Quote of the DayQuote of the Day: : "Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential."~ Kofi Annan

Do Now:•Take out a pen and paper and jot down your answer to this question: What is literacy?•Take out your name card if you still have it

TE 402 Crafting Teaching TE 402 Crafting Teaching Practice: Practice:

English Language ArtsEnglish Language ArtsSpring 2009, Section 011Spring 2009, Section 011Course Instructor: Sarah Course Instructor: Sarah

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Week TwoExploring and Defining Literacy and

Literacy Learning EnvironmentsJanuary 26, 2009

Objectives Objectives We will be able to:

Define literacy in our own wordsIdentify conditions of literacy learningExamine texts using critical literacy

AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)Housekeeping (10 min)

Announcements and questionsWhat is literacy? (20 min)

Small --> Whole group discussionConditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)

Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50

min)Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)

Housekeeping (10 min)Announcements and questions

What is literacy? (20 min)Small --> Whole group discussion

Conditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50 min)Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

HousekeepingBlogs

Look great!My responses

Classroom visitsMention it to your CTs when you arrive on Wednesday

Attendance logsPrint out and bring to the field this week (will email in

weekly email tonight)

Questions about assignments?

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AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)Housekeeping (10 min)

Announcements and questions

What is literacy? (20 min)Small --> Whole group discussion

Conditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50 min)Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

Defining LiteracySmall group discussion: Work in table groupsUsing your own conceptions and the readings

from this week, discuss the following questions:What was your definition before?What is your definition now? Why is it important to have a definition of literacy?Do you think Tompkins or Gibbons left anything

out?

Come up with your group’s definition of literacy and write on chart paper.

Defining Literacy

Whole Group DiscussionPresent definitionsWhat are the similarities and differences

among the definitions?Can we come up with one class definition of

literacy?Should we?

AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)Housekeeping (10 min)

Announcements and questionsWhat is literacy? (20 min)

Small --> Whole group discussion

Conditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50 min)Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

Conditions of Literacy Learning

Quick write (5 min):What did you learn from the Cambourne

article?What did you agree with/disagree with?What questions do you have?

A Review of Cambourne

Sharing our takeaways: How would we summarize Cambourne’s

conditions?What does it look like?Why is it important?

Key definitions:Engagement; Immersion; Demonstration;

Expectations; Responsibility; Employment; Approximations; Response

Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series162.html#

As we watch the video, think about the following:What is the teacher doing that is consistent with

Cambourne’s ideas?What could she improve?What can you learn from this video that you could

apply in your classroom?How could this be adjusted to different grade levels?Thinking back to last week, to which literacy

perspective does this teacher subscribe? Why do you think that?

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Cambourne’s conditions for learning

Looking back at the condition’s for learning…Looking back at the condition’s for learning…–Which do you think are the most important? Which do you think are the most important? –What would happen if these conditions What would happen if these conditions weren’t present? How would that adversely weren’t present? How would that adversely affect learning?affect learning?–Is there anything that Cambourne left out? Is there anything that Cambourne left out? –What is the difference between engagement What is the difference between engagement and motivation?and motivation?

Break

Return at: 11:10

AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)Housekeeping (10 min)

Announcements and questionsWhat is literacy? (20 min)

Small --> Whole group discussionConditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)

Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)

Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50 min)Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

Revisiting Literacy TheoryReviewing the theories (poster)Think/Pair/Share

Group 1: How does the Langer article relate to the literacy theories from last class? Do any of her stances line up with a theory or theories? What does Langer mean by “envisionment?”

Group 2: Using the Leland article, how would you define critical literacy? How does critical literacy align with any of the theories from last week? Do you think critical literacy literacy is important? Why?

Pair and share: Pair up with someone from the other group and share your ideas

Let’s share out

AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)Housekeeping (10 min)

Announcements and questionsWhat is literacy? (20 min)

Small --> Whole group discussionConditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)

Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)

Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50 min)

Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

Critical Literacy From Leland, 2005, p. 259: “Critically literate individuals are

capable of taking social action to fight oppression and transform their communities and realities”

From the International Reading Association: “Active, engaged reading means approaching texts with a critical eye—thinking about what they say about our world, why they say it, and whether the view they promote should be accepted”

From Schor, 1997: “Critical literacy is language use that questions the social construction of the self. When we are critically literate, we examine our ongoing development, to reveal the subjective positions from which we make sense of the world and act in it.”

Read aloud - Critical Literacy/Social Action PerspectiveAmazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

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Critical LiteracyWith a Partner…Examine the book given to youHow could you use it in your classroom to teach

about critical literacy?How could you use it to teach reading – to what

skills/concepts would it lend itself?What concerns might you have about the book?Write 2 questions you would ask students about

this book. With which of Langer’s question types do these align (p. 815) do these questions align?

Write 2 questions you think students would ask. With which of Langer’s stances (p. 813) do these questions align?

Critical LiteracyWith another group…Share your booksShare your ideas about the books

As a class…Debrief: What do you think…

Of these books?Of Critical Literacy?Of Langer’s stances?

AgendaDo NowAgenda Overview (3 min)Housekeeping (10 min)

Announcements and questionsWhat is literacy? (20 min)

Small --> Whole group discussionConditions of Literacy Learning (50 min)

Quick WriteDiscussionVideo viewing - searching for conditions

Break (10 min)Revisiting Literacy Theory: Think/Pair/Share (20 min)Critical Literacy/Understanding Literature: Defining it and Using it (50 min)

Coming Attractions/Questions (5 min)

Coming Attractions: Exploring Learner Diversity - Week 3, 2/2/09

Readings:(ANGEL) Lapp, et. al. (2004) Chapter 6, Putting Literacy Learning in

Context(ANGEL) Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). Chapter 3, pp. 30-33 only (pdf is out

of order)(ANGEL) Ladson-Billings, G. (1994) Chapter 6, pp. 102-126New Literacies Project Assignment Description (Posted on Angel -

Assignments folder) Bring to class:

A copy of the Ladson-Billings, Chapter 3 for an in-class activity To explore after class: "Where I'm From" description on Angel - Week 3

folder

Noteblog due 2/2: What is your definition of literacy? How has it changed after the readings and today's discussion? What would your ideal literacy learning environment look like and why?