Session 4: Text User
Giving students a choice to read and write about things that fascinate them, to conduct inquiry based on their own questions and their own research and to present to an interested audience increases motivation. – Jobe and Dayton-Sakari, 2002
Setting the Purpose
- identify instructional approaches that facilitate the development of the role of code user
- explore strategic actions learners take as they develop the capacity to break the code of written language
- clarify the reciprocal relationship between reading and writing as it supports the understanding of the "code"
- investigate the role of metacognition in building students' capacity for independent reading
View the Session
View the Text User session presentation at right. You will need to download the PowerPoint to your computer to access all the features of the program, including the notes pages. Recommended for full use.
Explore the Supporting Materials
The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Language, 2006 (revised)
The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Science and Technology, 2007 (revised)
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades 4 to 6 – Volume One, Foundations of Literacy Instruction for the Junior Learner, 2006 – Part 1 & Part 2
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction – Volume Five, Reading, 2008
The Kindergarten Program, 2006 (revised)
The Full-Day Early Learning – Kindergarten Program, 2010–2011 (draft version)
Integrated Curriculum – What Works? Research into Practice, 2010
Non-Fiction Writing for the Junior Student – Capacity Building Series, 2008
