http://www.jstor.org.webdb.plattsburgh.edu:2048/stable/41483395?seq=2&Search=yes&searchText=fantasy&searchText=Using&searchText=literature&searchText=teach&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff&prevSearch=&item=8&ttl=7512&returnArticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null This talks about the benefits of teaching fantasy to students and how that genre isn't simply for pleasure.
http://www.jstor.org.webdb.plattsburgh.edu:2048/stable/41404645?seq=3&Search=yes&searchText=fantasy&searchText=Using&searchText=literature&searchText=teach&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26acc%3Don%26vf%3Djo%26bk%3Doff%26pm%3Doff%26jo%3Doff%26ar%3Doff%26re%3Doff%26ms%3Doff%26gw%3Djtx%26Query%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26sbq%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26si%3D26&prevSearch=&item=36&ttl=7512&returnArticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null
http://www.jstor.org.webdb.plattsburgh.edu:2048/stable/819230?&Search=yes&searchText=fantasy&searchText=Using&searchText=literature&searchText=teach&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26acc%3Don%26vf%3Djo%26bk%3Doff%26pm%3Doff%26jo%3Doff%26ar%3Doff%26re%3Doff%26ms%3Doff%26gw%3Djtx%26Query%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26sbq%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26si%3D26&prevSearch=&item=50&ttl=7512&returnArticleService=showFullText This article is about how science-fiction is a legitimate genre.
http://www.jstor.org.webdb.plattsburgh.edu:2048/stable/998458?&Search=yes&searchText=fantasy&searchText=Using&searchText=literature&searchText=teach&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26acc%3Don%26vf%3Dall%26bk%3Doff%26pm%3Doff%26jo%3Doff%26ar%3Doff%26re%3Doff%26ms%3Doff%26gw%3Djtx%26Query%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26sbq%3DUsing%2Bfantasy%2Bto%2Bteach%2Bliterature%26si%3D26&prevSearch=&item=30&ttl=7512&returnArticleService=showFullText Education and Fantasy
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Multigenre: Literacy
We wear the mask that sighs and groans,
It greets assignments with more moans, -
This debt we pay to lit'racy;
With weary, heavy hearts they be
Ignore responsibility,
Why should English be otherwise,
In reading, grammar, and criticize?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We frown, but oh great Christ, our bliss
To thee our love to read amiss
We write, but oh paper is cruel
Beneath fingers, and lacking fuel,
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
In my multigenre, I'd like to focus on specific activities that could help students read and write better. It can be from "reading carts" to interesting grammar lessons. I'm not so interested in getting students into specific works of literature, but literature as a whole. But I also want to combine grammar and writing with reading to increase overall literacy.
Barb: Hey wht u up 2?
Val: Not mch doing ths sheet 4 eng class
Barb: Y?
Val: Cuz I want a good grade
Barb: Kk. Wnna go out l8tr?
Val: Sur Ill txt you wen im dun
This is how students communicate to each other on a regular basis, whether via texting with phones or through instant messaging on the internet. I wish students wouldn't communicate this way, because it negates what they learn (or what I hope they learn) in class: proper grammar, interest in reading, and writing skills. Maybe, if I can figure out a way to make these things fun for students to do, they'd be more interested in practicing these skills on a regular basis. It might not change their habits when speaking to one another, but it will hopefully change their habits for reading and writing.
It greets assignments with more moans, -
This debt we pay to lit'racy;
With weary, heavy hearts they be
Ignore responsibility,
Why should English be otherwise,
In reading, grammar, and criticize?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We frown, but oh great Christ, our bliss
To thee our love to read amiss
We write, but oh paper is cruel
Beneath fingers, and lacking fuel,
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
In my multigenre, I'd like to focus on specific activities that could help students read and write better. It can be from "reading carts" to interesting grammar lessons. I'm not so interested in getting students into specific works of literature, but literature as a whole. But I also want to combine grammar and writing with reading to increase overall literacy.
Barb: Hey wht u up 2?
Val: Not mch doing ths sheet 4 eng class
Barb: Y?
Val: Cuz I want a good grade
Barb: Kk. Wnna go out l8tr?
Val: Sur Ill txt you wen im dun
This is how students communicate to each other on a regular basis, whether via texting with phones or through instant messaging on the internet. I wish students wouldn't communicate this way, because it negates what they learn (or what I hope they learn) in class: proper grammar, interest in reading, and writing skills. Maybe, if I can figure out a way to make these things fun for students to do, they'd be more interested in practicing these skills on a regular basis. It might not change their habits when speaking to one another, but it will hopefully change their habits for reading and writing.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Essay Writing
"Our essay prompts should not merely be exercises in writing to a particular form, in revealing limited information learned specifically for a test. They should instead be opportunities for our students to create additional original thinking about literature," (Moffett 1983, 171).
I agree completely with this quote. Too often in my high school career, I was told to write an essay with a limited prompt with very strict guidelines to include certain parts of a text; I would feel stifled. I reveled in the ability to create a paper that no one else in my class would create, if only so that my paper would stand out in the sea of papers that the teacher had to read. Often, it was hard to do under the restraints of the essay prompts given because they expected a certain level of regurgitation of information. Many students' essays seemed to be about the same thing.
I enjoyed Romano's adaptation of an essay prompt. To include creative elements in an otherwise rigid structure allows for students to create their own, individual papers that will be unlike what anyone else writes. I will definitely utilize the creative essay technique for my own classroom. Students will enjoy writing them because of the freedom they will have. If nothing else, this will allow for grading to be more entertaining because I will not have to read the same essay over and over.
I agree completely with this quote. Too often in my high school career, I was told to write an essay with a limited prompt with very strict guidelines to include certain parts of a text; I would feel stifled. I reveled in the ability to create a paper that no one else in my class would create, if only so that my paper would stand out in the sea of papers that the teacher had to read. Often, it was hard to do under the restraints of the essay prompts given because they expected a certain level of regurgitation of information. Many students' essays seemed to be about the same thing.
I enjoyed Romano's adaptation of an essay prompt. To include creative elements in an otherwise rigid structure allows for students to create their own, individual papers that will be unlike what anyone else writes. I will definitely utilize the creative essay technique for my own classroom. Students will enjoy writing them because of the freedom they will have. If nothing else, this will allow for grading to be more entertaining because I will not have to read the same essay over and over.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Multigenre Topics
I was thinking about doing my multigenre paper on increasing literacy. I think that literacy rates are going down because of the prevalence of the internet, texting, and television. Students are less inclined to read books and learn proper writing processes when there are electronic options available to them. Literacy comes in three parts: reading, writing, and grammar.
I hope to do some research that will help me find ways to get students interested in reading again. I know when I was in school, my teachers used "reading carts", independent reading based upon a choice of books on a cart, to promote reading that interested my classmates and I. I'd also like to find some research about interesting ways to teach grammar, because half of literacy is proper language. Creative writing assignments were used in my high school to help us become better writers, but I feel like there are probably other ways to get students into writing properly.
I was going to continue the topic of ADD in this multigenre, because that was what I wrote my last one on, but I feel like there might not be enough research material for it. I know that when I did research last time, the articles were more based in the scientific and medical aspects of the disorder, rather than any practical applications for helping students with ADD learn. Also, with this topic, I don't really know what I would try to prove through my research.
I hope to do some research that will help me find ways to get students interested in reading again. I know when I was in school, my teachers used "reading carts", independent reading based upon a choice of books on a cart, to promote reading that interested my classmates and I. I'd also like to find some research about interesting ways to teach grammar, because half of literacy is proper language. Creative writing assignments were used in my high school to help us become better writers, but I feel like there are probably other ways to get students into writing properly.
I was going to continue the topic of ADD in this multigenre, because that was what I wrote my last one on, but I feel like there might not be enough research material for it. I know that when I did research last time, the articles were more based in the scientific and medical aspects of the disorder, rather than any practical applications for helping students with ADD learn. Also, with this topic, I don't really know what I would try to prove through my research.
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