418+Agenda+8.30.12


 * 1:15 - 1:25 - Welcome and Announcements**
 * My email
 * Technology?
 * The long **weekend:** **Pig out in the Park!**


 * Today's Objectives**
 * Formulate a working definition of literacy
 * Identify elements and processes of reading
 * Explain an interactive model of reading


 * 1:25 - 1:40 - What does it mean to be literate?**


 * Basic Literacy: Being able to read, write, and take information away from these processes (analysis, evaluation). Ability to progress in these skills over the years.
 * 21st Century Literacy: Being able to utilize new technologies, staying "up-to-date." Global awareness, cultural comprehension.
 * Ethics of literacy? Understanding the meanings and implications of 21st century issues/information. Civil discourse: Words and their meanings change over the years, and keeping up with these shifts is form of literacy.
 * Not one idea of literacy, but literacies (knowledges/awarenesses of many subjects)
 * What does this mean for our future classrooms? Bio ideas will soon be outdated. English classrooms must embrace technology and virtual, multi-modal spaces; persuasive discourse isn't necessarily best conveyed in traditional, academic writing. Health literacy means evaluating information sources (i.e. Googling symptoms). Fooducate it: http://www.fooducate.com/
 * My definition of literacy: Basic, traditional literacy implies the ability to read, write, and communicate at an appropriate skill level that directly corresponds to a person’s age and years of education. In the ever-evolving 21st century climate, literacy also pertains to technological, global, and cultural awareness as well as the ability to use this informational ethically.
 * Literacy is not just reading (reading is a subset of literacy), but not being able to read strongly inhibits one's overall literacy.
 * **So... what is reading?**
 * -Differentiating letters within words and the sound, comprehension and creating meaning.
 * -Drawing upon prior knowledge (existing schema) to understand new, foreign concepts.
 * **Reading processes:**
 * -bottom-up: deciphering letters, sounds, symbols, words, "phonics"
 * -top-down: sense-making, bring prior knowledge to a text and connecting/putting pieces together
 * -when these two processes come together, you have reading comprehension
 * For bottom-up, you need knowledge of sounds, symbols, language systems (decoding). For top-down, you need comprehension strategies, knowledge of vocabulary, people, genres, reality/world (prior knowledge/experiences); we visualize, infer
 * Comprehension strategies: asking questions of the text, applying our own life and experiences to the text


 * 1:40 - 2:25 - Reading Comprehension**
 * What does reading comprehension involve?
 * http://vimeo.com/18383130#at=0 - Captcha Story

Short Film: "How English Sounds to Non-English Speakers:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY


 * Interactive Model of Reading




 * Where do things break down for struggling readers?


 * 2:25 - 2:30 - Closure**


 * Homework for Tuesday 9/4 **
 * a) Introduction to Reading Comprehension**
 * 1) Brainstorm a response to this questions. Jot down your ideas in your GoogleDocs journal.
 * "How would you describe the process of reading?"
 * "What are characteristics of good readers?"
 * "How can I help a struggling reader in my subject area?"
 * 1) Go to this site [] and download the document "Secondary Literacy." This can be found towards the bottom of the page under "Related Readings." (Tech hint: Did you know you can search for specific words on webpage? Just type "Control f" (PC) or "Command f" (Mac) to reveal a small search bar at the top of the page under the address bar. Type in your search terms and incidences of the term will be highlighted. Try it on this page using the term 'secondary literacy'.) Save the reading so you can annotate it.
 * 2) Read chapters 1 & 2 and chapter 4. As you are reading, highlight key concepts and passages that provide answers to the three questions listed in #1 above. Skim the sections explaining details about specific diagnostic tests. You need to be aware of these tools, but don't need to know details. If you don't already have a PDF viewer installed that lets you highlight and annotate your PDF's, you can download a free one. For PC, I recommend [|PDF-XChange] or [|Skim]for Mac.
 * 3) When you finish reading, return to the answers you wrote for #1. In a different colored font, add several ideas to your original responses based on what you learned while reading.
 * 4) Be prepared to discuss key concepts from these chapters when we meet. **Note: This is very important reading.**


 * b) //Holler If You Hear Me -// Chapter 1**