Category: critical literacy

Writing about Reading: Considering Perspective Paves the Way for Critical Thinking— Part of #TWTBlog’s Throwback Week
critical literacy · writing about reading

Writing about Reading: Considering Perspective Paves the Way for Critical Thinking— Part of #TWTBlog’s Throwback Week

Deb Frazier5 Comments

Growing up the younger sibling of a sister with pervasive disabilities was a crash course in perspective. The lessons I learned from my sister have made me who I am. Lessons packed with tears… some the result of lessons learned hard, some pure joy, others the result of unbridled anger. But rich learning like this… Continue reading Writing about Reading: Considering Perspective Paves the Way for Critical Thinking— Part of #TWTBlog’s Throwback Week

Writing about Reading: Considering Perspective Paves the Way for Critical Thinking
critical literacy · writing about reading

Writing about Reading: Considering Perspective Paves the Way for Critical Thinking

Anna Gratz Cockerille6 Comments

Rubin's vase is a famous optical illusion that can be interpreted in multiple ways. When looked at one way, it appears to be a vase. When looked at another way, it appears to be two faces peering at each other.  This image was developed by a Danish Psychologist, Edgar Rubin. About this image, Rubin remarked: "When… Continue reading Writing about Reading: Considering Perspective Paves the Way for Critical Thinking

Solve It Your Way
collaboration · creativity · critical literacy · Q & A · questions · technology

Solve It Your Way

Ruth Ayres3 Comments

I'm excited to share Franki Sibberson's latest project with you. SOLVE IT YOUR WAY! is an innovative project to encourage creative problem solving and collaborate with others around the globe. I shared this month's question with them while we waited in the car for Andy to run into the store. When we got home, my… Continue reading Solve It Your Way

critical literacy · NCTE

Rethinking and Rewriting Princess Stories

Stacey Shubitz8 Comments

My best friend and I are both expecting daughters in 2011.  We're been friends since my freshman and her sophomore year of college.  We've been in each other's weddings.  We simply cannot wait to watch our daughters grow up together!  Last Monday, when she called me to announce that her third child would be a… Continue reading Rethinking and Rewriting Princess Stories

books · critical literacy · Stephanie R. Jones

Great Popular Reads That Push Your Thinking About Education and Society

Stacey Shubitz

Stephanie R. Jones, my former T.C. professor, has a great list of books on her blog, Engaged Intellectuals, that will push your thinking about education and society. Unless you're at the Univ. of Georgia, it's going to be hard for you to take a course with Stephanie, since that's where she's teaching now. However, I… Continue reading Great Popular Reads That Push Your Thinking About Education and Society

critical literacy · peter h. johnson · powerful literacy · RIWP · Stephanie R. Jones · writing · writing workshop

MAKING KIDS FEEL BIG, NOT small.

Stacey Shubitz6 Comments

I had the pleasure of hearing Linda Christensen deliver the keynote address at today's RIWP Spring 2008 Conference. Linda wrote a book entitled Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power, so it was natural for her to speak on the subject of the "Politics of Language: Teaching About Language and… Continue reading MAKING KIDS FEEL BIG, NOT small.

critical literacy · Stephanie R. Jones · writing workshop

Thinking Critically About Writing Workshop

Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

I wanted to reflect on some questions Stephanie Jones, one of my former T.C. professors and author of Engaged Intellectuals, presents at the end of chapter 11 in her book Girls, Social Class, and Literacy. She asks readers to consider some questions about the Writing Workshop they teach. Here are her questions and my answers:… Continue reading Thinking Critically About Writing Workshop

critical literacy · Stephanie R. Jones

News Article

Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

I received the ASCD SmartBrief today and followed the link to read this article in The New York Times. After learning about the ways in which French 5th graders are going to be asked to "identify" with Jewish children who were killed during the Second World War, I immediately sent an email to one of… Continue reading News Article

adolescent literacy · books · critical literacy · key beliefs · linda rief · professional books · reflections

defining book.

Ruth Ayres2 Comments

Recently my curriculum director gave me the book:  Adolescent Literacy:  Turning Promise into Practiceedited by Kylene Beers, Robert E.Probst, & Linda Rief.  (Is my curriculum director awesome, or what?)  I am quickly realizing that it is one of those defining books for me.  It is all of the top secondary literacy leaders in the field… Continue reading defining book.

critical literacy · empowering girls · Stephanie R. Jones · stereotypes · the persona of a writer · writing workshop

Thinking Critically About the Writing Workshop: Reflecting on the Way I Teach Writing

Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

I wanted to reflect on some questions my former professor, Stephanie Jones, presents at the end of chapter 11 in her book Girls, Social Class, and Literacy. She asks readers to consider some questions about the Writing Workshop that they teach. Here are her questions and my answers: 1. How are students positioned in Writing… Continue reading Thinking Critically About the Writing Workshop: Reflecting on the Way I Teach Writing