I love how you relate reading to learning about human, the world, and about the self. Reading is not only in text but in how we see and interpret the world around us.
Reading the world and learning about self are two major contributions that literature brings to our lives. Thus, I hope that this will be a focus for you as a LA teacher--helping to bring in the larger themes/issues into literature rather than having student simply memorize vocabulary words and answer standardized questions. :)
Emily- I was also thinking about students reading social interactions and the world and mentioned this in my post. I totally agree with you. I'm planning on teaching high school English, too... :)
I hadn't even considered social ques and emotions. This is a way we communicate. Just like reading, we observe it and must comprehend it its meaning. I like that you expanded reading into a much larger world view. Great point.
I love how you relate reading to learning about human, the world, and about the self. Reading is not only in text but in how we see and interpret the world around us.
ReplyDeleteEmily, you talked about teaching kids how to read social ques, faces and emotion. I thought that was a great expanded view of reading.
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Reading the world and learning about self are two major contributions that literature brings to our lives. Thus, I hope that this will be a focus for you as a LA teacher--helping to bring in the larger themes/issues into literature rather than having student simply memorize vocabulary words and answer standardized questions. :)
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ReplyDeleteI was also thinking about students reading social interactions and the world and mentioned this in my post. I totally agree with you. I'm planning on teaching high school English, too... :)
I hadn't even considered social ques and emotions. This is a way we communicate. Just like reading, we observe it and must comprehend it its meaning. I like that you expanded reading into a much larger world view. Great point.
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