Hallmark 1: Why is it important?
Engaging, Content-rick texts
What is the Hallmark 1 of Advanced Literacies Instruction?
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; after all, each reader brings different levels of language familiarity and background knowledge.
What is there is no such thing as complex text?
Talk and discussion to build both conversational and academic language knowledge.
What is Hallmark 2 of Advanced Literacies Instruction?
Students are engaged in speaking and listening as part of EACH lesson.
What is an indicator of hallmark 2 in the curriculum?
For many learners a lack of opportunities to access grade level texts, can lead, over time to...
What is "cumulative disadvantage"?
A text may pose greater challenge to readers when they have been asked to identify the author's stance or bias than if they had been asked to read to simply get the "gist".
What is 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 does language develop in the classroom?
Students are asked to use the target words and other academic language when speaking as part of each lesson in nthe unit.
What is a hallmark 2 indicator in the curriculum?
They must be content rich but also at different levels of readability.
What are the texts we choose for instruction?
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 are quantitative measures of text complexity?
These center on negotiating the text's meaning, students are able to struggle productively in a supported context.
What are discussions that are text-based?
Speaking and listening routines (weekly debates, interviews and other role play) occur consistently and predictably throughout each unit. This provides students with the time and opportunities to develop mastery of these learning processes.
What is a hallmark 2 indicator in the curriculum?
We choose a variety of texts- written at different levels Iincluding some at grade-level) and from different perspectives on the same topic
What is to support linguistically diverse students?
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 must be assessed by educators with their own students in mind.
What are qualitative indicators?
All texts used with ELLs are extremely challenging because they are at or above grade-level OR all texts are below grade-level, offering little engaging content and compromising learning activitites.
What are traditional instructional practices in linguistically-diverse classrooms?
Students are aware of talk routines and demonstrate a level of comfort with them
What is a hallmark 2 indicators of instruction?
They are filled with the complex, abstract and sophisticated words (ie., academic language) and the complex ideas that are part of the curriculum
What are informational texts?
Multiple texts at different levels are read by ELLs/MLLs in order to support them to develop their reading comprehension skills. Sets of texts are a key support for ELLs/MLLs on the path to consistently accessing grade-level texts with ease.
What are 21st century instructional practices for linguistically diverse classrooms?
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. Sets of texts are a key support for ELLs on the path to consistently accessing grade-level texts with ease.
What are 21st Century instructional practices?
Students are encouraged to use peers as language resources when speaking.
What is a hallmark 2 indicator in instruction?