Literacy Showcase
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Whether it be in English or French, literacy is something I always champion within my classroom. Therefore, for the purpose of my Master of Arts in Education, I decided to pursue a deeper study of literacy as a part of my concentration. Below are a few of the projects I've developed with the help of coursework completed during my master's degree.
Second Language Reading Strategies
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Although the reading level of our supplementary reading in French is elementary, the students quite frequently struggle because the text is in their second language. We spend a great deal of time discussing how the reading strategies applicable to challenging texts in English also can be used with difficult French texts.
We employ a multitude of strategies over the course of the year when reading books like t-charts, think/pair/share, visual cues, etc. There are so many strategies that we also created bookmarks which list a strategy particularly useful for each text. You can find examples of literacy strategies employed in my world language classroom below.
We employ a multitude of strategies over the course of the year when reading books like t-charts, think/pair/share, visual cues, etc. There are so many strategies that we also created bookmarks which list a strategy particularly useful for each text. You can find examples of literacy strategies employed in my world language classroom below.
Literacy Web
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As a part of my coursework, I created a literacy web showing how literacy could be directly correlated to making high school students more college ready. The literacy web was a visual means of communicating the full depth of literacy and how it extends into all subject matters. It was presented to my professor and colleague as a means of sharing my thoughts on how decreased the widening gap between high student skill level and college readiness standards. A sample of this presentation can be found here.
Speaking and Listening
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Although often over-looked as a part of literacy, speaking and listening abilities are essential to the true definition of literacy. Within my world language classroom, students spend a great deal of time refining these two skills.
In every unit there is an opportunity for students to compose, practice, and perform a dialogue which mimics a real-life situation.
Click on the images below in order to find samples of a student dialogue, a listening activity, a direction sheet, and a conversation rubric.
In every unit there is an opportunity for students to compose, practice, and perform a dialogue which mimics a real-life situation.
Click on the images below in order to find samples of a student dialogue, a listening activity, a direction sheet, and a conversation rubric.