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2 Writing Through The Lens: Creating Camera Narratives 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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