - Dr. Larry Recommends
    - Stein Dzaldov Recommendations
    - Another Story Bookshop
    - A Different Booklist
    - Tinlinds
    - Imagination Soup
    - Goodreads
    - Edutopa
    - No Two Snoflakes, Sheree Fitch
    - JI 142 favorite literature Jamboard
  - Classroom Bookshelf
    - The House on Mango Street
    - Cisneros
    - Holes
    - The House on Chicken Legs
    - Walk Two Moons
    - Island of the Blue Dolphins
    - A Long Walk To Water
    - The Chosen
    - So B. It.
- Week #10
  - Adolescent Literacy
    - Vocabulary Focus
      - Word Analysis
      - Frayer Model for Vocab
      - List-Group-Label
      - Word Consciousness
      - Word-play activities
      - Word Learning Strategies
  - Importance of Diverse Literature
    - "Building on Windows and Mirrors"
      - Draw a Black Woman Exercise
    - Inclusive Classroom

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Description: Education Mind Map on Literacy, created by Alamdar Murtaza on 25/09/2020.
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