The Literate Learner Vocabulary, Curriculum Content, Personal & World Experiences Understands diverse vocabulary Text Features/Structures Intent/Critical Literacy Stance Text Forms/Formats & Thinking Processes

Readers integrate all four roles/practices simultaneously Model shifts the focus away from finding “the recipe” to an emphasis on a range of roles/practices utilized in literacy instruction Learning tasks need to integrate the four roles/practices in meaningful ways across all subject areas Four Roles of The Literate Learner

A robust thinking task is… a task that asks the student to simultaneously engage in all four roles of the Literate Learner. What is a robust thinking task?

Meaning Maker – Questions for Consideration What would engage this particular group of learners? What are the significant details from the text? What are the big ideas at work in the text? How do these big ideas link to curriculum content across subject areas? What is the key vocabulary that helps one understand the big ideas in the text? Creating a robust thinking task –Thinking Aloud

Text User – Questions for Consideration Why is this text format effective for this particular purpose and audience? What features of the text format help the learner to understand the big ideas? What thinking processes will help the learner understand the big ideas?

Code User – Questions for Consideration What conventions (i.e., punctuation, phrases, or other grammatical structures) and text features are significant and lead to the big ideas in the text? Creating a robust thinking task - Thinking Aloud

Creating a robust thinking task –Thinking Aloud Text Analyzer – Questions for Consideration Who might have a different opinion “within” the text? Who might have a different opinion “outside” the text? Is this a fair and accurate representation?

Transferring Knowledge to Classroom Practice Demonstration Modelling Shared Practice Guided Practice Independent Practice DependenceIndependence Teacher models explains, demonstrates, thinks aloud Shared Practice teacher explicitly teaches and teacher and student practise strategy together the student gradually assumes more and more responsibility for the reading Guided Practice students practise the strategy with coaching from the teacher Independent Practice students apply strategy on their own and receive feedback Student Application new genre or format/more difficult text/transfer of learning to a new situation