Four Roles of the Literate Learner

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Four Roles of the Literate Learner

• Class 6 Fri. Sept. 28/07
• EDUC 4214
• J/I Language Arts
• Anna-Marie Aquino

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Inside/Outside Strategy
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Literacy Inside/Outside Strategy

• What does it mean to be literate?
• Write three ideas to complete the sentence stem,
  Being literate means.

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What it Means to be Literate

• Debriefing the Inside/Outside Strategy

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What it Means to Be Literate

• Literacy is about more than reading and writing
  it is about how we communicate in society. It
  is about social practices and relationships,
  about knowledge, language and culture.
  Literacyfinds its place in our lives alongside
  other ways of communicating. Indeed literacy
  itself takes many forms on paper, on the
  computer screen, on TV, on posters and signs.
  Those who use literacy take it for granted but
  those who cannot use it are excluded from much
  communication in todays world. Indeed, it is the
  excluded who can best appreciate the notion of
  literacy as freedom.
• UNESCO

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Roles 3 and 4

• Text User
• Text Analyzer

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Text User

• Understands that the purpose and audience help
  to determine the way a text is structured, the
  tone, the degree of formality, and the sequence
  of components, and uses this knowledge to read,
  write, and speak.

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Text User Activity

• Use your knowledge
• of the comic strip
• format to generate
• a thought that could be
• running through the
• teachers mind.

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Text User

• Recognizes and understands the structures of a
  variety of text forms
• Writes for a variety of purposes
• Matches the text form to the audience and to the
  purposes for writing
• Effectively uses the language features and
  conventions of a variety of text forms
• Recognizes and conveys voice

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Text Analyzer

• Understands that texts are not neutral, that
  they represent particular views and perspectives,
  that other views and perspectives may be missing,
  and that the design and messages of texts can be
  critiqued and alternatives considered.

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Text Analyzer Activity

• Mind and Alternative Mind Portraits
• This technique allows readers/viewers to examine
  two different points of view.
• Each perspective is represented on a mind
  graphic organizer through words, drawings, or
  collages.

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Activity Text Analyzer

• While listening to the story, consider two
  perspectives to analyze.

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Activity Text Analyzer

• Draw two head silhouettes.
• Represent one perspective in the first head and
  another perspective in the second head.
• Share your mind and alternative mind portraits
  with a partner.

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• The text analyzer also recognizes the voices that
  are excluded, or missed.
• Whose voice is not represented in the following
  image?

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It is the bravest of men who can stand tall in
the face of danger.
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Text Analyzer

• Is aware of and can identify how texts are
  crafted to present the vies and interests of the
  writer.
• Understands that information, ideas and language
  in texts influence the readers perceptions and
  texts empower or disempower certain groups.

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Text Analyzer

• Applies higher-order thinking skills to deepen
  understanding and to deconstruct the authors
  message
• Analyzes ideas, information and perspectives in
  texts
• Engages in critical literacy/inquiry
• Recognizes bias, omission and multiple
  perspectives

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Wrap Up