Essay On Teaching Literacy

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Every Teacher is a language Teacher. This statement is both simple and complex, and requires all teachers to collaborate across curriculums and classrooms to promote academic literacy. The case for promoting literacy across secondary classrooms is essential. Promoting and providing literacy is not only essential for students, but also imperative for instructors, administrators and school districts alike. When thinking about literacy, we may automatically veer in the direction of reading, but literacy includes writing, comprehension, vocabulary, morphology, phonemes, phonics, spelling, syntax, written expression and even speaking and listening. At the core of all this is oral language. We learn first by listening, and then we learn to talk. …show more content…

“A quality purpose statement provides information for students about what they will learn and how they might demonstrate that understanding. A quality purpose statement also helps the teacher plan the lesson, as the tasks students are asked to complete should align with the expected understanding” (Frey, Fisher, 2013) However, we can’t just think in terms of a statement as it applies to task, but relatively it should convey or reflect understanding of what the students will garner or learn through tasks and …show more content…

With goals and the end in mind, I hope to utilize my new knowledge and strategies to be an effective instructor. I know that literacy is crucial for students as they move forward in life. I aspire to motivate students in lifelong learning, but also guide them to grow through instruction and the literacy process. I think of voting when the word literacy comes to mind. It not being able to vote, it’s being an informed voter. The more informed and literate voters (citizens) can have an impact not only on our lives and our nation, but also on our personal lives. Literacy is essential in the basics of applying for a job, reading a prescription bottle and even reading media articles. Literacy is more than doing lesson plans and learning. Literacy is a life survival skill. I hope to endear that to

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