Week 8 Term 1: Teacher Practice: T Shaped Literacy Strategy with my NCEA Level 3 English Class (March 17 - March 21)

Dr Aaron Wilson + Rebecca Jesson - T Shaped Literacy

Dr Aaron Wilson + Rebecca Jesson - T Shaped Literacy

The T Shaped Literacy Strategy is one that I have implemented in my planning for my NCEA Level 3 English class. The assessment focus for Term 1 is 91480 (Close Viewing - 3 Credits) and the primary text that we have studied is Ron Howard's 'A Beautiful Mind'. I have used the T Shaped Literacy Strategy. In this post, I want to highlight how I have used the T Shaped Literacy Strategy in my preparation period for the assessment. 

T Shaped Literacy

The T Shaped Literacy Strategy that I have used for my NCEA Level 3 English class covers scaffolding text and complementary text. I found that using both texts has helped to build a strong grounding for the assessment that they have started. Some students selected a text that linked to the scaffolding and complementary text that I provided for intended audience of film. 

READING MULTIPLE TEXTS (Scaffolding Text + Complementary Text)

For the close viewing assessment I wanted the students to do a series of practice tests before the actual assessment. For the practice close viewing task, I wanted the students know about 'intended audiences for film' as this is an area that they need to comment on in their assessment. I knew that going into the assessment that their prior knowledge on intended audience for film was not where it needs to be for the assessment. In order to help strengthen this area I shared two texts to help them understand intended audience for film. 

SCAFFOLDING TEXT

Scaffolding Text: Click on the image to access the article

This article is really good as it delves into the different ages groups of film audiences and the types of the films that are catered to them. This article helps to support the previous text and it helps to support and shape my student's thinking around who the intended audience of the film that they have studied (which is also the same film that they are assessed on in the Close Viewing assessment - 91480). 

COMPLEMENTARY TEXT

Complementary Text: Click on the image to access the video text

I really like this text, it provides a specific breakdown on the different demographic groups and audiences that film makers and distributors create their films for. I loved that there was a written content in the video that supports what the content creator is sharing. It is also not too long and gives a brief but detailed outline on target audiences for indie films.  

Complementary Text: Close Viewing Practice Worksheet

Following the readings of the texts, we have a class discussion and small group discussions (with feedback to the whole class) to check in with each other and to see if we understand intended audience and how to identify intended audience for film. Once the students have completed the reading of the multiple texts, they have a chance to comment on 'intended audience' in the close viewing practice worksheet. The students have the opportunity to pull from the class discussion/small group discussion on comment the intended audience of 'A Beautiful Mind' and how the scene that they are focusing on for the close viewing impacts them. 

STUDENT SELECTED TEXT

Student Selected Text - Click on the image to access the video

Some of the students found and sourced their own text on Youtube that they felt helped them to understand intended audience of film better. I am sharing the link of the video that they found in the image above. 

The highlight of the T Shaped Literacy strategy was that students were able to explore the topic of 'intended audience film' through different texts and they were able to journey through the texts together. I quite liked the student selected text as the students were able to share texts with me that I can added to my resource bank .