Support Information for - Multiple Forms of Literacy: Teaching literacy and the art

 

Resources
Multiple forms of literacy: Teaching literacy and the art
Carolyn L. Piazza (1999).

> Faith Ringgold web site
> N. Doyle biographer F. Ringgold site
> F. Ringgold Art exhibits
> PBS info. F. Ringgold
> Teacher resources F. Ringgold

> TABLE 1-1

> Tapestry of Bayeux

> Children's Lit. timeline

Discussion for: Multiple forms of literacy: Teaching literacy and the arts. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill.

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Preface and Chapter 1 Introduction: The Literacies - Discussion Ideas

What are these strands? Inquiry p-13, Language p-22, Poetry p-34, Story p-39, and Information pg 49?
Picture books and graphic stories -comics and graphic novels. Post
Definition of a communicative event if elements and examples of communicative events make multiple forms of literacy.
What are multiple forms of literacy?
Use the table in the text or create another one, select a story, and complete the table for the story.
Continue to add to your understanding of the history of children's literature.
Continue discussion on what is literature and specifically children's literature and how it has become a literature in its own right.

> art directory

> picture book directory

 

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Chapter 2 Art Literacy: Visualizing Language - Discussion Ideas

Art - visual literacy
What are these strands again?
How do ideas from this chapter fit the curriculum?
What standards are applicable?
Why, how, and what should be assessed?

> sample 1 > sample 2 > sample 3 > sample 4 > sample 5 > These sample were for a slightly different assignment, but still provide ideas.

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Chapter 3 Music literacy: Listening this Language - Discussion Ideas

Is this music or is this poetry? -- Click to decide
Poetry
What are these strands again?
How do ideas from this chapter fit the curriculum?
What standards are applicable?
Why, how, and what should be assessed?

> sample 1 > >

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Chapter 4 Dance literacy: Communicating Nonverbally - Discussion Ideas

Dance - nonverbal communication
What are these strands again?
How do ideas from this chapter fit the curriculum?
What standards are applicable?
Why, how, and what should be assessed?

> sample 1

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Chapter 5 Theater literacy: Performing Language - Discussion Ideas

Reader's Theater, Puppetry, Role Play, Poetry, Plays
What are these strands again?
How do ideas from this chapter fit the curriculum?
What standards are applicable?
Why, how, and what should be assessed?

> sample 1

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Chapter 6 - Film Literacy: Imagining Language - Discussion Ideas

How many videos, movies, TV programs do K-12 students view a year? How does education use this information to encourage reading and literacy?
What are these strands again?
How do ideas from this chapter fit the curriculum?
What standards are applicable?
Why, how, and what should be assessed?

This chapter is a good tie in to Steven Goodman's book. (2003). Teaching Youth Media: A critical guide to literacy, video production, and social change. And other resources on media --- my notes --- web articles on media Pink in chart
Goodman's years of research suggest how can curriculum and pedagogy change to include media encourages reading, writing and literacy in general.

> See resource links in the teacher tool box

Particularly those below the third yellow bar labeled -

Multimedia as communicative events related to - Multiple forms of literacy: Teaching literacy and the arts. Piazza, Carolyn L. (1999)

Multiple Forms of Literacy - Postscript: putting it all together - Discussion Ideas

What is literature?
What is children's literature?
What is literacy?
Describe a productive literary discussion, talk, class.
What standards are there that directly relate to literature and literacy?
What is missing from the standards that should be included?
Select one of the three (goals, outcomes, objectives) and create a list of them for literature for a class for a school year.
Select or create a document (principled procedures or action plan) to explain how a teacher would achieve the goals, outcomes, or objectives.
What should be included in your curriculum?
What makes quality literature?
Putting it all together with your table 1.1 select one genre that is represented in the table, define quality literature for it, tie it to a standard or curriculum outcomes, describe opportunities for students to learn it, describe a plan to assess it, and report levels of student outcomes.
How is quality literature assessed?

 

Dr. Robert Sweetland's Notes ©