Assessment task link to unit learning outcomes: ? Develop communicative competence in and across different modes, including reading, writing, oracy and viewing ? Understand digital technologies as potentially powerful ways to support and enhance meaning-making ? Understand the deeper structures of disciplinary knowledge; and the language and organisational principles and features that characterise disciplinary areas ? Develop knowledge of teaching and learning strategies in literacy across the years and plan effective literacy lesson sequences ? Consolidate their own personal literacy skills and application. Details of task: PURPOSE The purpose of this task is for you to demonstrate your understanding of planning for literacy learning in subject or curriculum area. TASK DETAILS This task has three parts. Part one – You should discuss language and literacy learning specific to a subject discipline or a curriculum area of your choice, (outside of subject English). You should provide details of the language and literacy texts used specific to the discipline area selected. You should also consider the language and literacy skills students need to successfully engage in learning, as students discuss, read, view and write in classrooms. Part two – You need to identify a topic area (within the subject/curriculum area discussed above) and an educational context of your choice, providing clear details of your focus students (Year level, subject area and cohort details, e.g. SES, language backgrounds, interests and strengths). You should then carefully document a sequence of teaching activities to support your focus on students’ literacy learning and reflect the pedagogies of the discipline. This will include details of the literacy learning outcomes and the teaching and learning designed to ensure students are equipped with the literacy skills and strategies to engage in the learning tasks. The teaching plan can be presented in a table using dot points to describe the learning outcomes and related activities. You will need to provide details of three to four learning activities Part three – You should discuss the implications for teaching and learning in subject discipline areas. Here you should note critical aspects of planning for literacy learning specific to your teaching area, or for Primary and for Early Years students when working across curriculum areas. Criteria for marking: You have identified the language and literacy texts and skills specifically to your selected discipline and/or curriculum area. You have included details of the teaching and learning designed to address the language and literacy skills/strategies of the learning tasks, specify to your discipline/curriculum area and the topic identified. You have identified implications for your teaching practice. You have supported your discussion with reference to professional sources and course readings. Your writing demonstrates a well-expressed, clearly proof-read and coherent development of ideas. Further your paper complies with the word limit set for this task (plus/minus 10%). You have used correct citation conventions and accurately recorded the bibliographic details of texts cited in your paper. we have to use some of the references below and any other references. Note from the lecturer: I would encourage you to choose an area outside of LOTE.
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