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Post by morgan on Jan 13, 2016 19:04:42 GMT -5
This is where we can discuss things!!!!!
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Post by brittanysinitch on Jan 19, 2016 21:24:23 GMT -5
I liked the video this week! I thought it was funny hearing about how we change our language depending on who we might be speaking to. For an example, I speak to my friends much differently than I speak to my mom, but at the end of the day I'm still myself. It's interesting how we can still be ourselves, while changing our register. I definitely make it a goal to stay true to myself while registering to other people in a respectful way. Anyone else?!
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Post by brittanysinitch on Jan 19, 2016 21:32:10 GMT -5
Also, as far as my content area, English Education, I'm using literacy events everyday! I hope that my students will practice using literacy events everyday. I think it's neat how a literacy event could involve shopping. I read an article online that doing things like going food shopping could lead to literacy:
SHOPPING
Here are some life skills that can be used as the basis for a lesson with suggestions for practice activities.
1. Call a store for information regarding store hours, location, available products, etc.
Suggestions: Identify the words that the learner needs to learn. Write them on 3 by 5 cards. Together practice the telephone conversation.
2. Read posted store hour signs: Open, Closed, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., etc.
Suggestions: Write the words on 3 by 5 cards. Read and discuss the words. Visit some stores and read the signs.
3. Read basic interior store signs: In, Out, Exit, Furniture, Cosmetics, Appliances, Auto, Men, Misses, Boys, Men, Petite, Infants, etc.
Suggestions: Write the words on 3 by 5 cards. Read and discuss the words. Visit some stores and read the signs.
4. Read and understand advertisements (flyers, newspaper ads, catalogs) for clothing, household goods, etc.
Suggestions: Select a variety of items and compare prices using the flyers, ads, and catalogs.
5. Read prices posted in stores: “Sweaters $19.99” or “Jackets $39.99” Read prices on attached price tags: “$18.49”
Suggestions: Read and discuss prices in ads, flyers, and catalogs. Visit stores and examine prices of a variety of items. Understand sale prices and discounts, e.g. 50% off, two for the price of one, buy one—get one free, senior-citizen discounts, etc.
6. Locate where a particular item is located within the store by reading the store directory or asking a salesperson.
Suggestions: Select the words that the learner needs to learn. Together practice asking for information. Visit a store that has a directory and practice locating different departments using the directory.
I just thought this was neat. Literacy practices are everywhere!?
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Post by rachelgoodbar on Jan 19, 2016 22:25:16 GMT -5
I agree brittany. It was interesting to see all of the ways we change our language depending on who we are talking to. And students and everyone for that matter gets to practice changing their language and practicing literacy. Also agree with the shopping because all of your reasons were great and its an event that you need to be aware of how to read and know what is going on and take in all the things around you (like sales) to make conclusions.
We obviously will be using literacy all the time teaching English, but it would also be really cool to incorporate other types of literacy into English as well. Teaching English it would be interesting to see how we could incorporate more than just traditional reading and writing into our lessons. I know we've learned that lots of middle schools they build the content areas off each other (I can't think of the word for this) but use other content areas in their classes, so it would be interesting to include something about maybe science literacy or history literacy and see how, as future english teachers, we could incorporate other types of literacies. Does anyone have any ideas on how to include multiple types of literacy into their class or have seen teachers do it?
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Post by morgan on Jan 20, 2016 9:37:01 GMT -5
Well, I believe that another type of literacy can even be in the difference of what novels we read as English teachers. For instance, if we're reading Shakespeare, it's very different than reading a young adult novel. Shakespeare writes in a way that even though it's "English", we don't necessarily know what he's saying because it uses language that is older and perhaps, colloquialized from the culture back then. So, in order to read Shakespeare well and understand it in the way that it's supposed to be understood, you have to learn the literacy of Shakespearean language.
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Post by meghanpotter on Jan 20, 2016 15:54:27 GMT -5
That was a really good example, Brittany! I like how easy to understand you made it, and how easy to relate to. Shopping for anything is definitely an important everyday use of literacy. For example, when I studied abroad, my cell phone wouldn't work, so a bunch of my flat mates and I went to buy pay-as-you-go cheap phones. Even though we were in England, there was a huge difference in the phone plans, and we were all very confused about what to buy. The salesman saw that we were confused, and clearly Americans, so he tried to talk us into buying the most expensive options, and get more money out of us. When my British friend showed up, the salesman immediately sold us the most reasonable plan. Had we known what we were looking for, and been literate in phone plans and British social norms, we wouldn't have needed help from our British friend. Kind of a different example, but it reminded me of your shopping example.
I think it's definitely tricky as English Ed majors to separate literacy from what we typically think of- books, and writing, and the ability to read. It's hard for me, at least, to remind myself that we're talking about more than just that. We're talking about the information that allows you to understand the subject matter. Music literacy, for example, involves knowing how to read music, what different symbols mean, what certain terms mean, and knowing how to listen to the other musician around you. Computer literacy- a truly dreadful class I took in middle school- involves knowing how to use certain programs like Microsoft Office, knowing how to troubleshoot certain problems, and how to use the internet.
In terms of English literacy, I would have to say that it involves the ability to read, to communicate your thoughts through writing, understanding rhetorical devices such as metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, etc, and knowledge of some classic themes and storylines. Since this is my subject area, I could probably talk about it for a lot longer, but that pretty much sums up the point.
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Post by wmm12d on Jan 20, 2016 23:05:02 GMT -5
I think one way of incorporating other subject literacy into say, an English class, would be to supplement a literature lesson with a map activity using the story's setting (country) as the region to explore. One could add to that, a brief discussion about the history of that location and its people during the time of the story. If the literature has a scientific theme, and possibly contains an experiment, or a theory that can be tested, do a science experiment in English class!
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Post by wmm12d on Jan 20, 2016 23:06:10 GMT -5
I think one way of incorporating other subject literacy into say, an English class, would be to supplement a literature lesson with a map activity using the story's setting (country) as the region to explore. One could add to that, a brief discussion about the history of that location and its people during the time of the story. If the literature has a scientific theme, and possibly contains an experiment, or a theory that can be tested, do a science experiment in English class!
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Post by SophinaA on Jan 21, 2016 14:01:05 GMT -5
So I really like everything that is said. I agree that literacy is so vague and there are a myriad of different ways to interpret it. Something else that really sparked an interest with me for this past week's readings was the idea of the Hidden Curriculum. I had always heard of it in passing but after doing research, I am starting to think of times when I was affected by it. For example, in high school we used to read books with only male protagonists which made me never see a female role as being a hero or brave. It is those subtle things that can make a student feel ostracized. Have any of you experienced anything involving hidden curriculum?
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Post by kcornelison93 on Jan 23, 2016 18:27:24 GMT -5
So, changing topics to next week's reading (that's what we're supposed to do, right?), in the Intro to the Knobel & Lankshear book, the authors say "A way of reading a certain type of text is acquired /only/ when it is acquired in a 'fluent' or 'native-like' way..." I understand that this is a reference to a discourse community but I don't think it is possible for any two people to come at any one text in the same way. They are always going to be bringing their own background to anything they read.
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Post by lizziecassity on Jan 24, 2016 21:38:25 GMT -5
Sophina, I totally know what you're talking about with the hidden curriculum. Now that I think about it, I have never read a book through my high school experience that had a female lead. I get that most of the novels in the cannon are older and from a more patriarchal time, but now that I am going to be a teacher myself, I would say that they should have done more YA lit or anything where there was a female lead- or honestly anyone other than a white male. Now, with the change in the discussion, I think that a person does for sure bringing their background to what they read. I know when I have to read a novel for my English Ed classes I always think about how relatable it could be to more than one group of students.
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