Respecting Language
After reading the Heroes and Holidays articles this week on Equity and Literacy and the articles and lecture notes on honoring dialects (specifically Ebonics), give examples of an activity (or series of activities) you could do in a classroom (your choice of age group) that would encompass 3 things:
1) respect a child’s dialect or native language, while at the same time
2) support their literacy skills in standard English and
3) support “critical literacy” – that is, designing the particular assignment to assist kids in examining diverse perspectives, as described in Enid Lee’s article on Equity and Literacy. Your ideas do not have to be original – if you see ideas in these articles that you can adapt or expand upon, do it! Your idea(s) will be worth 12 points – based on inclusion of all 3 criteria, and based upon the ideas being age-appropriate.
4)label the top of your work with the age group you have in mind, to aid others in deciding whose work they want to read and respond to.
Respecting Language
Respecting Language
After reading the Heroes and Holidays articles this week on Equity and Literacy and the articles and lecture notes on honoring dialects (specifically Ebonics), give examples of an activity (or series of activities) you could do in a classroom (your choice of age group) that would encompass 3 things:
1) respect a child’s dialect or native language, while at the same time
2) support their literacy skills in standard English and
3) support “critical literacy” – that is, designing the particular assignment to assist kids in examining diverse perspectives, as described in Enid Lee’s article on Equity and Literacy. Your ideas do not have to be original – if you see ideas in these articles that you can adapt or expand upon, do it! Your idea(s) will be worth 12 points – based on inclusion of all 3 criteria, and based upon the ideas being age-appropriate.
4)label the top of your work with the age group you have in mind, to aid others in deciding whose work they want to read and respond to.
Bilingual Instructional Practices
Instructional Practices and the English Language Learner
