11 Which American Story Should be Told? Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource is an article by a teacher who in reflecting on the ways in which America's story has traditionally been told realizes that a 21st-century "re-telling" is in order. Through her experience, education, teaching experience (an urban school with forced busing), and exchanges with other educators, the author shares insights about teaching a multicultural literacy.... Projects: Writing 6-12 12 Writing Selves/Writing Societies: Research from Activity Perspectives Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: This is a complete online book compiled by editors whose focus is to look at human activity and writing from three different perspectives: (1) the role of writing in producing work and the economy; (2) the role of writing in creating, maintaining, and transforming socially located selves and communities; and (3) the role of writing formal education. The chapters in this collection, published solely in electronic format, contain extensive scholarly research (Vygotsky et al.), theory, and practice.... Projects: Writing 6-12 13 Writing the Real Persuasion Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: This brief article describes a teacher's experience, struggle, and success with getting her students to write passionately and powerfully using persuasive writing. Knowing that high school students are passionate about just about everything (except, perhaps, writing those persuasive papers for English class), this teacher shares her insights and strategies for engaging reluctant writers with "real" writing... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Government & Public Administration, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 14 Making a Case for Media Literacy in the Curriculum: Outcomes and Assessment Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: The author of this article, Erica Scharrer, writes to make the case for a central role of media literacy in the K-12 curriculum. Two philosophical perspectives regarding media literacy are explained.... 15 Family Night at the School Library--It's Computer Time! Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This classroom vignette chronicles the story of one school's success with getting and then following through with an Improving Literacy through School Libraries Grant. Their power point presentation is included for reference.... Projects: Writing 6-12 16 A Music Strategy for Exploring Content Area Concepts Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts, General Education Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource discusses how music can provide a creative avenue for students to learn academic content and concepts as they express their learning in an active and meaningful way. Author Thomas Bean suggests that teachers try introducing music in the form of rewriting a song with a small group.... Projects: Writing 6-12 17 Where You From? Using a Sense of Place to Celebrate Our Students and the Language Arts Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Tammy A. Schwartz, an assistant professor in Teacher Education at Miami University in Ohio, and Kevin A.... Projects: Writing 6-12 18 "Many Questions, Sometimes Answers--The Secret Confessions of an Urban Reflector" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Doreen Uhas Sauer, a veteran urban educator (middle and high school) with over 35 years in Columbus Public Schools, reflects hauntingly on the dilemma teachers and educators must regularly face: the "differences" of and in urban schools. In "Many Questions, Sometimes Answers--The Secret Confesisons of an Urban Reflector," the author shares both her experience with teaching in urban districts and her strategic thinking about the questions and challenges that both face urban districts and seemingly defy right-there answers.... 19 The Book of the Month and Mathematics: An Integrative Approach Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: This classroom vignette is a short piece written for the March/April '09 issue of AdLIT InPerspective detailing one teacher's experience with integrating mathematics and literature. Christy Rhoades, a mathematics intervention teacher at Dayton Public Schools, emphasizes the importance of learning mathematics for deep conceptual understanding as students prepare to face global competition in the STEM career areas.... 20 Critical Issue: Addressing Literacy Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–12 Professional Commentary: This article addresses problems confronted by children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have not experienced high levels of academic success. Their literacy needs are often not addressed as they are encouraged to assimilate into the mainstream.... |