The goal of literacy instruction is the attainment of fluency
Speaking
Reading
FLUENCY
Writing

Writing genres in NAF courses include texts students will encounter in college and career
• Essays (personal, explanatory, persuasive)
• Research reports
• Business letters, memos, emails, and proposals
• Resumes and cover letters
• Directions
• Skits
• Editorials, reviews, blogs
• Ads, brochures, press releases

Question
What is dessert?
Dessert
The defining format captures a word’s characteristics
Category Characteristics is a course of a meal
That

 Works best with words that have a range of attributes: the ocean, eyes.
Examples of words that are either too vague or too one-dimensional to use this way: the year 2010, crayons.
 The process of thinking about a term in this way causes students to make new connections; to think of the term as related to a range of topics rather than in isolation, which in turn helps with retention and with using the word in future writing assignments
 Requires specificity and clarity of language, while encouraging class discussion
 Requires actively thinking about a term, rather than passively writing the definition down
 Great way for teacher to check for level of understanding