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The Literacies of Personal and Social Change: Teaching for Joy and Justice in the ELA Classroom. 2017 NEATE Annual Conference October 20-21, 2017 Bruce M. Penniman UMass Amherst. www.umass.edu/wmwp. Writing into the Day.
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The Literacies of Personal and Social Change: Teaching for Joy and Justice in the ELA Classroom 2017 NEATE Annual Conference October 20-21, 2017 Bruce M. Penniman UMass Amherst
Writing into the Day • 5 minutes: How can we use literacy for change in the ELA classroom?
Introductions • Overview of the session: goals, activities, and relationship to conference theme and sessions, and details about graduate credit and Professional Development Points • Personal sharing: Who you are, what you teach, and how you use literacy for change (briefly)
Reading Together • Preview of Teaching for Joy and Justice: What reactions does the title inspire in you? • Watch Linda Christensen introduce the book
Reading Together • Chapter 5, “Language and Power”: Read the introduction and assigned section: • Group 1: “Linguistic Genocide” and “The Linguistic Tea Party” (pp. 209-211) • Group 2: “Reading the School Stories: Finding the Patterns” (pp. 211-213) • Group 3: “Resistance: Soweto Uprising,” “Metaphorical Drawings,” and “Language Restoration” (pp. 213-217) • Access reading at https://tinyurl.com/LOPASC
Jigsaw Discussion • Read the introduction and your assigned section and highlight key ideas (~15 minutes) • Pair up with someone who has the same section and discuss key points (~5 minutes) • Regroup in 1-2-3 clusters to share insights and key points (~15 minutes)
Jigsaw Discussion • Expert groups: Agree on 3-4 key ideas, quotations, and/or questions • Mixed group: Share findings and develop insights about teaching “language and power” • Full group: Debrief and discuss how this curriculum foster literacies of personal and social change
Conference Planning • Conference goal: To seek a variety of answers to the question, and to the next one: “How can I … ?” • Session notes sheet: Choose sessions deliberately and reflect on how they answer these questions • Submit reflection sheetbefore you leave the conference Saturday afternoon