Resources for RE 4030 (Development of Literacy for Learning)

Syllabi (Spring 2007)

Block 435--ASU

• Daily Lesson Plans (General Outline--html)
• Semester Calendar (MSWord Document) Semester Calendar (html)
• Internship Placements (MSWord Document) Internship Placements (html)
  
  

Block 350--Alexander Center of Catawba Valley Community College

• Daily Lesson Plans (General Outline--html)

Assignments

Reading/Language Arts Instruction: Article from The Reading Teacher (Pinnell, 2006)
Read the article, take notes, and write 4 discussion questions for class.

Portrait Poem Activity

• Students' Portrait Poems

Reading and Reading Log Assignment

Interdisciplinary Literary Study--Pirates!

Launching a Unit

• Read Aloud: Blackbeard The Pirate King: Told in Verse by J. Patrick Lewis
  
  
• DRTA (Oral Reading--Popcorn) with Pirates Past Noon
  
  
• Individual DRTA Lessons (Silent Reading) for Not So Jolly Roger
  • Students' DRTA Lessons -- Not So Jolly Roger
    
• Explore the Different Pirate Flags and Make Pirate Flag
  • Student Examples of Pirate Flag
    
    
• Explore Information about Blackbeard the Pirate and Construct Compare/Contrast Graph (Map)
  • Student Examples of Blackbeard Comparison Map
    
    
• Dictionary of Piratical and Nautical Terms
  • Begin with the List of Terms I Provide
  • Example of Pirate Dictionary
    
    
• Silent Guided Reading of Pirate Diary Journal of Jake Carpenter
  Guided Reading Plan (Three Sections)
  
  
• Download Maps and Track Jake's Travels
  • Map of Caribbean Sea
  • Map of Americas
  • Map of World (Where is Madagascar?)
  • Google Map
    
    
• Data Retrieval Chart and Internet Workshops
  • Download the Data Retrieval Chart and Fill it in Using the Listed Resources
  • Student Examples of Data Retrieval Chart
  • Download the Internet Workshop and Complete by Researching the Internet Sites and Writing Responses to the Questions
    
    
• Anticipation/Reaction Guide for Pirate Unit

Guided Reading for Peter and the Starcatchers

• Vocabogram
• Vocabogram Assignment for Peter and the Starcatchers
  
• Concept Map
  • Concept Map Assignment for Peter and the Starcatchers

• Download Peter and the Starcatchers (Section 1 Assignments--pages 1 to 95) and Complete Activities
  • Peter Character Sketcher
• Molly Character Sketcher
• Black Stache Character Sketcher
  
  
• Peter and the Starcatchers (Section 2 Assignments--pages 96 to 237)
  
  
  • Download Discussion Director and Complete Activities
    
    
  • Download Passage Picker and Complete Activities
    
    
  • Download Author's Craft and Complete Activities
    
    
  • Download Vocabulary Exercises and Complete Activities
    
    
• Peter and the Starcatchers (Section 3 Assignments--pages 238 to end)
  
  
  • Download ABC Book and Complete Activities
    • Student Examples ABC Pages for Peter and the Starcatchers: spring 2007
    • ABC Pages (html version)
      
      
  • Download Character Wanted Poster and Complete Activities
    • Student Examples Wanted Poster for Peter and the Starcatchers: spring 2007
      
      
  • Sketch-to-Stretch
    
    
  • Download Vocabulary Word Wizard Activity and Card and Complete Activities
    • Student Examples Word Wizard Card to Peter and the Starcatchers: spring 2007
    • Download Vocabulary Activities and Use as a Model for Word Wizard Word Activities
  • Use Vocabulary Instruction as a Resource and as Examples for Vocabulary Activities
    
    
  • Download Internet Workshop (Science Connection) and Use an Example of How to Construct Internet Workshop
    
    
  • Download Poetic Responses and Select One to Complete
    • Cinquain Response
    • I Poem Response
    • Poem for 2 Voices Response (May Work with a Partner)
      • Student Examples Poetic Responses to Peter and the Starcatchers: spring 2007
        
        
  • Use as an Example of Reader's Theater Response
    

Reading Fluency Assessment and Reflection (TaskStream Assignment)

Multi-Text Study and Unit (TaskStream Assignment) Download Instructions and Student Examples

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