Tentative+Course+Calendar

Below is a tentative course calendar. Note: it is a growing organism and may change based upon the needs of the class. Any changes will be announced via email, the Announcements page of the wiki, or through the Remind text messaging system.


 * See Course Materials page for more resources.

2. Characteristics of adolescents (see ) 3. Literacy defined & types of literacy (see Literacy Types) 4. Adolescent literacy (see Prezi at @http://prezi.com/xf4dlsx5harm/adolescents-who-are-they-what-does-their-literacy-look-like/) 5. Content literacy (see @http://prezi.com/6w_tsjnpgawg/content-literacy/, and @Content Literacy Strategies) 6. Popular literacy theories (see Prezi at @http://prezi.com/wx9idjiwabun/literacy-learning-theories/) 7. CCSS (see @http://www.corestandards.org/ ) 8. Secondary Reading Literature: An Intro to Reading & Writing
 * ===Class=== || ===Session Focus=== || ===Topics/Assignments=== ||
 * One (online) || **Introduction to Adolescent Literacy, Literacy Types, Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and Content Literacy** || 1. Course overview: Wiki perusal, syllabus discussion, introductions, course requirements (assignments, class participation)
 * Active Viewing Strategy: Think-Pair-Share (see @http://www.studenthandouts.com/3web/thinkpairshare.pdf and handout here)
 * Infographic link: @https://www.smore.com/app
 * Active Viewing Strategy (see Note-Taking Active Viewing)
 * Active Viewing Strategy (see Content Literacy iChart)
 * Active Viewing Strategy (see Note-Taking Strategy Cornell)
 * CCSS Quiz: Test your knowledge at @http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/10/us-news-quiz-test-your-knowledge-of-common-core
 * What has TN done concerning CCSS?
 * Secondary Reading: Literature, An Intro to Reading & Writing

Note: The Active Viewing Strategies are to help you as you view each of the presentations/websites. They are not required for completion.

2. Assessing motivation to read 3. Key literacy component: vocabulary 4. What content-area teachers should know about adolescent literacy 5. Characteristics of adolescent learners
 * //Participation Activities & Assignments//:** Knowledge Rating Chart (see @Knowledge Rating Chart, Reader Interest Survey (see Survey), Types of Literacy Overview Literacy Types **Note: Due by 11:00 p.m. on 6/6/18** ||
 * Two (online) || **Literacy and the Adolescent Learner** || 1. Factors that influence literacy (interest, motivation, cognitive ability)
 * "Reading Motivation: What the Research Says" found online at @http://www.readingrockets.org/article/29624
 * Motivation, Cognition, & Affect (see Motivation)
 * "Assessing Adolescents' Motivation to Read" found online at the link below or by clicking here.
 * Link @http://www.academia.edu/4599990/Assessing_adolescents_motivation_to_read_Assessing_adolescents_motivation_to_read
 * Interactive Vocabulary Instruction for the Adolescent Learner (see Interactive Vocabulary Instruction)
 * (see @http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/adolescent_literacy07.pdf)
 * (see @http://www.phschool.com/eteach/professional_development/adolescent_thinking_learning/essay.html)

//**Participation Activities & Assignments:**// Quiz 1 (Click here or on the link on the Quiz page of course wiki; //**to be completed by 11:00 p.m. 6/9/18)**// || 2. Three dimensions of literacy 3. The Reading Process 3. Key literacy component: comprehension
 * Three (online) || **Literacy Struggles** **& Teaching Reading** || 1. Characteristics of adolescents who struggle (What content teachers, ALL teachers, need to know about struggling adolescents)
 * See Prezi at @http://prezi.com/q70ca-5kiruc/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
 * See "Adolescent Literacy: Where We Are, Where We Need to Go" found online at @http://www.ldonline.org/article/12288
 * See chart here
 * See Stages in the Reading Process here or on the Course Materials page on course wiki)
 * Reading comprehension: What can you do? See article found online at @http://www.adlit.org/adlit_101/improving_literacy_instruction_in_your_school/reading_comprehension/
 * See various comprehension strategies on Course Materials course wiki page

//**Participation Activities & Assignments:**// Text-based response questions (click )
 * Email text-based response questions to Dr. Comer at mcomer@tntech.edu

//**Text-based questions to be completed by 11:00 p.m. 6/12/18.**// || 2. Factors that motivate adolescents to read 3. Instructional strategies that motivate adolescent readers 5. Key literacy component: comprehension
 * Four (online) || **Instructional Practices that Support Adolescent Literacy (plus motivation)** || 1. Effective literacy instruction.
 * See @http://www.literacyresearchassociation.org/assets/docs/Websitedocs/alverwhite2.pdf
 * Note: You may have to copy and paste the link into a new browser in order for it to open.
 * Factors Affecting Adolescents' Motivation to Read (Research Report) click here
 * See Prezi at @http://prezi.com/ls3fdfsphfyv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
 * See various comprehension strategies on Course Materials course wiki page
 * Live Binder "Reading Strategies for Adolescents" click here

//**Participation Activities & Assignments:**// Text-based response questions (click ) & Professional journal and text description (click here)


 * Email text-based response questions to Dr. Comer at mcomer@tntech.edu

//**Both are to be completed by 11:00 p.m. 6/16/18**// || 2. Expository Text Structures 3. Challenges adolescents face with comprehension 4. Key Literacy Component: Comprehension Activities (Carousal, Think-pair-share, T-chart, Exclusion Brainstorming)
 * Five (online) || **Expository Text Characteristics & Challenges** || 1. Types of text (narrative & expository)
 * See @http://prezi.com/u92t9f7bmmif/types-of-text/
 * Expository Text Structures & Their Associated Signal Words, click here
 * See Prezi at @http://prezi.com/0qrdyzlavw6g/expository-text-structure/
 * See http://www.adlit.org/article/27882/#challenges
 * See Exclusion Brainstorming
 * See Read-Write-Think's strategy guide, "Brainstorming & Reviewing Using the Carousal Strategy"
 * Click here
 * See Think-Pair-Share strategy guide on Read-Write-Think
 * Click here
 * Click Think-Pair-Share Example on Nonfiction Text for example
 * See T-Chart graphic organizer on Read-Write-Think
 * Click here

//**Participation Activities & Assignments:**// Quiz 2 click here or on the Quiz 2 link on the Quiz page of the course wiki (**must be completed by 11:00 p.m. on 6/19/18**) || 2. Censorship of young adult literature (YAL) 3. Activities for teaching YAL (key literacy component: comprehension) 4. YAL book podcasts
 * Six (online) || **Young Adult Literature** || 1. Young adult literature (characteristics, history, genres, and more)
 * See the @Young Adult Literature page of the course wiki
 * See article (link is @http://www.pen.org/nonfiction/censorship-and-writing-young-adults)
 * See podcast at @http://www.knowmia.com/watch/lesson/11196
 * See the @Young Adult Literature page of the course wiki
 * YAL Specialized Vocabulary & More
 * YAL Strategies
 * Cyber-hunt on YAL (not required for completion but an example of an activity)
 * See YAL Cyber-Hunt
 * YAL Podcasts

//**Participation Activities & Assignments:**// Digital Book Trailer **(must be completed by 11:00 p.m. on 6/29/18; link should be posted on the Book Trailers page; scroll to the bottom for the chart where you insert your name and the link)** || 2. Pre-learning strategies 3. During learning strategies 4. Post learning strategies 5. Key literacy components: vocabulary, comprehension, listening, digital literacy 6. Guidelines for Effective Vocabulary Instruction 7. "Ordeal by Cheque" 8. Web 2.0 Tools
 * Seven (face-to-face) || **Activating Schema: Pre-Learning Strategies,**
 * Building Vocabulary Skills (Guidelines for Effective Vocabulary Instruction)**
 * Building Comprehension Skills** || 1. Schema (see Schema Activation)
 * See VVWA Verbal & Visual Word Association
 * Anticipation Guide (see example on The Hunger Games)
 * Book Bits (see descriptive overview here or online at www.asdk12.org/MiddleLink/LA/reading/other/Book_Bits.pdf)
 * Affective Graphic Organizer (see Affective Graphic Organizer)
 * Respond to facts based on desegregation in TN (The Clinton 12 story; see @http://greenmcadoo.org/story.html
 * Specific quotes or facts shared during class
 * Graffiti wall; see Graffiti
 * Fishbowl strategy; see class one
 * Open-mind portrait: see @http://msmorrisreadingstrategies.weebly.com/open-mind-portrait.html
 * Discussion Web; see Discussion Web Graphic Organizer and Discussion Web Example
 * Cross-discipline ideas: https://literacypathways.wikispaces.com/file/view/Discussion+Web.pdf
 * Word Splash; see Word Splash Vocabulary Activity
 * Acrostic Summary; see Tell-Tale Heart Acrostic
 * See //The New Literacies //@http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1292
 * Listening component: See the trailer for the Fraterville Mine Disaster at @https://vimeo.com/35218399
 * Answer questions on the QR Activity handout (click here
 * see [[file:Interactive_Vocabulary_Instruction_for_the_Adolescent_Learner.pdf|Building Vocabulary ]]
 * Vocabulary activity: See list-group-label strategy at @http://cte.jhu.edu/globetech/lsupplements/List%20Group%20Label%20-%20HTML/samplelistgrouplabel.htm
 * Vocabulary activity: and VVWA Science Example
 * Ordeal by Cheque short story
 * Ordeal by Cheque Witness Statement
 * Ordeal by Cheque Detective Assignment
 * see http://integratingteachingandtechnology.wikispaces.com/

Web 2.0 explorations & creations **(to be completed by 11:00 p.m. on 6/27/18)** || 2. Writing activities involving technology (Twitter summaries, Ebay ads, Bookemon, and more)
 * Eight (online) || **Adolescents & Writing**
 * Course Wrap-up** || 1. Writing in secondary level grades
 * see //Writing Next// report on Files & PPTs page
 * visit []
 * Twitter Summaries: See Twitter PPT Template on Clinton 12 & Twitter Example on What My Mother Doesn't Know

3. Visit [] for various writing strategies 4. The Writing Process 5. Writing Types (Writing & CCSS) 6. Writing Across the Curriculum
 * Bookemon, a Web 2.0 tool for designing and creating your own book; online books are free with hardback and softback copies available for purchase
 * Visit Bookemon's website at @http://www.bookemon.com/
 * See sample books at http://read3311-ttu-oakridge.wikispaces.com/eBook
 * Idea: Write an eBay ad for a book character or figure from history
 * See this article for info on how to write a good eBay ad: @http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/winning-at-ebay-classifieds-how-to-write-great-ads/ *Be sure that you check through it first for school appropriateness
 * On Voice Thread: See @https://voicethread.com/share/4040478/
 * The Writing Process Handbook (ideas & more): See The Writing Process Resource Book
 * Writing Types & CCSS
 * Narrative Writing
 * Activity: See Class Poll Writing Activity
 * Writing to Learn: See @http://writing2.richmond.edu/wac/wtl.html

Web Resources **(to be completed by 11:00 p.m. on 7/06/18**) ||
 * //Participation Activities & Assignments://** Cross-curricular Project (Live Binder) **(must be completed by 11:00 p.m. on 7/2/18)**