Children

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Childrens literature

• Stage 3

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The place of literature in the classroom

• The use of childrens literature is the practice
  of all aspects of literacy.
• Not just reading and writing but also, as
  significantly, speaking , listening and viewing.

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Students, by the end of stage 3, should be

• Knowing readers (not just the skills to read but
  with knowledge and expectation of how texts work,
  of how great the reading experience is, of its
  infinite capacity for variousness, of its
  personal rewards and its infinite challenges, and
  a deep sense of satisfaction that comes from
  persevering with texts that appear at first to be
  difficult).

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Implications of the previous slide

• NEED a large repertoire of literature.
• A repertoire that gives them a clear
  understanding of what a book is, what it does, of
  its codes and conventions, narrative patterns,
  thematic structures, its word-pictures of
  narrative time and place.
• A repertoire that provides opportunities for
  simple to complex concepts and
• ideas.

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The use of literature in the stage 3 classroom

• Prime opportunity is the literacy block time
• As part of an integrated unit
• DEAR program

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Planning for the use of literature in the
classroom

• MUST consider a wide range of activities that
  will allow all 4 roles of the reader to be
  practised.
• MUST include activities that use all literacy
  modes reading, writing, speaking and viewing.
• The inclusion of activities that use
• ICTs is an imperative. Refer to pg 212
  
• 238 of K 6 Science and Technology
  syllabus (from
• Board of studies website for ideas)

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Activitiesreference- Winch 2001 Literacy
Reading, Writing and Childrens Literature

• Language lessons (pg 365 - 371)

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More strategies

• Create a Novel Showbag
• One means by which students can recommend a novel
  that they have read and enjoyed is to create a
  showbag.
• Students create a showbag by filling it with a
  range of interesting material related to the
  novel. Students can recycle a used paper gift
  bag with handles, purchase one from a discount
  store or make their own.
• see http//cathysmith.edublogs.org for more
  information about this strategy

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More

• The resource
• BLUEBACK by Tim WintonBlueback.doc
• An English unit of work
• developed with grades 7 and 8 students in mind.
• Provides many varied examples of the types of
  activities that could be planned for a literature
  unit (see the blog for the resource)

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More still (look at the blog)

• A Beaut Idea for the novel Edward Britton.doc
• In exploring this novel by Gary Crew, students
  learn about the Point Puer Boys Prison at Port
  Arthur, Tasmania.
• The novel, Edward Britton, introduces students to
  the Point Puer Boys Prison at Port Arthur. Paul
  Becker designed these activities for his Grade 8
  English class at Ogilvie High School. They
  encourage students to read and respond to the
  text critically and to explore some of the issues
  surrounding convict transportation to Tasmania.

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And some more still

• Reading Book covers.doc
• (strategies developed by Scott Johnston
• Find this on the blog

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More resources

• From the DET State Literacy strategy
• http//www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/
  policies/literacy/material/index.htm
• All are downloadable can be saved to your
  desktop (These are fabulous resources)
• Example Teaching Reading in Stage
  3reading_3whole.pdf (this one and a Writing doc
• can be found on the blog)

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Additional info

• Ideas for the classroom space
• reference- Winch 2001 Literacy Reading,
  Writing and Childrens Literature
• Page 373 - 374
• Assessment
• reference- Winch 2001 Literacy Reading, Writing
  and Childrens Literature
• Page 374 - 387

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An update on whats on The Blog
http//cathysmith.edublogs.org/

• Session 6 materials
• Materials I promised to provide you - from our
  discussions during session 4
• Materials from Saturdays session