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This is the site to find ideas and discussion about the wonders of literacy instruction. Students enrolled in my literacy courses will find materials relevant. I will regularly update materials. "Land of Literacy" is also password-enabled so that invited individuals can contribute resource materials. Assignments can also be turned in on this site.

Have a good visit...Laura*

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Here are the three questions to respond to for Mosaic of Thought.

However, they are not meant to be additional "papers." I worry people

will "overdo" these. Each one should take no more than one hour.

I will grade them as I would "participation" in a class discussion.

Please send your responses as an e-mail...OR, if you remember your number from last semester, you may post using the student number page below.

1) If you had to summarize the "big idea" of this book into a ten-word

sentence, what would that sentence be? After coming up with the sentence,

write a summary paragraph about the "big message" of this text.

2) Write a letter to the author (...a draft).

3) Imagine you are in a Reading Group and do the following "jobs" for

this text:

Literary "Illuminary"

Find three passages from the book (from three different sections of the

book) that you find compelling/important. Please write them down on three

index cards and bring these to class. For each passage, write a few notes

why you selected it.

"Discussion Director"

Write three discussion questions for this text. Please write them down on

three index cards and bring these to class. These questions should have

multiple answers that could foster discussion between educators. (please

consider framing your three questions to demonstrate completion of the

entire book.)

"Connector"

Make three connections to this text. They can be text-to-text,

text-to-world, or text-to-self. Please describe your connections for the

reader (that's me!)

THIS IS IT! The one and only syllabus for Literacy II! (click on the link below):

REVISE syllabus[1].doc

SAMPLE UNITS...don't consider their formats "must do's." My hand-out gave the general headings I will be looking for in your unit overview--but I include some samples so you can see how they generally read/look, etc.

Link to 1/2 unit

This is about Maple Syrup...designed for ELL student

middle school level unit

These are info literacy lessons--may spur you on to new ideas...

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/ElemLA/elareading.html

(this is a collection of links/resources--not a unit...but I found it and thought it looked generally helpful...)

lesson plan.doc This is my outline for a lesson plan. We will use in class. You must have

Goals/Objectives/Level/Materials/Procedures/Assessment and Evaluation.

SITES/RESOURCES (I posted these after the last class)

This site reviews the four block method of literacy instruction: http://www.wfu.edu/education/fourblocks/about_fourblocks.html

This site contains many educational videos. After registering, you can access video clips that would give you a glimpse into classrooms and allow you to learn more about the "teacher lens."

www.learner.org

MY LAB SCHOOL IS UP AND RUNNING!

HERE is the My Lab School, which includes video clips...you can also click "home" on the top task bar and it will take you to the page where you can put in an assignment code;

or you can poke around and find all sorts of resources. There is an amazing lesson plan template that automatically links with the standards via a US Map. Very very helpful!

I gave you my login information at class--which, unless we're all logging in at once, should work.

CLICK HERE!

Super Site (Clear here for a great resource--a little bit of everything you might need.)

This site provides access to many, many article review possibilities: http://reading.indiana.edu/

This site provides ideas for lesson plans:

http://www.readwritethink.org/

Great Article on Reading Aloud (you may want to check out more of Reading Rockets)

Excellent Article on Informational Text and its importance

BELOW ARE YOUR PAGES--you can do your journal assignments and observations here...I check periodically

Student one

Student Two

Student Three