Integration
help develop links between content areas
- projects
- theme studies
- literacy across the curriculum
Language Use
encourage the use of robust vocabulary
- evolving
- linked with ordinary experience
- teacher excitement
Sharing
collaboration (student-student and student-teacher)
- in and beyond the classroom
- drama
- publishing
- real audiences
Forums for communication
multiple modes
- sharing ideas about teaching and learning
- opportunity to develop literacy skills
- multiple media and genres
Purposes
answers the question, "Why do I need to learn this?" Provides Relevance
- personal
- shared with students and teacher
- community
- outcomes
Resources
use of many different resources for communication and evaluation
- texts (variety of genres, topics, difficulty levels, student selected, authentic)
- in the community
- technology for meaningful purposes
Credits:
Created with images by umezy12 - "Classroom" • Patrick McConahay - "Linked" • mortsan - "Setting goals" • maxlkt - "hands teamwork team-spirit" • kropekk_pl - "keyboard buttons messenger" • geralt - "group team balloons" • keithriess - "books resources reading"