Language was very meaningful to me. This article and my response centered on the concept of making reading fun and interesting to the student. Teachers know their students and this means perhaps charting or classifying in some way each students likes and dislikes. By knowing each of your students individually reading will more fun and interesting for everyone in the classroom. In working with my group for this presentation I was surprised with how much of my prior knowledge I was able to link together.
Students use their prior knowledge, to implement context throughout their reading.
And if we will all have classrooms with a wide base of diversities, we must modify our teaching to reflect these differences. Literacy always meant to me a person having the ability to read. Literacy has many definitions for many people. I think that the person has to be able to function in their way of life. In reviewing the Excet competencies, I feel that most if not all of our readings incorporate several one or more competency.