Reaction to the readings.

 1. This article was very interesting to me as well as eye opening. I grew up in an urban city and realized a lot but never thought about it that much be cause it was a norm to me. I found it very educational to read about how African American males cope. Ive seen this in person and found it crazy how true it is for educators to find this behavior as offensive and troubling. I was very upset to fully see how absent diversity is in todays children literature as well as todays literature. But we need to try and include way more e literature about diversity. It is important for children to see themselves in the novels a well as being able to understand the background behind it. 

2.This video was very well spoken. It was kind of hurtful to realize that many fairy tales and movies do not have people of color. Then I thought back and it hit me that I have never heard a fairy tale that had a Spanish background or even a Black background. I thought it was very true when the speaker said that ignoring race is understood to be grateful, even generous liberal gesture. I thought that that was very crazy but when I thought about it deeper it made sense as to why we people never really want to talk about it. I knew that white characters were always present in literature way more but I never though to think deeper. But when she spoke about how it usually is a white cisgender male who is always getting praised it made sense. She gave an example which just so happened to be one of my favorite shows Vampire Diaries. The character Bonnie was always going through the most conflicts as well as dying. I think that it us unfair and injustice how many times the character of color is put through a greater amount of pain. 

3. I have always thought about gender identifications in literature as well as films. I could never imagine though how hard it is to see all these struggles and how the world is always set up against them. This is a important thing that should be address3ed in literature since students minds are just beginning to evolve and grow. I think it is important for them to understand that it is okay if you do not categorize yourself within the 2 genders, and that they are not a freak like the media and literature may present. When thinking of diversity in literature it is not always just about race. It is also about gender, sexual orientation, religious view, and etc. As educators we have to be open minded and be willing to continue being educated with thins that affect our students everyday lives. 

These readings were an amazing learning experience. I am glad that we are touching upon subjects like this spa that we can know how to properly apply them into our future classrooms. 

Notes from the readings

 

Reaction to the Readings.

 1. Teaching Literacy Analysis
I thought that this article was very helpful. It broke down how to teach Literacy anaylsis in a clear and very helpful way. It showed a picture for people who are better learning visually. Then, it went into depth about each subject and what they should be looking for in the subject. Like once they pick which topic they are going to talk about, the next step would be to come up with a question to answer, like a thesis statement. What do you want to explore about the topic? Why does it stand out to you?

Question: How do you create a school climate that supports this type of progression in Reading for Literature?
Just like this article showed. Us teacher need to breakdown the steps and teach them in the correct order. While doing this we can help them practice by using topics they they are very involved in, whether it be school related or not. This can help spark interests that they enjoy while also being able to understand the topic they're talking about. We can find literature that relates to their topic and help them understand Literary analysis. 

2. Plot structure mini lesson

I enjoy the powerpoint in this mini lesson. This is going to be able to help students understand the plot structure and the different literary elements that they need to understand. 

Notes from the Readings

The Reaction to the Readings

1. The first article was called Hurrah for Children's Literature. While reading this article the question that was brought upon the readers is how important children's literature really is?  Even though we all grow up on books like these but how come children's literature is not always included in list like "1,000 must reads". I feel as though we should reevaluate and realize how essential children's literature is. 

2. While listening to these youtube videos it was a bit hard to understand what they were saying. But a lot of the questions that they are trying to address is what exactly is considered text? We have to expand our view that we have of text. But we have a lot of uncertainty with text. But I enjoy all the questions that were brought up in theses videos like why don't we have instructional images in texts? 

3. I thought reading this article that was written by Brigid Alverson was actually very educational for me. I never knew the reality of how important graphic novels were. I thought it was interesting how many people do not want these novels in the schools. Yet, in this article there were so many facts presented on how educational and helpful they can be for students. 

4. While reading this article it was very eyeopening for me. Growing up in a urban city I was always just so accustomed to how things were. But reading this article it shows how hard the community tries. Poetry throughout the community changes it. But I was used to this being our regular form of literature throughout my life. This just goes to show us that so many things can be defined as literature.

Performance Task