1. Literacy
Interactive Powerpoint

2. Literacy Investigation
 Defining Literacy
 Basic Literacy Skills
 Every-day Literacy

3. A Definition
 The skills needed to learn and communicate
confidently at school and to become effective
individuals, community members, workers and
citizens. These skills include
listening, reading, viewing, writing, speaking and
creating print, visual and digital materials
accurately and purposefully within and across all
learning areas (Australian Curriculum, ACARA).

4. Basic Literacy Skills
 Reading: Emails, books, ebooks, websites, text
messages, criteria
sheets, poems, films, pictures, multimodal texts
etc.
 Writing: Written texts, visual
texts, poetry, essays, text
messages, articles, digital texts etc.
 Communication: Speaking, body
language, listening, comprehending etc.

5. Every-day Literacy
 Ordering a pizza
 Texting
 Facebooking
 Chatting on the phone
 Reading road signs
 Watching a movie – comprehending
 Emailing