Literacy-Based Curriculum Framework

 

The curricular framework uses a variety of instructional strategies that focus on culturally and linguistically relevant activities that are age appropriate for very young children, older children, and adolescents who may have experienced traumatic events or on-going related stress.

• Employs a variety of instructional strategies for reading, writing, listening, speaking, visually representing and viewing

• Celebrates literacy in the home, school and community

• Focuses on culturally and linguistically relevant activities that are developmentally appropriate

• Fosters a supportive and caring learning community for learners

• Highlights the importance of civic engagement

 

Literacy Activities in PK-12 Classrooms

 

Creating a Supportive Learning Community

• Preserving Memories Preschool (.ppt)

• School as Community (.pdf)

• Writing the Community (.pdf)

 

Response to Literature

• My Great Aunt Arizona - Preschool

• Owen and Mzee First Grade (.pdf)

• My Map Book First Grade (.pdf)

• My Map Book Seventh Grade (.pdf)

 

Saving Our Wetlands Project

• Lesson Plans - Wetland Habitat & Wildlife (.pdf)

• The Wetlands, A Louisiana Treasure (.ppt)

• Vocabulary Matching Game (.pdf)

 

Engaging Visual Literacy - Documenting with Digital Cameras & Other Technologies Stories in Images Ninth Grade

  

Click on the icon for the Images. Click on the icon for the Essay.
Activities After School			A Day in the Academy
A Home is Not a Home Without a Dog, or in My Case, Six			A Saturday Morning at            the Doughnut Shop
At Our Best			Celebrating Chalmette's        Ninth Grade Academy
Chalmette High Students			Childhood
CHS Football			Everyday Landscapes
Me, Myself and I			My Friends
My Life in Chalmette			Shell Beach
St. Bernard Landscapes			The Story of New Orleans

 

Resources

• International Center for Everybody's Child at Hofstra University

• America's Wetland

• Bevil Knapp, Louisiana Photographer

• Annotated Bibliography of Children's & Adolescent Literature (.pdf)

• Literature Extensions (.pdf)

• Photographic Tips (.pdf)

• Stories in Images - Digital Storytelling Teacher's Guide

 

Presentations, Publications and Related Grants

• University of Louisiana System Service-Learning Conference

• Gulf South Summit Conference: Service-Learning & Civic Engagement (.ppt)

• Service-Learning Reflection I The Pick, Vol. 35 (.pdf)

• Service-Learning Reflection II The Pick, Vol. 35 (.pdf)

• Rebuilding, Remembering and Rewriting St. Bernard Parish - CITI Grant (.pdf)

 

 

 

Contact Information

Dr. Cindy Elliott, Professor
Interim Department Head
985-549-2221