Foundations of Reading
All assignments are listed in the order they were assigned to me.
All pictures were taken by me on a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.
To access the PDF of each assignment, click on the title.
My work is presented here only as a guide and is not intended for you to copy or use as your own. The same goes for pictures.
For the first assignment of this class, we were asked to write a narrative describing how we were taught and encouraged to read. We also had to reflect on our own practices of teaching reading.
Shot on an iPhone X, this picture is from the French Quarter. While the French Quarter is full of color, this was a perfect capture to turn black and white.
This assignment tasked us with creating a brochure for teachers that would enhance vocabulary instruction. I focused on the various tiers of words and relied heavily on the “Every Child, Every Day” article by Allington and Gabriel.
Can you really go to New Orleans without taking a picture of Preservation Hall? I took this picture early in the morning while city workers were cleaning the streets and shop owners were the only few around.
Here we were to describe and discuss our ideal literacy-rich classroom. We were also to include ideas for how to talk to other teachers about promoting literacy in their classrooms.
We rode the streetcars of New Orleans as far as they would take us. Towards the end of the line, it got quite empty which made space for captures such as this. As always, shot on an iPhone.
This assignment asked us to discuss the responsibilities of professional educators in promoting literacy.
It was morbid, but I was fascinated by the cemeteries in New Orleans. They had a beauty that was easily captured by, as always, my trusty iPhone.
I don’t have the assignment directions, but I believe this asked us to create a presentation that explained the different types of Expository Texts. I’m not sure it was my best work. The graphics are certainly lacking.
See, I told you—the cemeteries just begged to be noticed. I tried to do just that.
This was an enjoyable assignment! It was to create a parent brochure that helped encourage reading and literacy in our students. I focused mine on secondary students, as that is who I teach. It was a little wordy, but I tried hard to encompass everything we had learned in the course.
Our trip to New Orleans was a road-trip. On our way back, we visited Selma, Alabama where we walked over the Edmund Pettus Bridge that was made famous years ago during the Civil Rights Movement.