Essential Components of a Literacy Lesson

1. Essential Components of a Literacy Lesson Part 1 Before Reading, listening or viewing!

2. Objective of Session By the end of this session participants will be able to: Identify aspects of a literacy lesson Construct a mastery objective that includes literacy Identify key vocabulary in a literacy lesson

3. Define Literacy Interpreting information in the form of reading, listening and/or viewing.

4. MSA Performance scores….. READING But remember the skills we are trying to enhance cross into all areas of information. Use the following best practices for reading, listening and viewing in class.

5. What are some components of a Literacy Lesson? Word Splash

6. Before • State your purpose • Activate Background Knowledge • Preview Key Vocabulary • During • Use a graphic organizer • Question to clarify, predict or summarize • “Think Aloud” • After • Performance Task • Questioning for Understanding What are some components of a Literacy Lesson?

7. Write and share a mastery objective that implies the purpose for reading. SWBAT identify the cause and effect of Osmosis from the Bill Nye movie “Swapping Spit”. (to be informed)SWBAT state the traits of the main character and give examples from the text to support it. (for literary experience)SWBAT complete two step equations using the examples in the text. (to perform a task)

8. Determine all Unfamiliar Vocabulary Words Read, Listen to or view the piece of information Brainstorm (highlight, circle, list) all Unfamiliar words Identify what is Necessary vs. Unnecessary

9. Identifying Key Vocabulary Front Loading Necessary Not Necessary to Front Load Aligns with essential questions for the unit Is a part of a content objective Essential to performing a task And cannot be understood using context clues Can be inferred using context clues Not necessary for understanding It is developed at another time

10. Let’s Try It! Using a piece of text…. 1. Identify all text that may unknown to students 2. Circle those that are essential to: understanding, performance or content objectives 3. Cross off those that can be figured out by context clues, not necessary to understanding or performance. 4. Cross off those that will be developed at a later time.

11. Islamic Empire Document 1: Yakut: Baghdad under the Abbasids, 1000 CE Yakut had Greek parents but became the slave of an Arab merchant. As a slave, Yakut was trained to be a commercial traveler. His master sent him to Persia many times. Because of his travels, Yakut developed the skills of a geographer and biographer. When he visited Baghdad, it was the most impressive city in the Islamic Empire. Yakut describes Baghdad at its height of beauty and power. Yakut: Geographical Encyclopedia: The city of Baghdad formed two vast semi-circles on the right and left banks of the Tigris, twelve miles in diameter. The numerous suburbs, covered with parks, gardens, villas and beautiful promenades, and plentifully supplied with rich bazaars, and finely built mosques and baths, stretched for a considerable distance on both sides of the river. In the days of its prosperity the population of Baghdad and its suburbs amounted to over two millions! . . . Immense streets, none less than forty cubits wide, traversed the city from one end to the other, dividing it into blocks or quarters, each under the control of an overseer or supervisor, who looked after the cleanliness, sanitation and the comfort of the inhabitants. …..Every household was plentifully supplied with water at all seasons by the numerous aqueducts which intersected the town; and the streets, gardens and parks were regularly swept and watered, and no refuse was allowed to remain within the walls. . . . ….Both sides of the river were for miles fronted by the palaces, kiosks [newsstands], gardens and parks of the grandees and nobles, marble steps led down to the water's edge, and the scene on the river was animated by thousands of gondolas [row boats], decked with little flags, dancing like sunbeams on the water, and carrying the pleasure-seeking Baghdad citizens from one part of the city to the other. . . . ..There were also in Baghdad numerous colleges of learning, hospitals, infirmaries for both sexes, and lunatic asylums.

12. editing Blue = context clues will support this word Green = a word they should have learned prior Red = a word that will be the focus of an upcoming lesson Bold= a word I need to preview

13. Islamic Empire Document 1: Yakut: Baghdad under the Abbasids, 1000 CE Yakut had Greek parents but became the slave of an Arab merchant. As a slave, Yakut was trained to be a commercial traveler. His master sent him to Persia many times. Because of his travels, Yakut developed the skills of a geographer and biographer. When he visited Baghdad, it was the most impressive city in the Islamic Empire. Yakut describes Baghdad at its height of beauty and power. Yakut: Geographical Encyclopedia: The city of Baghdad formed two vast semi-circles on the right and left banks of the Tigris, twelve miles in diameter. The numerous suburbs, covered with parks, gardens, villas and beautiful promenades, and plentifully supplied with rich bazaars, and finely built mosquesand baths, stretched for a considerable distance on both sides of the river. In the days of its prosperitythe population of Baghdad and its suburbs amounted to over two millions! . . . Immense streets, none less than forty cubits wide, traversedthe city from one end to the other, dividing it into blocks or quarters, each under the control of an overseer or supervisor, who looked after the cleanliness, sanitationand the comfort of the inhabitants (people who lived there). …..Every household was plentifully supplied with water at all seasons by the numerous aqueductswhich intersected the town; and the streets, gardens and parks were regularly swept and watered, and no refuse (trash) was allowed to remain within the walls. . . . ….Both sides of the river were for miles fronted by the palaces, kiosks [newsstands], gardens and parks of the grandees and nobles, marble steps led down to the water's edge, and the scene on the river was animatedby thousands of gondolas[row boats], decked with little flags, dancing like sunbeams on the water, and carrying the pleasure-seeking Baghdad citizens from one part of the city to the other. . . . ..There were also in Baghdad numerous colleges of learning, hospitals, infirmariesfor both sexes, and lunatic asylums.

14. What words do you need to preview? Using the chart and the text you have been given, determine which words will need to be previewed from the readings.

15. My Preview Words are…. Aqueduct Bazaar Cubit Promenade Infirmaries and Asylum

16. Aqueduct: a pipe or channel used to transport water.

17. Bazaar: a street lined with shops and stalls.

18. Promenade: a public walkway mean for leisurely walks.

19. What is a ….. Cubit: Infirmary or asylum:

20. Exit Card Please put your name on and leave your Exit Card as you go.