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A post I found on the #picturebooks tag page was about a text called Islandbornby Junot Diaz. 

I chose this post because of the beautiful illustrations that attracted me to it. Reading about the post exposed me to the opportunity this book would provide in a classroom setting to educate students and combine with different cross-curriculum such as global perspectives, history and geography. 

As I entered my placement classroom the whole class were finishing off the first Harry Potter book, read to the class by the teacher. The students LOVED being read to each afternoon.

One literacy component I saw in place was the use of role cards for literacy groups. Each student had a different role (see image) read a text together or article etc. and students had to take on their role each day. If they were summariser they had to summarise what was read that day. Connector had to connect the text to personal or world connections etc. Each day students would swap roles and take part in a different task, working on the previous students work. I found it a great way for students to work collaboratively and take on different responsibilities each day with the support of the group peers.

This poster was found in my placement classroom and assisted students with their literacy no matter what text type they were studying or writing. Its perfect to use because of its simplicity and clarity of each aspect, as well as providing an example for each!