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Authentic Literacy

What is it?
Why Does it Matter?

Karin	
  Halle4	
  &	
  Andrea	
  Hernandez	
  
“Ground	
  Rules”	
  
It’s	
  a	
  conversa=on	
  

Everyone	
  par=cipates;	
  no	
  one	
  dominates	
  

There	
  are	
  no	
  right	
  answers	
  
You	
  don’t	
  need	
  to	
  be	
  an	
  expert	
  	
  
to	
  share	
  your	
  thoughts.	
  	
  

Keep	
  an	
  open	
  mind	
  

Listen	
  carefully.	
  Honor	
  differences	
  	
  
in	
  viewpoint	
  and	
  opinion.	
  	
  
Have	
  fun!	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  Learning	
  together	
  moves	
  our	
  school	
  forward.	
  
What IS

authentic literacy?
What is the

goal of literacy instruction?
What do real
readers and
writers do?
community
logs=Voice
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Authentic
Assessment
Let’s

STOP being afraid
real learning.

of
SHARE..
one thing you learned
OR
a new idea that you
want to continue to think
about.

Authentic Literacy

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Wordle-Karin
  • #5 Soup analogy
  • #8 This slide links to Karin’s blog post with the whole infographic
  • #14 vocabaz
  • #15 Student blogfolios as a platform for authentic writing
  • #16 Just touching on it, assessment is a full discussion
  • #17 The person who never made a mistake is the person who never did anything.
  • #18 Exit s lips- post its or, if time and not too many people do it aloud. Maybe people could do it in small groups, talking to each other, first…? And then share or put on post-it’s on way out.