Teaching+with+Texts

Use the following resources to help you answer the following questions:
(Aim to spend about 90 minutes preparing.)
 * What does it mean to be literate?
 * Why would a teacher in a class other than English intentionally support literacy development? What might this look like?
 * What are characteristics of effective text-based instruction? How can teachers design text-based instruction around pre-, during-, and post- activities?
 * What are ways a teacher can support a struggling reader?

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 * ** Types of Texts and Literacies **
 * General Reading Comprehension - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/content_area_literacy/pages/reading_comp_strat.html
 * Information Literacy - http://big6.com/pages/about/big6-skills-overview.php
 * [|Multimodal Texts]
 * 21st Century Literacy - http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/12441/Writing_between_the_Lines.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d
 * Content Area Literacy - http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/806-urquhart.aspx
 * **Designing Text-Based Instruction**
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 * [|Pre-During-Post Basics] (Prezi)

Watch these classroom examples of supporting literacy in a content class
> https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/inquiry-based-teaching-discussing-non-fiction?fd=1 - Discussing Non-Fiction in a Social Studies Class > https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-websites-with-students?fd=1 - Information Literacy in Middle School > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos&feature=player_embedded - A school district focuses on 21st Century Skills
 * https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-teaching-strategy?fd=1 - Pre-Reading in a Science Class

Skim

 * [|Reading Strategies for Middle and High School]
 * [|Reading Interventions that Work]

Peruse (Follow your interests)

 * [|Read Write Think]
 * Large collection of high-quality classroom resources to support literacy instruction
 * [|Teach Mentor Texts]
 * A teacher-created blog that describes books well-suited to be used as mentor texts for great writing
 * [|Struggling Readers]
 * Information about older struggling readers
 * Textbooks
 * Are textbooks still relevant? Resources that consider this question.
 * [|60- Second Recap]
 * 60 second interesting summaries of literature user:Caitlin90
 * [|Good Ideas Video]
 * A video exploring where good ideas come from (similar to the drawing videos in John's classes). It is useful for teachers needing creative ideas for lesson plans, and it is helpful to know where students are coming from in their thinking, especially with the way technology is changing. user:Lomacey
 * [|ReadPrint]
 * This has online copies of many different books. user:Caitlin90
 * [|Digital Divide]
 * This article touches on the issue of the digital divide, but focuses on the divide between how students see technonlogy vs how teachers see technology user:Lomacey
 * [|Connecting the Digital Dots:Literacy of the 21st Century] - This article provides a good overview of 21st century literacy including good definitions of visual and digital literacy. user:awalker27