Criteria Interesting Aspects Questions Raised: Week 6
Criteria Interesting Aspects Questions Raised: Week 6
Criteria Interesting Aspects Questions Raised: Week 6
6
Criteria
Lecture:
Jann
Teaching
Writing
Tutorial:
The
Daily
5
Readings:
Literacy:
Reading,
writing
and
childrens
literature
Ch.
29
Literacy:
Reading,
writing
and
childrens
literature
Ch.
3
First
Steps
Writing
Everything
I
Know
Interesting Aspects
Great
resources
and
information
about
teaching
writing
that
I
will
definitely
use
in
my
teaching
career
Dictagloss
activity:
Was
very
difficult
for
me
even
as
an
adult.
Can
see
the
purpose
and
usefulness
of
this
task
in
the
classroom
as
builds
vocabulary,
grammar
and
spelling
skills.
Great
activity
for
EALD
students
John Marsdens writing topics are simple, short, but spark creativity
Authors
chair:
allows
students
to
share
works
and
have
others
ask
questions
such
as
why
did
you
choose
that
ending?
etc
Importance
of
refining
writing
not
sure
this
is
what
I
was
taught.
More
in
depth
than
just
draft,
check
spelling
and
create
good
copy
Questions Raised
Allowed
me
to
question
how
I
feel
about
myself
as
a
writer.
I
can
see
that
as
a
student
of
the
90s,
I
was
taught
how
to
write
using
various
text
types.
Has
this
hindered
me
from
being
able
to
write
freely?
I
feel
that
I
need
more
structure
in
writing
activities
Was
able
to
see
a
fantastic
literacy
block,
with
a
focus
on
writing.
The
teacher
was
enthusiastic,
favoured
critical
pedagogy
and
even
stated
that
she
never
teaches
about
text
types
explicitly,
rather
allow
for
student-
centred
activities
to
occur
in
the
classroom.
This
differs
from
other
teachers
I
have
witnessed
on
prac,
who
have
been
very
rigid
in
their
approaches
to
writing.
Is
there
a
great
divide
in
the
teaching
realm
of
how
to
teach
writing?
Is
this
old
vs
new
teachers
only?
How
many
have
tried
it,
but
not
persisted
when
setting
it
up,
and
therefore
just
adapt
it
to
suit
their
needs?
About
Writing,
John
Marsden
If
youre
trying
to
teach
kids
how
to
write,
Marjorie
Frank
Please
dont
ask
me
to
write
English
as
an
Additional
Language
or
Dialect:
Teacher
Resource
Synopsis:
Not
unlike
other
KLAs,
our
personal
attitude
towards
writing
will
affect
how
we
teach
it.
There
are
different
instruction
procedures
for
teaching
writing,
as
well
as
different
forms
of
writing.
Providing
students
a
reason
and
a
desire
to
write
will
influence
their
writing.
The
Daily
5
is
one
literacy
program
that
can
be
used
in
the
classroom.
Though
it
takes
time
and
effort
to
implement
and
introduce
thoroughly,
the
program
is
most
beneficial
as
a
whole-school
approach.
Week
7
Criteria
Lecture:
Grammar
Interesting Aspects
Questions Raised
Relates
to
SBS
Insight
Episode:
Reading
Between
the
Lines.
Around
44%
of
adult
Australians
have
literacy
levels
that
make
everyday
tasks
very
difficult.
If
we
do
not
teach
these
skills
explicitly,
and
make
sure
there
is
proper
intervention
at
an
early
age,
we
will
just
be
adding
to
these
statistics.
Allowing
students
to
play
with
language,
and
providing
quality
resources
will
make
grammar
and
punctuation
exciting
Tutorial:
Visual
Literacy
Relates
to
the
Production
trait
of
6+1
traits
that
I
have
recently
seen
on
observation
How
are
students
being
taught
to
use
skills
of
visual
literacy
as
producers?
Tutorial
presentation
didnt
really
focus
on
this
area.
The
Tutorial
stated
that
visual
literacy
is
difficult
to
define.
After
reading
the
chapter
in
the
textbook,
Im
not
sure
that
it
is.
Visual
literacy
is
as
the
textbook
stated,
however
you
must
also
take
into
account
social/historical
contexts,
and
understand
that
its
definition
will
evolve
as
society
evolves
There
is
a
shift
away
from
text-types,
however
I
feel
that
some
visual
literacy/viewing
skills
are
specific
to
text
types,
e.g.
Comics,
recipes,
letters.
On
literacy
observation,
teacher
stated
that
she
does
not
teach
text
types
explicitly,
but
rather
let
students
develop
the
NEED
for
the
text
types.
Her
example
was
if
they
were
to
write
a
persuasive
text,
she
would
ask
them
to
write
a
letter
persuading
people
to
think
in
a
particular
way/do
a
particular
thing.
And
then
from
that,
create
a
persuasive
speech.
No
frameworks,
just
student-led,
student-created
works.
How
many
teachers
are
still
teaching
text-types
like
I
was
in
the
90s?
Readings:
Literacy:
Reading,
writing
and
childrens
literature
Ch.
30
First
Steps:
Viewing
Defines
visual
literacy
as:
the
ability
to
read
signs,
images,
pictures,
perspectives,
focalisation,
shape
and
form;
the
ability
to
analyse
the
power
of
images
in
particular
contexts
Various
aspects
include:
background,
landscape,
lines,
space,
time,
visual
syntax,
sequencing,
causality,
connections,
direction
Synopsis:
It
is
highly
important
that
pre-service
teachers
take
responsibility
for
their
knowledge
in
grammar.
Similar
to
mathematics,
if
there
is
an
area
of
grammar
that
we
are
unsure
of
and
therefore
would
struggle
to
teach,
we
must
take
action
to
eradicate
this
problem.
Grammar
metalanguage
must
be
used
explicitly
in
the
classroom.
Teachers
should
not
water
down
terms.
It
is
vital
for
students
to
become
visually
literate.
Visual
Literacy
skills
must
be
taught
explicitly.
Students
must
develop
proficiency
in
reading
and
producing
visual
literacy.
Week
8
Criteria
Lecture:
Literacy
Blocks
Interesting
Aspects
Great
information
on
Literacy
Blocks
Questions Raised
Do
these
approaches
get
tiring?
Do
students
bore
of
doing
the
same
thing?
Some
people
are
recommending
only
using
these
formats
for
3/5
days
of
the
week.
Never
program
alone.
On
prac
the
teacher
didnt
want
to
program
with
other
grade
teachers.
Made
it
difficult
at
report
time
to
standardise
student
results
across
grade
and
provide
consistency
WHY
are
schools
only
using
homework
tasks
like
LCWC?
Are
teachers
lazy?
Do
they
just
get
these
homework
sheets
from
a
program,
and
then
not
adapt?
Information
on
two
different
approaches
(though
there
are
many,
many
more)
1.
Inquiry
Modelling
Literacy rotations
Closure:
What
did
we
learn
about
____
today?.
Let
students
give
answer,
come
up
with
definition.
Write
it
up
and
display
it
in
class
2.
Integrated
Literacy:
Reading,
writing
and
childrens
literature
Ch.
12
Some
schools
have
quite
detailed
literacy
programs,
whereas
others
are
quite
vague,
short
&
undetailed.
What
are
the
different
requirements
at
different
schools
in
terms
of
programs
and
detail
public
vs
Catholic
vs
independent?
Is using packaged programs even worth it if so much adapting must take place?
Synopsis:
The
Literacy
Block
is
a
vital
component
of
every
primary
classroom.
It
takes
a
lot
of
organisation,
preparation
and
planning
for
successful
literacy
blocks
to
occur.
However,
teachers
must
be
flexible
in
their
approach
and
teach
to
the
needs
of
the
students
at
all
times
(therefore,
plans
change).
Various
approaches
exist
such
as
integration
and
inquiry,
though
teacher
enthusiasm
and
teacher-student
relationship
will
allow
any
program
to
be
successful.
Spelling
and
grammar
must
be
taught
explicitly
whilst
also
giving
students
authentic
application.
References:
Centres,
L.
&
Development,
P.
(2016).
MiniLit
Program
|
MultiLit.
Multilit.com.
Retrieved
28
September
2016,
from
http://www.multilit.com/programs/minilit-program/
First
Steps:
Viewing
Resource
Book.
(2013).
First
Steps:
Writing
Resource
Book.
(2013).
Reading
Recovery:
a
research-based
early
intervention
program
-
home.
(2016).Curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au.
Retrieved
28
September
2016,
from
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/earlyyears/reading_recovery/
SBS,.
(2016).
Reading
Between
the
Lines.
Retrieved
from
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/tvepisode/reading-between-lines
Trait
Definitions.
(2016).
Education
Northwest.
Retrieved
28
September
2016,
from
http://educationnorthwest.org/traits/trait-definitions
Winch,
G.,
Johnston,
R.,
March,
P.,
Ljungdahl,
L.,
&
Holiday,
M.
Literacy.