2 Writing Through The Lens: Creating Camera Narratives
2.1 Kwayaciiwin Curriculum
This unit was developed using the expectations of the Kwayaciiwin Curriculum with specific attention to the English Literacy Development document
KWAYACIIWIN CURRICULUM
English Literacy Development
(ELD) page 9
Ten Tips for Teaching English using Balanced Literacy
1. Oral Language- listening to understand, speaking to communicate, reflecting on oral
communication, skills and strategies
2. Media Literacy- understanding, creating, and reflecting on media literacy; forms, conventions and techniques
3. Read Aloud (daily)- whole class, rich literature, support writing forms, model think alouds, fiction/non-fiction
4. Shared Reading/ Shared Writing-
(a) enlarged text, charts, poems, reread daily, strategy teaching, modeling, decoding prompts
(b) teacher and student compose, teacher “holds pen”, interactive- student “holds pen”
5. Guided Reading/ Guided Writing (daily)-
(a) 4-6 students per group, flexible groupings, 15-20 minutes
(b) to review a recently taught skill in small groups
6. Reading Conferences- allows teacher to gather assessments
7. Independent Reading/ Independent Writing
(a) self-select books, browsing bins, read around the room, Home Reading program/ personal
book bags
(b) student self-selected topics
8. Word Study- high frequency words, word families, word parts (chunking), alphabet,
letter/sound
9. Modeled Writing- teacher as writer, topics include what students know about, recount
10. Writing Conferences- allows teacher to gather assessments
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