Literacy for a Lifetime
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Literacy for a Lifetime Mrs. Juliet Green Literacy Resource Teacher (LRT) Palmer High School
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Literacy for a Lifetime. Mrs. Juliet Green Literacy Resource Teacher (LRT) Palmer High School. My Journey to Palmer High School. Collegiate Fanatics . . . UCLA USC = Falcon or Tiger Fans . GREEN Family . . . Life Outside PHS & Rm. 237!. Just What is Literacy ? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Literacy for a Lifetime
Mrs. Juliet GreenLiteracy Resource Teacher (LRT)
Palmer High School
My Journey to Palmer High School
Collegiate Fanatics . . .UCLA USC = Falcon or Tiger Fans
GREEN Family . . . Life Outside PHS & Rm. 237!
Quotes from PHS Students/Staff!
Just What is Literacy?Being able to succeedLearning how to learn infoEnglish of something . . .Writing?Understanding what words meanThe ability to read and writeThe art of languageReading something and knowing what it meansLanguage for lifeMaking meaning of/from wordsNOT LIT ! ! ! !
Five P’s for Literacy (& puppies too!)
Purpose :No accidents! Literacy is purposeful and constant across contents
Prepare: Determine students’ personalities and work with their strengths
Plan: Establish a literacy schedule that complements your coursework
Practice: Set a schedule and be faithful and diligent
Perform: Do all of the above to help students succeed!
Wikipedia Definition
Literacy is the ability to read, write, listen and comprehend, and speak a language.[1] In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication or at a level that lets one understand and communicate abstract ideas.
Literature . . .
Visual Thesaurus
Literature & Literacy are NOT Identical Twins !
Although they may look alike
Often our students don’t know the power they have as readers and the possibilities that books provide.
. . . language arts and reading teachers need content-area teachers to show students how to read and write like a scientist, historian, or mathematician. All teachers in all subject areas share the responsibility for literacy development in high school. Today, more and more content-area teachers recognize this responsibility and are incorporating content literacy into their teaching through a variety of instructional strategies
-Richard Vacca
Literacy–noun 1. the quality or state of being literate, esp. the ability to read and write. 2. possession of education. 3. a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field:
The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
Nobody should be excused from effectively educating the youth of America
Teachers, Parents, Schools = All Adults
Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids.
Actual notes written by parents . . .Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre, dyrea, direathe), the shits. [Words in ( )'s were crossed out].
Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.
Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well
My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.
Literacy for Lunch . . .*FREE lunch!
*Participation = Credit!
*~1 X= per month
*New & Venerable Teachers Alike!
*Cris Tovani’s I Read It But I Don’t Get It
