BCS Secondary ELA Weekly Literacy Cycle

Direct
Vocabulary
Instruction
Grammar
Instruction

Self Selected
Reading

Formal Writing
Tasks
Reading - based
Projects/ Novel
Studies
Presentations

Read
- Aloud

Teacher Directed
Reading
Close Reading
(text analysis, debates, Socratic
Seminars, philosophical chairs)
Re-Reading Activities
(Non Fiction/ Fiction Integration)
Daily Writing Activities

Consider this Clock as

representative of your
instructional week
(Please note, the activities I
placed in it are obviously just
examples, and the idea is
really more the format.)

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BCS Secondary ELA Weekly Literacy Wheel

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StandardBased Writing
Instruction an
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Self S
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k, Listen Think,
ased Reading
and
Move
Instruction

and Guided
practice

Consider this
Wheel as
representative of
your instructional
week.
This model reflects
an integrated
approach to ELA
instruction.

Close Reading
(text analysis, debates,
Socratic Seminars,
philosophical chairs)

Reading - based Projects/ Novel Studies

Teacher Directed
Reading
Re-Reading Activities
(Non Fiction/ Fiction
Integration)
Daily Writing
Activities