Questions about ELA Learning

What do I want from this course?
* a broader knowledge of literature and texts
* enrich the LMS weebly course I am creating for Eng 30-2
* new strategies for teaching and learning ELA
What makes a good reader?
Is faster better?
Good readers read for fun, beauty or inspiration, to explore, to inform, strategic language use,
Creative communication. Reflective interpretation ( social situations)  thoughtful application.
Read self.. Read others... Read the world.
Good readers are good at word identification. Comprehension is the key!
Build vocabulary!
Good readers are fluent!
Stages of reading
Preparing
Reading
Reporting
Exploring
Extending
Thinking
How can we effectively teach reading?
How do we engage students in literacy based activities?
How can all teachers become literacy specialists?
How do you help reluctant writers become engaged in assessment of self, peers and with the teacher based?
Does social activism create a literacy?
How do the learning styles factor into literacy learning?
How do teachers enrich students' lives, especially those students that lack experience with the world?
How many times do students need evaluation for project based learning? Research based?
How do we plan for different types of literacy learning?
How do we help build curiosity?
What does a literate student really look like?
What does a creative student really look like?