Post on 21-Jan-2016
Designing Literacy
Embedding Literacy Tasks Into a PBL Unit
Step 1: Click on the Courses tabStep 2: Click on the All Courses tab Step 3: Select ‘New Tech National’ from the School drop down menuStep 4: Click ‘Sign up’ to enroll in the course “Literacy Support Center”
Self-enrolling in the Literacy Support Center
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Participants will be able to:■ Explain why literacy instruction
matters across all subject areas■ Describe the Literacy Design
Collaborative framework■ Help students think deeply about
content by creating a literacy task that is integrated into a project
■ Get started with the Literacy Support Center for ongoing professional learning about content-area literacy
Comparing Lexiles
Content Area New York Regents Estimated Lexile
TAKS (Texas) Estimated Lexile
English 740L 910L
Social Studies 1160L 1010L
Science 1010L 1080L
Math 1240L 1090L
MetaMetrics’ High School Text Demand Survey
ELA Math Science Social Studies
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000 900
800
1500
*from "Lexile Text Measures for State or District Adoption Programs"
Small Group Activity
1) Please break into small groups and discuss some ways you are already supporting literacy
2) On the sticky notes provided write down your group’s 2-3 current literacy best practices
3) Place on “Literacy Graffiti Wall”
Why incorporate literacy tasks?
Integration of Authentic Literacy
Tasks Across Content Areas
Need for More Rigorous Thinking
Need for Stronger
Literacy Skills
Need for Individual
Accountability Within Projects
Dive Deeper
■ Push our practice further by beginning with a literacy end
in mind
■ Increase our level of scaffolding for rigorous reading and writing
■ Include a literacy task in every project or unit
Literacy Design Collaborative Framework■ Has fill-in-the-blank templates for literacy
tasks that get students thinking deeply about content (the “end”)
■ Uses scaffolding to help students with the challenging reading and writing they will do
Literacy Design CollaborativeFramework Categories
Argumentative
Explanatory/ Informational
Narrative
LDC Subdivisions
Modes or Organizational Patterns
■ Description ■ Cause and effect■ Comparison / Contrast■ Procedural-sequential ■ Problem-solution■ Evaluation■ Synthesis■ Analysis
These are types of
writing but also the kinds
of rigorous thinking we
want our students to do
Sample LDC Template Taks
Template Task 15 (Explanatory/ Informational Procedural-Sequential)
[Insert essential question] After reading/ viewing (informational texts, graphs, etc.), write a/an (essay, report, or substitute) that relates how (content). Support your discussion with evidence from (texts, data, calculations, etc).
Sample LDC Template Tasks
After reviewing the scatter plot and the map, write a set of instructions that relate the steps for determining the clean-up costs of any size oil spill on any given continent. Support your instructions with a specific example from the scatter plot, including equations and steps in the process.
Sample LDC Template Tasks
After reading directions for and creating a CrossFit plyo box (including figuring out the amount of paint and wood you’ll need), write an easy to understand technical manual that relates the process for other students in Health and PE classes.
Where could YOU integrate a literacy task?
1) Look back at a Project Calendar from the previous year.
2) Is there a place where a literacy task in the format we showed you might have been helpful?
Task Creation
Step 1- Use a Template to Create a Literacy Task
Start with the end in mind: use a template to create a literacy task that will require students to show their content knowledge.
Assessment
Step 2- Design a Rubric
Create a rubric for your literacy task. Use language from your school's written communication rubric or from one of the rubrics linked below.
You may want to choose one or two writing traits/ elements/ skills to address in your rubric, depending on the main focus of the project.
Argumentative Informational Narrative
ScaffoldingStep 3- Plan the Scaffolding
Even advanced students can benefit from good scaffolding ... especially when reading or writing something challenging. You should have at least three scaffolding activities, for three stages: reading, pre-writing, and writing. For now, pick one.
Scaffolding Literacy: Starter Set Scaffolding Literacy: Deep Dive
If you'd like scaffolding suggestions to address particular needs, see link below.
Literacy Scaffolding by Rubric Criteria
This is just the beginning…
Ongoing support from:
• Literacy Task Quick Guide• Online Literacy Support Center• Literacy Facilitator
“Literacy Support Center”■ Online Literacy Support Center with
resources for:▢ Assessing reading and writing▢ Designing rigorous literacy tasks▢ Scaffolding literacy tasks▢ Differentiating literacy instruction▢ Echo Discussions – “Water Coolers”
“Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.”
- President Clinton on International Literacy Day, September 8th 1994
Let’s Get Started!
Literacy Support Center