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A robust thinking task is… a task that asks the student to simultaneously engage in all four roles of the Literate Learner. What is a robust thinking task?
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The Literate Learner
Vocabulary, Curriculum Content, Personal & World Experiences
Understands diverse vocabulary
Text Features/Structures
Intent/Critical Literacy Stance
Text Forms/Formats & Thinking Processes
• Readers integrate all four roles/practices simultaneously
• Model shifts the focus away from finding “the recipe” to an emphasis on a range of roles/practices utilized in literacy instruction
• Learning tasks need to integrate the four roles/practices in meaningful ways across all subject areas
Four Roles of The Literate
Learner
A robust thinking task is…
a task that asks the student to simultaneously engage in all four roles of the Literate Learner.
What is a robust thinking
task?
Meaning Maker – Questions for Consideration
• What would engage this particular group of learners?• What are the significant details from the text?• What are the big ideas at work in the text?• How do these big ideas link to curriculum content
across subject areas?• What is the key vocabulary that helps one understand
the big ideas in the text?
Creating a robust thinking task –Thinking Aloud
Creating a robust thinking task –Thinking Aloud
Text User – Questions for Consideration• Why is this text format effective for this
particular purpose and audience?• What features of the text format help the
learner to understand the big ideas?• What thinking processes will help the
learner understand the big ideas?
Code User – Questions for Consideration
• What conventions (i.e., punctuation, phrases, or other grammatical structures) and text features are significant and lead to the big ideas in the text?
Creating a robust thinking task - Thinking Aloud
Creating a robust thinking task –Thinking Aloud
Text Analyzer – Questions for Consideration
• Who might have a different opinion “within” the text? • Who might have a different opinion “outside” the
text?• Is this a fair and accurate representation?
Transferring Knowledge to Classroom Practice
DemonstrationModelling
Shared Practice Guided Practice Independent
Practice
Dependence Independence
Teacher modelsexplains, demonstrates, thinks aloud
Shared Practiceteacher explicitly teaches and teacher and student practise strategy togetherthe student gradually assumes more and more responsibility for the reading
Guided Practicestudents practise the strategy with coaching from the teacher
Independent Practicestudents apply strategy on their own and receive feedback
Student Applicationnew genre or format/more difficult text/transfer of learning to a new situation