Designing Literacy

2. Designing Literacy Embedding Literacy Tasks Into a PBL Unit

3. Self-enrolling in the Literacy Support Center Step 1: Click on the Courses tab Step 2: Click on the All Courses tab Step 3: Select ‘New Tech National’ from the School drop down menu Step 4: Click ‘Sign up’ to enroll in the course “Literacy Support Center” Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

5. Participants will be able to: • Explain why literacy instruction matters across all subject areas • Describe the Literacy Design Collaborative framework • Help students think deeply about content by creating a literacy task that is integrated into a project • Get started with the Literacy Support Center for ongoing professional learning about content-area literacy

6. Comparing Lexiles

7. MetaMetrics’ High School Text Demand Survey 1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 800 Social Studies ELA Math Science *from "Lexile Text Measures for State or District Adoption Programs"

8. Small Group Activity • Please break into small groups and discuss some ways you are already supporting literacy • On the sticky notes provided write down your group’s 2-3 current literacy best practices • Place on “Literacy Graffiti Wall”

9. Why incorporate literacy tasks?

10. Dive Deeper • Push our practice further by beginning with a literacy end in mind • Increase our level of scaffolding for rigorous reading and writing • Include a literacy task in every project or unit

11. Literacy Design Collaborative Framework • Has fill-in-the-blank templates for literacy tasks that get students thinking deeply about content (the “end”) • Uses scaffolding to help students with the challenging reading and writing they will do

12. Literacy Design CollaborativeFramework Categories • Argumentative • Explanatory/ Informational • Narrative

13. LDC Subdivisions Modes or Organizational Patterns • Description • Cause and effect • Comparison / Contrast • Procedural-sequential • Problem-solution • Evaluation • Synthesis • Analysis These are types of writing but also the kinds of rigorous thinking we want our students to do

14. Sample LDC Template Tasks Template Task 3 (Argumentative Comparison) [Insert essential question] After reading (literature or informational texts), write a/an (essay, report, or substitute) that compares (content) and argues (content). Support your discussion with evidence from the text(s).

15. Sample LDC Template Tasks After looking at Nike ads and analyzing the language, write copy for your shoe ad that persuades teens to buy your shoe.

16. Sample LDC Template Tasks • Template Task 1 (Argumentative Analysis) • [Insert essential question] After reading • (literature or informational texts), write a/an (essay, report, or substitute)that argues your position on (content). Support your discussion with evidence from the text(s). • L2 (level 2- increased challenge) Be sure to acknowledge competing views. • L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate, clarify, and support your position.

17. Sample LDC Template Tasks After creating a design for the landscape architecture of the school, write a sales pitch that argues why your design should be implemented. Support your position with examples from your design.

18. Where could YOU integrate a literacy task? • Look back at a Project Calendar from the previous year. • Is there a place where a literacy task in the format we showed you might have been helpful?

19. Task Creation Step 1- Use a Template to Create a Literacy Task Start with the end in mind: use a template to create a literacy task that will require students to show their content knowledge.

20. Assessment Step 2- Design a Rubric Create a rubric for your literacy task. Use language from your school's written communication rubric or from one of the rubrics linked below. You may want to choose one or two writing traits/ elements/ skills to address in your rubric, depending on the main focus of the project. Argumentative Informational Narrative

21. Scaffolding Step 3- Plan the Scaffolding Even advanced students can benefit from good scaffolding ... especially when reading or writing something challenging.  You should have at least three scaffolding activities, for three stages: reading, pre-writing, and writing. For now, pick one. Scaffolding Literacy: Starter SetScaffolding Literacy: Deep Dive If you'd like scaffolding suggestions to address particular needs, see link below. Literacy Scaffolding by Rubric Criteria

22. This is just the beginning… Ongoing support from: • Literacy Task Quick Guide • Online Literacy Support • Center • Literacy Facilitator

23. “Literacy Support Center” • Online Literacy Support Center with resources for: • Assessing reading and writing • Designing rigorous literacy tasks • Scaffolding literacy tasks • Differentiating literacy instruction • Echo Discussions – “Water Coolers”

24. “Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.” - President Clinton on International Literacy Day, September 8th 1994

25. Literacy Support Center Let’s Get Started!