Hey ,Hey what to say, I finished "chew on this " last night, I hope you all are also at this point. I am glad I finished it, so much to read so little time. I enjoyed this book it was a light read and was to the point. I am a vegetarian, I haven't eaten meat since I was like 17, I also seen "Super size Me" and "Bowling for Columbine", so "Chew on this wasn't telling me anything new, but I liked it's pace and it's reading level, is appropriate for our students. So it's something we could use in our class. I don't know if any of you all are "Heavy Users" or not, but you all should check out "super size me" it will change the way you think about fast food.
Chapter five I found very interesting, I personally like to have to discussions in my classroom, I like to get students active, thinking and talking at the subject, If their active they are usually interested, I think. I liked the strategies on page 57 . I personally tell a lot of stories in the classroom that relates to the material, They display everything from problem solving to decision making. As for active writing, I had a student teaching class that would drive me nuts, call discussion was like pulling teeth, but I could never get them to stop talking when I had to stop an activity. I would get three word answers on ORQ's, and yet I was always telling student to stop writing notes, and to stop texting on their phones. I found this chapter very useful, indeed.
Chapter 6 is every fan boys dream come true, validation that comics and graphic novels are useful tools for literacy. Have a few friends who are big into comics. I personally was never a big comic book fan my brother was. Which that in itself shows that it is a useful tool of literacy. I love me brother, but he is a lazy man, he barely got through high school, but he read comics religiously as a teen and beyond, I was suppose to be the smart the only reading I did for pleasure was Thrasher magazine. I finally started reading books my freshman year of college, my brother has yet to get bit by the literature bug.
It good though, it is another tool we can use for literacy. in my teaching have seen plenty of students reading the manga, and I have even used Literature books that had illustrated stories in them. Whether it is used for scaffolding our students, or something like "Maus" that helps us tackle sensitive issues. Whether it's "batman" or "Ulysses" if are students are reading it's a good thing.
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I agree, any reading a student does is good reading. The key is to get them hooked so they continue reading! Using literature that is interesting and accessible is a good way to ensure that they are engaged and thinking about the content in different ways than through the lense of the textbook.
So, what does that look like in your classroom teaching?
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