Genre-based strategies to promote critical literacy in grades 4-8 / Danielle E. Hartsfield and Sue C. Kimmel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartsfield, Danielle E., author.

Kimmel, Sue C., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 150 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Libraries Unlimited, 2019.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Draws on critical and radical change theory to equip both aspiring and practicing library and teacher candidates with practical, research-based ideas for enacting critical literacy practices in middle grade libraries and classrooms. Genre Based Strategies to Promote Critical Literacy in Grades 4-8 provides strategies and lesson plans with additional resources and tools for school librarians and teachers to engage middle grade students in reading children's literature through a critical literacy lens. To be critically literate readers and thinkers, students must learn to question what they read, asking themselves who wrote the text, why the text was written, and how the text positions its readers and others. Teaching students how to read from a critical literacy stance is a timely and relevant practice in a world in which text is available instantly and on nearly any mobile device. In many cases, preparation programs for school librarians and teachers do not teach candidates how to incorporate critical literacy practices in library and classroom settings. This book provides both pre-service and in-service school librarians and teachers with that professional development and guidance for teaching critical literacy in children's literature courses.

Contents:

Introduction 1 What Is Critical Literacy? 2 Informational Books 3 Examining Multiple Perspectives with Multimodal Text Sets (Lesson Plan) 4 Narrative Nonfiction and Biographies 5 Close Reading and Analyzing Word Choice in Narrative Nonfiction (Lesson Plan) 6 Historical Fiction 7 Pairing Texts to Expand Perspectives (Lesson Plan) 8 Contemporary Realistic Fiction 9 Making Disconnections in Literature Circles (Lesson Plan) 10 Fantasy 11 Unpacking Social Identities and Norms through Character Study (Lesson Plan) 12 Picture Books 13 Using Asynchronous Discussion to Unpack Visual Messages (Lesson Plan) 14 Graphic Novels 15 Reframing and Rewriting the Story from Alternate Perspectives (Lesson Plan) References Author/Title Index: Recommended Books for Grades 4-8 Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400656316

9798216089308

9781440863172

1440863172

OCLC:

1120783994