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LITER8  PROGRAM

  

LITER8  GOALS

The Program:  A Cross Curricular Literacy Approach
 Liter8 is Markville's School Wide Literacy Program.  The premise is to build 8 literacy skills over 8 weeks in all subjects and grade levels. 

Liter8 Skills Breakdown

L

 Learn Reading of Informational Text, Visuals, Graphics

I

 Increase Reading and Comprehension Skills

T

 Think and Respond Critically to Informational Texts

E

 Evolving Writing Skills

R

 Revising and Editing Written Work

A

 Applying Oral Communication Skills

T

 Types of Literacy

E

 Evaluation and Exemplars

Rationale
The development of a tangible school wide initiative that explicitly addresses literacy skills for all grades and learners in our school with the goal of supporting students in long term literacy. This program shows a progression of skills that is flexible for teachers and students across the curriculum. Enhanced student success can only come with all staff working together to increase student success and foster life long literacy skills.

Liter8 Goals

Liter8 Goals & Skills Continuum (Gr. 9-12)

 Markville:  Literacy Leadership by Design

 Student Success Referral Form     WORD


Liter8 Blitz Schedule 2009

 - 3 Day Blitz:  March 26-30
- Goals: 
1)  prepare students to format and process of OSSLT
2)  identify areas of strengths / weaknesses in writing OSSLT

Liter8 Schedule 07-08
1)  November 2007
- rollout Liter8 program to staff
-distribute "Gr82BLiter8" t-shirts to staff
- teachers create  Liter8 Sample Lessons to be posted in Teacher Area.
- Liter8 program starts week of November 12th:
- 1 skill per week in every class in school = 8 weeks

 2)  February 2008 (Semester 2)
- formal rollout of Liter8 program to students
-"Literacy Fridays" (staff wear"Gr82BLiter8" t-shirts)

3)  Literacy Blitz (March 2008)
 - 3 Day Blitz:  March 18-20
- Goals: 
1)  prepare students to format and process of OSSLT
2)  identify areas of strengths / weaknesses in writing OSSLT

4)  Grade 9 Literacy Blitz (June 2008)
 - OSSLT Practice Test:  June 5, 2008 (period 5)
- Goals: 
1)  prepare students to format and process of OSSLT
2)  identify areas of strengths / weaknesses in writing OSSLT
3)  identify literacy at risk students

 5) Plan for 2008-2009
- 8 week program running each semester
- Literacy Blitz (March- grade 10  and May- grade 9)

OTHER

 Liter8 Classroom Poster (in progress)