Final+Projects

__**Final Projects for CAR-PD 2010-2011**__ *** Both are due at our final meeting on 5/23/11. We will be sharing them in class on that date.**

__Project #1:__

In the last chapter of our text //Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas, 2nd ed.,// on p. 356-357 there is a vignette that is summarized. It describes a class lesson in which students were applying a particular reading strategy. Read this vignette as an example of what to do for this project.

Write about (or film) a lesson from your own class that shows students working through the reading strategy process. Please include the following:


 * A lesson plan for this activity - include a detailed description of the reading strategy that is incorporated into the class assignment
 * Student quotes from during the lesson (comments they make about the reading AND/OR the reading strategy process...) - it might make sense to make separate lists for these observations... for when you are discussing them in your reflection
 * A reflection on the lesson or activity that addresses the following questions:
 * How did this lesson work? Were you satisfied with how it turned out?
 * How was this different from how I might usually teach this topic/concept?
 * What would I do differently next time, based on the reactions from students?
 * How did my students benefit from this approach?

__Project #2__

Create a Top Ten List on one (or more) of the following topics:
 * Top Ten Instructional Strategies I learned in CAR-PD that I am planning to incorporate in my teaching for next year
 * Top Ten Considerations for planning a literacy-rich content area class/curriculum
 * Top Ten things I would like my principal to know about Adolescent Literacy and Content-Area Literacy
 * Top Ten recommendations you would make to improve the "Culture of Literacy" at your school
 * Top Ten ways my students will benefit from what I learned in CAR-PD
 * Top Ten reasons other teachers should consider taking CAR-PD (this list should address what you have gained from taking this course)

The premise of the Top Ten List is to encourage you to synthesize and summarize some of the highlights of this course for other literacy and education stakeholders (principal, other teachers, parents, students). For the topic you choose, create a list of ten statements. For each statement, support your thought with points from the different sources we have used in the CAR-PD class (//Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas,// FLARE Professional Papers, websites, etc.). Please include a reference to the source for each of your statements in your Top Ten List. For example, if it is information you learned from the blog site "Shanahan On Literacy," list that source at the end of your description/statement. If you are making reference to something you learned from our text, please list the book and the chapter number (unless, of course, you are using a direct quote!). Multiple sources may reinforce/support the same ideas too!