Text Set Curriculum Model

Based on Balanced Literacy 2.0 and the concept of Literature Circles, Gangi’s framework for building a text set incorporates multiple texts around a specific line of inquiry. Every text in the text set consists of several carefully curated, multimodal, thematic texts at various lexile levels and different levels of complexity, ensuring that every student in the classroom can engage with text at his or her own independent reading level. By utilizing Literature Circles, the teacher can facilitate whole-group, small-group, pairs, and independent reading of the text sets.

In an interview Ferlazzo had with Beers and Probst, they identified a disruptive text as one that challenges students’ initial assumptions and stereotypes about people, places, and historical events, requiring them to consider another perspective (Disrupting thinking, 2017).