What does it mean to be “literate”?
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Is it the words? The message?
The connotation? The response?
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EDCI 4432/5432
• Course Requirements
• Content Area Reading vs.
Disciplinary Literacy
• Literacy and Identities
• Literacy Shifts
• K – 12 Approaches
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Course Requirements
Discussion Forums
Disciplinary Literacy Audit
Text Complexity Analysis
Think-Aloud Video
Disciplinary Literacy Design
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Reading and Identity
Consider your profile as a reader. List a few identities that guide
your reading choices. Then, list what texts you read that align
with that identity.
Identity
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What do students need to become
proficient readers of complex texts
in the academic domains?
What does it mean to
“comprehend” a text?
What does it mean to “identify” with
a discipline?
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Disciplinary Literacy Explained
Hiller Spires and Tim Shanahan are two current researchers in
education. Watch their video describing disciplinary literacy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSzK31V5lg
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Disciplinary Literacy
The confluence of content knowledge,
experiences, and skills merged with the
ability to read, write, listen, speak,
think and perform in meaningful ways
within the context of a given field.
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What does disciplinary literacy look like in the
classroom?
Watch these teachers describe how they enact disciplinary
literacy in their classrooms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfYe6ndbVq8
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Disciplinary Literacy
Respond to these questions:
• What types of texts do experts in your
discipline read and write?
• What is the “confluence” of knowledge,
skills, and experiences for experts in your
field?
• How are texts read & written &
discussed in your discipline?
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Shifts to Disciplinary Literacy
Content Area Reading
Disciplinary Literacy
“All teachers are teachers of
reading”
Strategic approach to unveil
how reading and writing are
used in the discipline
Teachers use contentrelated articles or books for
students to read
Focus on specialized ways of
knowing and communicating in
the disciplines
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Shifts to Disciplinary Literacy
From…
Teacher-led lessons &
discussions
To…
Student-led engagement in
reading, writing, speaking,
and listening
Text reading to align with
“teaching” content
Students constructing
meaning from disciplinary
texts
Using literacy to
supplement content
Using literacy in the service
of learning any content
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Gradual Release Model
See the lesson model in the following link:
https://tanyaanddanacomprehension.weebly.com/gradualrelease-of-responsibility.html
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Gradual Release Model
How could the gradual release
model help develop disciplinary
identity?
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