literacy

1 ½ pages

APA format

Only references from the readings and viewings.

Readings and Viewings

· Johnston, P. (2019). Talking children into literacy: Once more, with feeling.  Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 68, 64-85. 

· Kigotho, M. (2018). Literacy across the curriculum: Using personal experience with narratives and blogging with struggling writers.  Literacy Learning: The Middle Years, 26(1), 37-44.

· How Important is Teaching and Literacy in All Content Areas?

· EL Education: Transformational Literacy Videos  (choose any 3 to watch)

After watching the videos and completing the reading for this module, consider the following questions as you discuss literacy environments, instruction, and the integration of literacy across the curriculum.  Your responses should reflect the course readings and videos and cite your sources where appropriate. 

Please answer each bulleted point

· How do the Johnston (2019) and Kigotho (2018) contribute to our understanding of language, literacy, and learning? 

· How do Johnston (2019) and Kigotho (2018) help us with integrating literacy throughout the curriculum?

· What does literacy look like across the curriculum?  

· What impacts students the most with their literacy skills once they get past the initial stages of learning to read and finally read to learn? 

· Can theories of literacy and learning apply to all school-age groups or do you think some theories are better suited to certain ages? What theories are universal to all learners?