Items+of+interest

This page has links to articles and resources of interest to those working with Scaffolding Literacy.

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 * //Scaffolding Literacy meets ESL: Some insights from ACT Classrooms// by Misty Adoniou and Mary Macken-Horacik provides an overview and rationale of the Scaffolding Literacy sequence with an emphasis on EALD students. It's available at http://www.canberra.edu.au/centres/ncclr/archive/Tesoldocument.pdf
 * Margaret Graetz was involved in the original Scaffolding Literacy with Brian Gray and Wendy Cowey. She is now retired but has produced a 'grammar' resource, Grammar for Literacy, designed to give teachers the kind of functional knowledge about language required to teach the sequence. It's free and on her website __[] __


 * Wendy Cowey’s (2005) paper //A Brief Description of the National Accelerated Literacy Program// outlines the principles of Accelerated/Scaffolding Literacy and briefly explains how the Scaffolding Literacy sequence integrates these principles in classroom literacy programs. It can be found at []


 * The Northern Territory rolled out Accelerated Literacy to almost all schools, with the varying success that such a top down implementation programme is bound to have. __Here is an__[| evaluation was conducted in 2009]. Its a big document but it does have a lot of interesting material in it. [|The appendices]have some interesting lesson observation proformas which you may find useful.


 * Scaffolding Literacy enjoys a good following in NSW as evidenced by [|this resource on the NSW DET site] - under the heading supporting aboriginal students in NAPLAN. It provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the strategy and its use with two books, one at primary level and one at secondary level.


 * In the past Latham Primary School received a grant to trial Scaffolding Literacy in mainstream contexts. It no longer features the methodology but there is a website left as a legacy with lots of teachingideas http://www.rjtollis.20m.com/Scaffolding%20Literacy%20Website/intropage/intro%20first%20page.ht

> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6953/is_3_15/ai_n55497490/
 * 'Word-painting: the colouring of grammar' recommends painting and colouring for examining patterns of language and word choices to critically analyse texts.

> http://www.cdu.edu.au/cdss0509/presentations/pdfs/christie-paper.pdf
 * Secondary teachers could find the following article useful for considering how language builds a strong sense of emotional significance in narrative. It’s called //Advanced literacy development for the years of adolescence// written by Frances Christie and can be found at

> http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/2011/08/12/stephen-krashen--compelling.asp In it he wrote "Compelling input appears to eliminate the need for motivation, a conscious desire to improve. When you get compelling input, you acquire whether you are interested in improving or not." His prime concern is with learning a new language but this is a useful article for all of us thinking about effortless attention, gaming theory and pedagogy, in addition to Scaffolding Literacy of course :-)
 * To strenthen the case for supporting studens with age appropriate, compelling texts see this article by Stephen Krashen.