Trust me! I can read : building from strengths in the high school English classroom / Sally Lamping, Dean Woodring Blase ; Foreword by Cathy Fleischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamping, Sally.

Contributor:

Blase, Dean Woodring.

Series:

Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)

Language and literacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Secondary)--United States.

Reading (Secondary).

United States.

Motivation in education--United States.

Motivation in education.

Physical Description:

xii, 116 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]

Summary:

This innovative guide shows teachers how to transform high school English students into passionate readers with a trust-based approach that honors both student choice and teacher expertise. The authors begin with a series of reflective invitations to help teachers rediscover trust in themselves and in their students. The book offers methods for building confidence and critical skills through thematic book groups, the whole-class novel, and independent reading. As teachers work through each methods chapter, they will begin to create their own trust-based curriculum with the help of "Extend Your Thinking" sections. Classroom examples from urban, rural, and suburban contexts help teachers interweave trust-building methods (small reading communities, critically engaging lessons, student-led seminars, artistic response, drama, and dialogue) to create an English classroom that is once again a place of possibility and power.

"Trust Me! I Can Read" is a practical resource that addresses the real concerns of today's English educators who are caught between the standards movement and their passion for teaching. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Pedagogy of Poverty 3

Rebuilding Trust 5

Who Needs a Trust-Based Reading Curriculum? 9

Overview of a Trust-Based Reading Curriculum 10

Using This Book 11

1 Trusting Our Ways as Readers 12

Connectedness 13

Reverence 17

Collaborative Inquiry 19

Co-Investigation and Safe Classroom Environments 22

Getting Started on Building a Safe Environment for All Students 24

Final Thoughts 25

Extend Your Thinking 26

2 Trust Me: Learning to Build Trust in Students 27

Trusting Practices that Recognize Students' Assets 28

Using Trusting Practices with Independent, Competitive, and Social Learners 30

Making Trusting Practices Work With All Students 32

Final Thoughts 34

Extend Your Thinking 34

3 Getting Started with the I Choose, You Choose Curriculum 36

Planning for the I Choose You Choose Curriculum 38

Putting It All Together 40

Building Foundations of Trust in the I Choose, You Choose Curriculum 42

Final Thoughts 44

Extend Your Thinking 44

4 Trust Me! I Can Teach: Revisiting the Whole-Class Text 50

Establishing Methodological Foundations with Whole-Class Texts 51

Choosing a Whole-Class Text 58

Final Thoughts 64

Extend Your Thinking 65

5 Trust Us! We Can Learn Together: Transitioning to Thematic Book Groups 66

Setting the Foundation for Book Groups 67

Involving Families in Book Groups 68

Introducing Book Choices and Book Groups to Students 70

Book Groups in Action 71

Whole-Class Learning During Book Group Cycles 72

Final Thoughts 73

Extend Your Thinking 76

6 Trust Me! I Can Choose: Valorizing the High School Reader Through Independent Reading 77

Scaffolding the Independent Reading Experience 78

Using Trust Practices to Set the Foundation for Independent Reading 87

Building a Culture of Reading 90

Formal Assessments and Independent Reading 94

Final Thoughts 97

Extend Your Thinking 98

Conclusion: Trust Me! I Can Read: Subverting the Pedagogy of Poverty 99

Relearning How to Read 100

Making the Impossible Mandatory in High School English Classrooms 100.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807753270

9780807753279

OCLC:

774492178

Publisher Number:

99949364486