TASK D: READING AND IDENTITY

D.    View the video/power point lecture on “Reading and Identity.”  This lecture is broken up into two parts.  After viewing part 1, please click on the link to the Google Doc directly below.   In this Google Doc, as a whole group, we will explore the reading identities within our course.  We will be looking at how our reader identities govern what, when, and why we read.

To complete the Google Doc please click on the link below:

Reader Profile Google Doc

View Part II.  

Part II 

Go back to the Google Doc by click on the Google Doc link to complete the second part of the exact same document.

Now return to the Google Doc and complete part II. 

To complete part II of the Google Doc - Your Reading Profile click on the link below:

Reader Profile Google Doc

Why? Disciplinary literacy refocuses attention at the middle and high school levels from “how well do you read?” to “what are you able to read well?”  We are all proficient at reading certain disciplines while at the same time novices in another genre/or discipline.   Being aware of the reading process and how we approach reading as teachers helps us to be more cognizant about how to mentor our students as readers, writers, and thinkers.