Written Reflection 5

Read and post notes on the following:

(1) McWilliam, E. (2010) Learning culture, teaching economy

(2) Purves (1993) Setting standards in the language arts and literature classroom and the implications for portfolio assessment


(3) Sawch (2011) Asking and arguing fact and fiction: using inquiry and critical literacy to make sense of literature in the world

Written Reflection 4

Read and post notes for the following:
Applebee et al. (2000) Creating continuance and continuity in the HS literature curricula
Nystrand et al. (1993) Using small groups in the literature classroom

Read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and think about the following. You may reference other Young Adult literature or classic secondary school texts to think about these issues.
(1) What is the potential of the text for the lower secondary classroom?
(2) What are the limitations of the text?
(3) In light of your previous readings and classroom discussions, discuss about the curriculum choice of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and possible instructional methods.

Written Reflection 3

Read and post your comments on the following before class on 8 June (Friday):
Gee (1996) Social Linguistics & Literacies: Ideologies in Discourses (Chapters 3, 6 & 7) NY:
Routledge Falmer.*
2. Heath, S. B. (2005) What No Bedtime Story Means. In Duranti, A. (2005) Linguistic anthropology: a
Have to Teach us about Learning and
Literacy OR
3. Rex, L. (2001) The remaking of a high school reader. In Reading Research Quarterly 36:3, 288-314


AND
Apple, M. W. (1997) The text and cultural politics. Educational Researcher 21:7, 4-12.*
2. Loh, C. E. (2009) Reading the World: Reconceptualizing reading multicultural literature in
the ELA classroom in a Global World. In Changing English 16:3, 287-299.*