Monday, October 10, 2011
"Adolescents and Text; Scaffolding the English Canon With Linked Text Sets"
To me, this article was all about integrating relevant modern and digital texts into the class to augment and support classic literature in the English classroom. Because of today’s technology, students now may find classic literate as dull, boring, and irreverent. However, if teachers provide different multi medias and revenant essential questions, students will be interested and engaged with classic literature. I don’t want to teach English because I love books—because I do—I want to teach English because I want to engage my students with the analytical tools they need to think critically about their lives. It seems only natural, then, to integrate Linked Text Sets into the classroom. I want the reading skills I teach my students to transfer over to their everyday lives, which are now heavily influenced by technology. I’m going to bring music, film, photography, art, websites, and visual representations into my classroom. As much as I love literature, I’m more interested in understanding the human experience—and LTS are now part of the human experience.
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Good ideas about the purposes behind this article. The LTS really appeals to me because I tend to always make connections between everything that I read and love multiple ways to learn about a topic. You have a very broad view of English, which I think will hold you in good stead as many traditional teachers struggle (unless they have amazing charisma) to relate these canonical texts to the lives and interests of their students. Coming into this field with your experiences will serve to make you more accessible and valuable as a teacher.
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