Saturday, January 19, 2008

Promoting CRITICAL LITERACY

Barbara Comber defines critical literacy
as the opportunity to use language in
powerful ways to get things done in the
world. http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/files/Nov29CriticalLiteracy.pdf


Questions to Promote CRITICAL LITERACY

Who is the author/producer?
What do you think are the author’s values, attitudes and beliefs?
How do you think the author sees the world?
Who or what may have influenced the author’s world view? Explain.
What is it that they believe in that is different from what we believe in?
What do you interpret to be the author’s intent? Explain.
Who is the target audience? How do you know?
How might different people interpret the message of the text?
When and where was the text crafted? How do you know?
What was going on in the world at the time the text was crafted?
How has the author worded ideas in the text?
How does the wording influence the meaning?
Where is the “agent of action” placed in the sentence (spoken or written)?
For example:
Police Catch Criminal! (places focus on “police” and softens focus on “criminal”)
Criminal Caught By Police! (places focus on “criminal” and softens focus on “police”)
Criminal Caught! (places sole focus on “criminal”)
How do the features of text influence the message?
How does the medium influence the message of the text?
Who published the text?
Who is making money from the text (what are the commercial implications)?

More Questions to Promote CRITICAL LITERACY

♦ Who is the author/producer of this text?
♦ Knowing what we know about who created this text, how do we expect him
or her to treat the subject matter?
♦ Why are we reading or viewing this text?
♦ What do we already know about the text based on what we can see?
♦ What do the images suggest? What do the words suggest?
♦ What kind of language is used in this text? What is its influence on the
message?
♦ What do you interpret to be the author’s intent? Explain.
♦ With whom do you think the author wants us to identify or sympathize?
♦ Who is the target audience? How do you know?
♦ How might different people interpret the message of the text?
♦ How are children, adolescents, or young adults represented in this text? How
are boys or girls represented?
♦ What has been left out of this text that you would like to have seen included?
♦ Is the text fair? Does it treat the subject matter/sides/parties fairly?
♦ Who benefits from this text? Who does not?
♦ What does the reader/viewer need to know ahead of time in order to really
understand this text?
♦ What is real in the text? What is not real? How is reality constructed?
♦ How might the creator of this text view the world? Why do you think that?

Nov29Questions.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Friday, January 11, 2008

TheStar.com | GTA | Key recommendations for safer schools

TheStar.com | GTA | Key recommendations for safer schools:

Why schools aren't safe
Jordan Manners died of 'pure neglect' – a result of the cutbacks to the kinds of supports at-risk students need, says the head of a panel that has delivered a stinging indictment of safety in the city's high schools.
Jan 11, 2008 04:30 AM
Daniel Girard
Education Reporter

The Falconer report makes 126 recommendations to the Toronto District School Board, Queen's Park, City Hall and various other public agencies. Here are some key ones:

SECURITY

Uniforms: All students should wear uniforms unless a school council opts out. Identification: Students should be required to wear identification cards around their necks.

Canine unit: Board canine units should be used as part of immediate stepped-up security that includes regular searches of lockers for weapons. Police:"

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Giant

Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Giant


Growing up in Montreal's Saint-Henri


'Coloured boy with amazing fingers'


Oscar's swinging style

 Growing up in Montreal's Saint-Henri

Nurturing young Oscar Peterson's phenomenal talent. (TV; runs 7:47)

 'Coloured boy with amazing fingers'

Eighteen-year-old Oscar Peterson delivers a crowd-pleasing performance. (Radio; runs 3:51)

 Oscar's swinging style

Young Oscar Peterson talks about his unique "walking boogie" technique. (Radio; runs 8:55)


Oscar's big break


Battling all shades of racism

Oscar: The practical joker

 Oscar's big break

Montreal's own wows jazz impresario Norman Granz. (TV; runs 1:49)

 Battling all shades of racism

Oscar Peterson defends white jazz musicians. (Radio; runs 2:40)

 Oscar: The practical joker

Remembering some unforgettable pranks on the road. (Radio; runs 8:42)


'Maharajah of the keyboard'


Marriage of two great Canadian pianists


Gzowski in conversation with Peterson

 'Maharajah of the keyboard'

A relaxed Oscar Peterson muses about his fame, Canada and Frank Sinatra. (TV; runs 15:05)

 Marriage of two great Canadian pianists

Oscar Peterson receives the Glenn Gould Prize. (Radio; runs 14:42)

 Gzowski in conversation with Peterson

CBC's Peter Gzowski drops in for a visit with Oscar Peterson. (Radio; runs 26:46)

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