1.Literacy+Process

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 * 1) characteristics of proficient, mature readers
 * 2) (stages) of reading development

//Graphic Organizer for Core Readings // 
 * Core Readings **

[|Traits of a Proficient Reader] (have students identify traits used in reading memo)

"What Reading Does For The Mind"

  

Activities
 //Evolution of Reading Instruction//

//Graphic: Whole Language and Phonics (Brain Processing) //

[|Basal Readers: The Lost Opportunity That Builds the Knowledge That Propels Comprehension]

//Predictors of Reading Ease //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Differences in Written and Spoken Language: Narrative //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Differences in Written and Spoken Language: Chart (to be completed by students) //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Reading A Memo //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">What Is This Procedure? // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Use your background knowledge to infer the topic of this piece. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">The procedure is actually quite simple. First you arrange the items into different groups. Of course, one pile may be sufficient depending on how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else, due to lack of facilities, that is the next step; otherwise you are pretty well set. It is important not to overdo things. That is, it is better to do too few things at once than too many. In the short run this may not seem important but complications can easily arise. A mistake can be expensive as well. At first, the whole procedure will seem complicated. Soon, however, it will become just another facet of life. It is difficult to foresee any end to the necessity for this task in the immediate future, but then, one never can tell. After the procedure is complete one arranges the materials into different groups again. Then they can be put into their appropriate places. Eventually they will be used once more and the whole cycle will then have to be repeated. However, that is part of life.

//<span style="background-color: #f3f3f5; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Changes in the Reading and Writing Curriculum // <span style="background-color: #f3f4f5; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Advancing Our Students Language and Literacy]
//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Literacy Timeline // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Students indicate 10 significant literacy moments in their life, both positive and negative.



//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">[|Essential Reading Skills for All Students] //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">[|I Am Poem] // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Way for students to introduce themselves during first class.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;"> Introduction to Course/Knowledge Base <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">