Session 2: Literacy Across the Curriculum: Changing Paradigms

Duration of Session 3:30-5:00 (90 minutes)

Key understanding to be DepEd Order No. 12, s. 2015 - Guidelines on the Early
Developed Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Program: Professional
Development Component
Learning Objectives At the end of the session, LAC participants should be able
to:
 describe the over-all school literacy program
through group activity;
 differentiate between content area literacy and
disciplinary literacy;
 deal how relevant English Language Arts
standards/competencies intersect and overlap with
science practice through discussion;
 identify the knowledge and skills teachers need to
support students in developing disciplinary literacy;
and
 use strategies in developing students’ content and
disciplinary literacy.

Resources Laptop/ Projector/ Powerpoint presentation

Introductory Activity Registration
Prayer
Makabayan Song
Introduction of the Resource Speaker
Activity Priming: Introduce the game 4Pics 1Word.
(Analyze the pictures presented and tell what concept the
pictures depict.)
1. content
2. process
3. strategies
4. reading
5. literacy
Engage: How do you collaborate with other content area
teachers?
Identify ways of collaboration in terms of:
a. content
b. process
c. strategies
d. materials
 Explore
1. How did you find the activity? What was the focus
of the activity?
2. What were the concepts presented by each group?
Did it surprise you? Why?
3. What were the similarities/differences in your
output?
4. In your practice, how do you collaborate with other
teachers handling other disciplines?
5. In what ways do English teachers and content area
teachers collaborate to help students learn and be
engaged with texts? Specify details of the collaboration.
6. Why is there a need for teachers in content areas
and language arts teachers to collaborate?
7. What insights/ discoveries did you gain from the
activity?
Discussion:
- What is literacy?
- Differentiate between content area literacy and
disciplinary literacy.
- What are the complementary roles of English language
arts and content area teachers in developing students’
content and disciplinary literacy?
Concluding Activity Discuss strategies English teachers and content area
teachers can collaborate to help students learn and be
engaged with texts. Specify details of the collaboration.

Prepared by: Noted by:

JMAR I. ALMAZAN RUFFA V. SUELTO

Teacher III Training Manager

Approved by:

JESUS A. MAUHAY
Program Manager/ School Head