Unfinished Business

This is my second time doing this unit, the first time, I did not have a chance to complete it.

So from what i remember last year, this unit will be about the following:

It can get quite complex...

• Noun

• Verb – Auxiliary, modal

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Pronouns

• Conjunction

• Interjections

• Preposition

WORD CLASSES! ARGHHH!

No really, I do expect more from this unit, but for now word classes is all that i can remember form last year.

What do I expect from the unit?

In reflection of the first tutorial of the semester, I can say with confidence that this unit will be rather insightful and humbling. Insightful, because it will open my eyes to new views of teaching literacy in the secondary context and humbling at the same time as it will remind me of the many things that I have been taught and yet, have forgotten over the years.

Why take this unit AGAIN?

While this unit has not been intended to function as a refresher course. So far, I can see that the knowledge being shared in the classroom is comprised of an amalgamation of many things that I have come across in previous units. I do not expect to know everything, which is why I am taking this unit…

What happened in the first workshop?

The first tutorial is usually made up of 50% house-keeping and administration and the other 50% is made up of an introduction to the content of the first module. One of the main ideas that was put forth was the idea of engagement. I was told that this unit will be about “getting students involved in engagement with the text.” This brings up a huge question when you dissect the meaning of engagement. What is engagement? How do we gauge engagement? Does engagement necessarily require involvement? I am going to be honest and say that I do not have the answers to these questions. But I am hoping this unit will shed some light on certain terms that we use to define teaching and literacy.