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Reading Literature Handout


Reading Literature Handout
Description:
-          Part One: This section is a small collection of notes, interviews, and recordings from teachers who have implemented multicultural texts in their classrooms and their students who received these lessons. The stories detail the highs and lows of multicultural classrooms actually reading multicultural texts. Two of the stories I really gravitated towards and will be focusing on are Students Resistance to Engagement and No Imagined Peaceful Place. In the chapter Students Resistance to Engagement the editors and teacher discuss the hardships of that are brought on by students who can’t understand why there is a need to read the texts. Explicitly talking of “Backlash to Challenges of White Privilege” and “Denial of Racial Difference” where it is discussed that some students will struggle with accepting that their own perspective and experiences vary drastically from that of their peers. It also discusses how because of these differences each student has a unique interpretation of texts.
-          Part Two: This section highlights more specifics to theoretical application of implementation however is also highlights some good tools such as alternatives to the canon – by providing texts from different cultures you open possibilities for students who have a hard time understanding reading that isn’t familiar to them in cultural while creating a learning opportunity for those it unfamiliar. This section also focuses on the importance of maintaining active research. Student voice is also pushed (which it usually is) but it is incredibly important when teaching multi-culturally because of all the differences of opinion and questions surrounding the unfamiliar.
Why did I choose this book?
-          I chose this book once again because of the catchy title. I feel like I grew up in a fairly diverse area, so I have a little knowledge on what it’s like but not enough and definitely not geared toward teaching. I liked the idea of being properly introduced to how to implement multicultural texts into multicultural classrooms as diversity in American classrooms continues to grow.
Teaching Ideas:
-          Having to be mindful but I really enjoy the idea of having students write biographies and share them beforehand so that other students get a small insight on what it means for this person and how they possible identify with whatever text we are reading.
-          The role of author in reader response, using multicultural texts to help students identify things within themselves they may not be aware of. Asking them how their perspective from piece of literature.
Teaching Issues:
-          No two classrooms are alike. One class might respond very well to the introduction of multicultural literature while others might push back a lot.
-          How I’d address this; immerse slower, start with more familiar multicultural texts
Other Important Stuff:
-          Like the last book I presented on this book was published over two decades ago which is slight cause for concern because of how much the American classroom has and continues to change

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