All You Need to Teach - Info Literacy 10+

Making the Most of This Book
This resource can be used by teacher librarians working in collaboration with classroom teachers
to plan and teach information literacy. It is also ideal for teacher librarians who teach alone in the
library, or for teachers who want to teach information literacy in those schools where there is no
teacher librarian.
A ll the Teach i n g Tips You Need
In this section you’ll find an overview of the information literacy process, including a useful
step-by-step diagram of the stages in the process. You could photocopy and display this in the
library as a reminder for students. For each stage in the process there is also a checklist of the
learning outcomes you would expect students to have achieved by the end of the seventh year at
school. These outcomes pages include questions you could ask yourself as you plan the learning
experiences for your students. You could use the pages in your program, to help your planning, to
record assessment comments, or as assessment checklists.
A ll the Less o n Ban ks You Need
This section consists of 24 lesson banks built around commonly taught topics or themes. It is
divided into two parts—with twelve lesson banks each for the sixth and seventh years of school.
The activities in each lesson bank build on the previous bank’s activities, so it is suggested that
the year levels here are observed. However, you know your students’ needs, so change or adapt
the order if necessary.
Each lesson bank includes the following sections:
V Learning for Life A list of key ideas: those things students should know, do, understand,
appreciate and value long into the future as a result of this work.
V Focus Questions Suggested questions to stimulate student discussion and guide learning.
V Resources A list of items which are essential for the successful completion of the activities.
V Other Useful Resources A list of other useful resources, including websites which may be useful
or interesting and software for integrating ICT.
V Learning Activities A bank of activity ideas for teaching the information literacy process within
that topic. There is scope for both cooperative teaching and for the integration of these activities
into the classroom program. Because library lessons for this age group are often short, and include
circulation, the activities in the book can be spread over a number of sessions. In this case, teachers
should identify what meets their needs, find a logical finishing point for each session, and plan
their term and time accordingly.
V Hint Additional teaching hints, if appropriate, highlighted in boxes.
A ll the Worksh e ets You Need
This section provides photocopiable worksheets to be used
in conjunction with the activities in the lesson banks.
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