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A Fistful of Literacy
Discipline
Reading
Grades
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Postsecondary
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Ken Glassmeyer, a middle school language arts teacher in southwestern Ohio, shares his firsthand experience working to change the cultural climate of his school through literacy. Having survived a school shooting and hostage situation, Glassmeyer talks about the fact that the majority of his students "come from a culture where violence is considered an important value and literacy is rarely even a secondary consideration. Glassmeyer's vignette consists of his recounting incidents in which he used "before-, during-, and after-reading approaches" to give his students an alternative to violence. (author/ebm)


Ohio English Language Arts Standards (2001)
Acquisition of Vocabulary Standard
Benchmarks (8–10)
A.
Use context clues and text structures to determine the meaning of new vocabulary.
C.
Recognize the importance and function of figurative language.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
Benchmarks (8–10)
A.
Apply reading comprehension strategies to understand grade-appropriate text.
B.
Demonstrate comprehension of print and electronic text by responding to questions (e.g., literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing).
C.
Use appropriate self-monitoring strategies for comprehension.
Benchmarks (11–12)
A.
Apply reading comprehension strategies to understand grade-appropriate texts.
B.
Demonstrate comprehension of print and electronic text by responding to questions (e.g., literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing).
C.
Use appropriate self-monitoring strategies for comprehension.