CRITICAL LENS PROJECT About Teaching literacy

This the instructor's direction for the project: "This project is an opportunity for you to intensively research the seminal works of a theorist that has impacted the field of literacy in significant ways. This theorist and other theorists discussed in the course will eventually influence your own philosophy, and hence position statement on literacy. You will read three chapters/articles by the seminal author that you choose (I will have a list possible theorists you can choose from) and three chapters/articles about the author’s work (not self-authored). You will develop a graphic organizer with the author’s big ideas, write position statement of what you think the author’s stance toward literacy is. Additionally, you will develop systematic ways of recording key passages and reflections from the readings, and develop your philosophical stance of literacy based upon the theory/theories you explore that will be written as a personal position statement. You will also draw connections between theories and practice, linking the theories to articles that cite the original theories and show classroom applications." I have attached the description of the project's details, and a sample of the project, please do the project exactly like the provided sample. As I attached some articles that we discussed in the class, but not required to be used. I prefer to use one of these authors: kenneth Goodman, Jerome G Harste, achema, orJames Paul. if you have better choices it is OK. Please note that I'm international student and at graduate level, and I have to make presentation to explain this project, so I don't want the writing to be complicated to read or to understand. I want it to be clear enough and simple writing more than the attached sample. Also, please let me know which author you will use. Critical Lens Project Class Created Rubric= 50 points overall Did it and did it well! Almost there, but not over the top… Could improve, it was a rough term. REQUIREMENT 1. (10 points ) Selected quotations REQUIRED: 6 articles, 30 quotations -Read and pulled quotations from all 6 articles and have 30 quotes. -Reflected on and made connections to the quotations. - At least half of these extensions were meaningful and authentic, showing relevant thinking and connections to learning. -Read only 5 articles and only pulled only 25 quotes. -Reflected on and made connections to the quotations. -At least a quarter of these extensions are meaningful and authentic, showing relevant thinking and connections to learning. The rest are fairly surface level connections. -Read only 3 articles and pulled only 15 quotes. -Only have quotes and no extensions; or extensions are trite. For requirements 2A and 2B (20 points combined possible), I wanted to give you some freedom. --If you choose to put your efforts into doing more work on the context and biography, and to include less teaching examples (for example, getting 15 points for 2A and 5 points for 2B) --OR if you wanted to focus more effort on teaching examples than the biography (for example, bringing in video, etc. and get 5 points on 2A and 15 points on 2B), You would still receive full credit overall, but by letting you choose how much effort to put in between the two domains you get some freedom in how you balance this. You must include the two requirements, but you can do more with one or the other to get the full credit . REQUIREMENT 2A. (10 points possible, but you can earn more points taken from 2B if you focus your efforts here) Theorist Bio and Context; situated within our learning for this class REQUIRED: Brief biography including where they studied, what they studied and why they studied what they studied -Includes a fairly comprehensive life sketch, that includes both personal and academic examples -Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of where the theorist is coming from and why their theory has had an impact. -Includes a brief life sketch -Demonstrates a limited understanding of where the theorist is coming from and why their theories have had an impact. -Life sketch only includes dates, doesn’t give much insight into who the person is -There is no context given. REQUIREMENT 2B. (10 points possible, but you can earn more points taken from 2A if you focus your efforts here) What does this look like in the classroom? REQUIRED: Includes examples of how this theory would inform classroom practice -Presents teaching ideas and describes how this theory would influence instruction -Includes 3-5 examples from your own classroom -You personalized it, you tried it out, you integrated this theory into your own teaching -Presented teaching ideas but didn’t describe how the teaching ideas are connected to and influenced by theory -Includes 2-3 examples from your own classroom -It is not personalized. You found some activities and presented them, but didn’t try them out or personalize it with your own context. -Copied and pasted ideas from the Internet. REQUIREMENT 3. (10 points) Handout for others because you’re now the expert… REQUIRED: Handout for your classmates to help them remember the information -1-2 pages, can be front and back -Visually pleasing and easy to follow -Must include a picture of the theorist -Only a half page, or is too many pages -Not visually pleasing, just a jumble of information -No picture of the theorist -No handout -Printed out the Wikipedia page REQUIREMENT 4. (10 points) Presentation to the class REQUIRED: Present information to your classmates and teach other -You stay within the 7 minute time limit of your presentation -You have made relevant choices to present your information that are engaging—because you have a CHOICE (PowerPoint, video of teaching, video clip, class demonstration, etc. ) -You are prepared and engaged, teaching your classmates information that they do not have and which expands their understanding of theory -Your presentation is too long or too short -You just presented information and didn’t pay much attention to how engaging it was -You could have prepared more and didn’t pay much attention to how you could expand your classmates’ understanding of theory -You did not present and are not prepared