WEEK 1EDBE 8P24

INTRODUCTION

IntroductionAttendance Table cardsRemind 101

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What does it mean to be literate in the 21st

century?

Begin brainstorming at your table. You will be adding to and refining your response over the next two classes.

SHOULD LAPTOPS BE BANNED IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS?

AGREE DISAGREE

Don’t ban laptops in university classrooms

Tai Notar, Toronto Star, Sept. 01, 2015 http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/09/01/dont-ban-laptops-in-university-classrooms.html

ReflectionDid the opinion piece or the online comments on

the piece alter your Agree/Disagree chart in any way?

If so, what aspects of this input influenced your group?

Persuasive WritingExamine the hard copy of the Opinion piece

“Don’t ban laptops in university classrooms.” Now look at the Graphic Organizers providedDo any of these fit the structure of the Opinion

piece? Sketch out your own Graphic Organizers to

represent the structure of the piece. Make notes on it to show how it matches the structure

Post your chart for others to see

The Ontario Curriculum: Grades 1-8 - Language

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/language18currb.pdf

Launched in 2006

Ontario Curriculum – Language 1-8

Oral Communication1.2.

Media Studies1.2.

Reading1.2.

Writing1.2.

Curriculum expectations are mandatory.

Overall expectations

Describe in general terms the knowledge and skills students are expected to achieve by the end of each grade

Specific expectations

Describe the expected knowledge and skills in greater detail often with specific examples

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ExpectationsYour group will be assigned a specific strand of the

Language curriculum and a copy of the documentFocusing on your strand only, and addressing only

the activities you have engaged in with the topic of laptops in university classrooms, answer this question:

If you were a grade 7 teacher who had planned this lesson, what overall and specific expectations would you have addressed?

Recap of LessonThink/pair/share about your opinion on this topicCreation of Agree/Disagree chartOpinion piece and online comments – did they

alter your opinion?Analyze the structure of this persuasive writing

piece – creation of a Graphic Organizer to show its structure

Course OrganizationSyllabusEvaluationWeekly chartSakaiProfessional Learning Conversations

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Toronto Star, Sept. 5, 2015

Critical Literacy All texts are constructionsAll texts contain belief and value messagesEach person interprets messages differentlyTexts serve different interestsEach medium develops its own “language” in

order to position readers/viewers in certain ways

Questions to consider for critical understanding

Who created this resource?For what purpose was it created?Is the information accurate and believable?What does the author want you to think?Whose voices are missing, silenced, or

discounted?How does it help you think about social issues

and justice?

For Next WeekSelect social justice book from IRCGo to Sakai and click on Week 2: Explore

Resources – Social JusticeFollow the instructions and post a critique of your

resource to the ForumPostings must be done by 8:00 pm the evening

prior to your next classLate posts will be accepted but penalized by .5

marks out of 3.