The Literacy and social awareness lesson

Almost all the links in this module refer to specific parts of the book Literacy and lifelong learning for women by Marian A. Halvorson. This book has been included in the Literacy bookshelf as a separate document. After you have linked to the document, you can jump to specific locations by using the outline and bookmark features.

A typical lesson in the Literacy and social awareness instructional program includes introducing a new letter through photos and core words. The letters are practiced in syllable drills by reading short sentences. The writing part of the lesson reinforces what is learned during the reading part.

of a literacy and social awareness lesson Here are the parts

• Learners reproduce posters used for discussion.
• Core words related to the discussion are taught.
• Core words are broken into syllables.
• Vowels are isolated.
• New syllables are built.
• Short sentences are read.
• Sample of writing reinforces primer reading.
• New letter is written.
• Syllables are written and joined into words.
• Punctuation and capitalization are gradually introduced.

• Numeracy instruction is included as needed.

  See:	Relating literacy to life: Numeracy

Here are some sample primer pages from the Literacy and social awareness reading program:

• Literacy and social awareness primer page sample

• The Literacy and social awareness instructional program

• Halvorson 1992

• Structure module: Literacy and social awareness lesson, by Leah B. Walter and Marian A. Halvorson (editor)
• In overview module: Current instructional programs, by Leah B. Walter, Glenys Waters, and Trudy K. Stewart (editor)
• In overview module: Instructional programs, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Glenys Waters (contributor)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 25 October 1999

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