Hallmark 1- Importance
Engaging, content-rich texts
What is hallmark 1 of Advanced Literacies Intruction?
A text that may be considered complex in the hands of one reader, but may not be considered complex when placed in the hands of another.
What is there is no such thing as a "complex text"?
Talk and discussion to build both conversational and academic language.
What is Hallmark 2 of Advanced Literacy Instruction?
Texts used with ELLs are too challenging because they are at or above grade-level or all texts are below grade-level, offering little engaging content and compromising learning activities.
What are traditional instructional practices?
Simply engaging with text that has been made accessible to developing readers (leveled texts) does little to develop struggling readers' and linguistically-diverse learner' academic language and content language.
What is the paradox?
Text may pose greater challenge to readers when they have been asked to identify the author's stance or bias than if they have been asked to read to simply get the "gist".
What is why a text may be considered more or less complex given the task at hand?
If there is an extended back-and-forth process of interactions among students, organized around rich content and topics.
What is how language develops in the classroom?
Multiple texts at different levels are read by ELLs in order to support them to develop a rich understanding of a topic and to develop their reading comprehension skills.
What are 21st century instructional practices?
What is to support linguistically diverse students?
This is generated by text leveling tools that solely evaluate the text's language (ie: word frequency and difficulty, sentence length, and text cohesion)
What is quantitative measures of text complexity?
This produces greater gains in achievement and we know that talk-based learning tasks and projects can do exactly this- when there is choice, roles and collaboration involved, this is a great way to promote students' sense of autonomy as learners.
What is fostering engagement by focusing on building student autonomy and collaboration?
Instructor communicates the importance of using target words when speaking.
What is one indicator of hallmark 2 in instruction?
To build their knowledge of the world (background knowledge) and content knowledge for school success.
What is what all students need?
The complexity of a text's structure, the accessibility of the language conventionality and clarity, levels of meaning conveyed by the author and knowledge demands placed on readers.
What are indicators of qualitative measures?
This refers to the skills and competencies that enable communication in increasingly diverse ways and promote understanding and use of text for a variety of purposes.
What are Advanced Literacies?
Students are aware of talk routines- and demonstrate a level of comfort with them.
What is one indicator of hallmark 2 in instruction?
Because they are filled with the complex, abstract and sophisticated words (academic language) and the complex ideas that are part of the curriculum.
What is why we start with informational texts?