Accelerated Content Literacy(My ecletic approach

Literacy Skills Activities



My eclectic Approaches


Students must learn how to use language processes to explore and construct meaning with the texts , to be literate in Content Classrooms.

Content reading and writing require:
*knowledge of specialized vocabulary
*a wide range of background knowledge
*the use of study and memory techniques
*strategies for reading expository rather than narrative texts
*a high level of monitoring for understanding
*the ability to hold multiple concepts in memory while judging for importance
*knowledge of sources
* the ability to overcome lack of interest in reading and writing to learn










K-W-L, K-W-L + B-K-W-L-Q



K W L
















B K W L Q












K-W-L helps readers engage in active thinking.
Students generate what they already know k about the topic, they activate their own background knowledge as well as build background for their peers.
In this process , we are able to assess what we need to teach /help students learn about the concept to be studied.
From the back ground knowledge , students develop lists of questions about the topic for which they would like to find the answers as they read and research w

( Input + 1 ) Srategy:Second language acquisition
When the reading and research is completed, students can revisit their questions to see which have been answered and what they have learned L .



















Topic:_______ Write down words that you know about this topic.

When? Why?





How? What?






Who? Where?




Write complete sentences with words above.
Make a paragraph .

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Skimming and Scanning

*Look quickly and find the most important features and information in a text.
*Prior to the reading the entire text , ask students to find the title, the heading and subheadings, the visuals:chartsgraphs,photographs. Ask them to discuss and decide on what they think this reading will be about.
*Use the Skimming&Scanning form in compiling their questions and comments in the First Impressions colum.Compile facts in fast facts column.
* Determine what they believe will be the important points or questions that will be answered from reading this chapter.
*Discussion of strategies used to quickly determine where and what to read will help solidify students’ skills in Skimming and Scanning.





First impression Fast Facts Final Thoughts










Content Brainstorming
Chapter Title_____________________________

Key Words Heading Subheadings

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Picture Walk:What predictions can you make about content based on visuals?






Caption: Caption: Caption:
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Connections and Questions

What predictions and connections could you make
about what you will learn in the chapter based on above text supports?

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What questions could you ask that would focus and guide your reading?


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Content word
Concept Word:______________




Definition: Opposite:













Sketch/picture: Sentence:














Vocabulary Exercise

Definition





vocabulary
Example word Property





















Text -to-Text
Compare Contrast_________< >_________


Title


Subtitle



Photograph



Boldfaced Words


Italics

First Paragraph
Last Paragraph

Diagram

Focus Questions

Glossary/Key Words







REAP



Read Encode









Annotate Ponder







R Read the text. Jot down the title and author.
E Encode the text by putting the main ideas in your own words/language.
A Annotate the text by writing a statement that summarizes the important points.
P Ponder the text by thinking and talking about what you learned. Ask yourself why the author wrote the text. What do you think the author hopes you’ll learn?

MORPHOLOGY

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB
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Comprehension Questions



Literal Interpretive&Inferential Evaluative


Look at the picture, What season is it What do you think

what do you see? by looking at the the photographer

picture? was trying to show
you?


What are the people Which emotion do

doing? you think they feel?

What kind of people?

What are the key What do you think

words in the they feel?

paragraph#1? Tell me what they are

feeling?

You see this picture
so you think...











Adapted from :
1.Jo Gusman, New Horizons in Education
2.Janet Allen”Tools for Teaching Content Literacy”
3. NUA conference

Imovie lesson for students

iMovie Talking Books Lesson Plan
Objectives:
• To enhance the creative writing process by creating a visual talking book.
• To aid the writing process using brainstorming, group and partner discussion, and storyboarding.
• To reinforce the rationale that technology enhances learning in a unique and motivational manner.
Procedure:
1. Discuss with the class, the elements for writing a story.
2. Brainstorm ideas for stories.
3. Allow students to form groups to discuss story problems and solutions.
4. Once students have some original ideas for their stories, divide the class into pairs.
5. Students discuss each other's ideas then collaborate to formulate story ideas for their partner story.
6. Students create a story board - simple stick men drawings - of six or more drawings depicting the important events of their story. Much discussion may take place here as they use pictures to tell their story.
7. Once the rough draft storyboard is complete, the students write their first draft of the story keeping in mind that what they write must match the drawings on their storyboard.
8. The rough draft is proofed and edited, then students draw good copies of their storyboard. Students use pencil crayons, wax crayons, fine tipped black felts, and 9 x 12 white construction paper to complete their drawings.
9. Students then write the goop copy of their story on the back of each of their good copy drawings.
10. The students or the teacher will take digital pictures of the student drawings and place them in a share folder on the school's computer network.
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12. Students access their pictures and place them in iPhoto for digital enhancing.
13. Students open iMovie and save their new project to the local hard drive. (iMovies do not work well if the media has to be accessed over a network.)
14. Students go to photos in iMovie and drag their pictures to the iMovie timeline. They set the time for each of their pictures according to how long it takes them to read what they wrote on the back of their pictures.
15. Once the pictures are timed correctly, transitions, the Ken Burns Effect and Titles are added to their movie.
16. Students add sound effects from iMovie and from SoundDogs.com. (To get sounds from the internet, students quit iMovie, go to SoundDogs.com, find appropriated sounds, and save them to their music folder. Then they open iTunes and copy over their sounds. Once the sounds are in iTunes, they are accessible in iMovie.
17. Sound effects are dragged to the sound tracks on the iMovie timeline and students record their voice overs.
18. The projects are saved, burned to a DVD and shared over the internet using QuickTime.
19. Students and teachers celebrate the completion of the project by showing the DVD to the class. (popcorn and drinks are optional)