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One of the principles of Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy is building students' awareness and social-cultural consciousness.
One of the principles of Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy is building students' awareness and social-cultural consciousness.
One of the ways this can be done in English class is by providing texts that are both mirrors and windows for students:
One of the ways this can be done in English class is by providing texts that are both mirrors and windows for students:
Mirrors where they can see themselves, their identities, and lived experiences in the materials they encounter
Mirrors where they can see themselves, their identities, and lived experiences in the materials they encounter
Windows where they can learn about others through the materials they encounter
Windows where they can learn about others through the materials they encounter
It is important to rememeber to also provide choice and variety in the following areas as well:
It is important to rememeber to also provide choice and variety in the following areas as well:
Topics
Topics
Genres
Genres
Formats
Formats
Levels of Difficulty
Levels of Difficulty
Using Mentor Texts:
Using Mentor Texts:
Studying a mentor text from whole to parts (Kittle/Gallagher - 4 Essential Studies) is big picture thinking and leads students to a deeper understanding of the decisions they must make about the organization of their ideas (p.18).
Studying a mentor text from whole to parts (Kittle/Gallagher - 4 Essential Studies) is big picture thinking and leads students to a deeper understanding of the decisions they must make about the organization of their ideas (p.18).
Kittle and Gallagher suggest using the "drone view" of looking at mentor texts from the whole to the parts - drawing boxes around the chunks and looking at the nuts and bolts.
Kittle and Gallagher suggest using the "drone view" of looking at mentor texts from the whole to the parts - drawing boxes around the chunks and looking at the nuts and bolts.
Using mentor texts is one way to ensure variety and diversity are provided. See below for a list of places to find mentor texts:
Using mentor texts is one way to ensure variety and diversity are provided. See below for a list of places to find mentor texts:
READING and WRITING: ORAL and MEDIA COMMUNICATION:
Newsela/CommonLit/ReadWorks.org TEDTalks
Newspapers YouTube
Magazines Speeches/Addresses
Book excerpts Interviews
Instruction manuals Podcasts
Song lyrics CBC News
Books of poetry National Geographic 101
Reports
Mentor text for Writing:
Mentor text for Writing:
Students need to practice writing across many different styles, purposes and formats.
Students need to practice writing across many different styles, purposes and formats.
Mentor texts allow students to see authentic forms of these various forms and make choices and decisions they can apply to their own writing.
Mentor texts allow students to see authentic forms of these various forms and make choices and decisions they can apply to their own writing.
Workshop Handouts - Write Beside Them (Penny Kittle)
Collecting Beautiful Words - Penny Kittle
Article of the Week - Kelly Gallagher
8 Tips for Teaching With Mentor Texts - Edutopia
Curating Mentor Texts That Inspire Student Writers
NY Times Learning with Mentor Texts
Book Clubs and Independent Reading:
Book Clubs and Independent Reading:
Book Clubs and Independent Reading give students choice and allow them to apply skills and strategies learned in class to their own reading.
Book Clubs and Independent Reading give students choice and allow them to apply skills and strategies learned in class to their own reading.
Students will be more engaged in texts they choose.
Students will be more engaged in texts they choose.
Choice allows students to explore many different genres, topics and formats.
Choice allows students to explore many different genres, topics and formats.
Read and Write Beside Them - Penny Kittle
Book Love - Ninth Grade Book Clubs
Collecting Beautiful Words - Penny Kittle
Collaborative Book club activities - George Janeteas
Choice board for collaborative book club - George Janeteas
Reflections/Considerations:
Reflections/Considerations:
Has your thinking around the “whole class novel approach” changed based on your learning around CRRP?
How might assessing on whole class texts result in disproportionate outcomes for our students?
How might including a variety of short, diverse mentor texts help to support a CRRP focus in your classroom?
How might student choice have a positive impact on student engagement in reading in your class?
Please find below links to specific pages of the CRRP section of the Toolkit where you will find more specific information about resources selection.
Please find below links to specific pages of the CRRP section of the Toolkit where you will find more specific information about resources selection.
Please click here to be directed to our Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy section
Please click here to be directed to our Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy section
Please click here to be directed to our Resource Selection Considerations section
Please click here to be directed to our Resource Selection Considerations section
Please click here to be directed to our Resources to Consider section
Please click here to be directed to our Resources to Consider section
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