5a)+Reading+Reflections

=**Reading Reflections** =

**TASK:** Read and reflect on four different texts.

**1) Writer on Writing** All fellows will read what we call “a writer on writing book.” These texts consist of a writer talking about writing practice and ideas. Possibilities include: (Please choose one of these books or a different book in which a writer writes about writing.)
 *  Stephen King's //On Writing//
 * Brenda Ueland's //If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit//
 * Anne Lamott's //Bird by Bird//
 * Natalie Goldberg's //Writing Down the Bones// or //Old Friend from Far Away//
 * Ray Bradbury's //Zen and the Art of Writing//
 * Richard Hugo's //The Triggering Town//
 * William Zinsser's //Writing About Your Life//

**2) Political Situation** All fellows will also read Thomas Newkirk’s //Holding on to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones: Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighting For//.

**3) Literacy Practice** Choose one of the following books:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman's //Subjects Matter: Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Gretchen Bernabei's //Reinventing the Essay//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Linda Hoyt's //Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Time-Tested Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension//

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**4) BSWP Initiatives (Inquiry and Social Justice)** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Choose one of the following books:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jeff Wilhelm's //Engaging Readers & Writers With Inquiry//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Linda Christensen's //Reading, Writing, and Rising Up//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jessica Singer Early's //Stirring Up Justice//

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Your response can come in many different forms; try a strategy that you haven’t done before or one you might use in your classroom. Some ideas follow: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> -For your writer on writing text, you can keep a Writer’s Notebook, trying the different activities suggested by the author. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> -A visual kind of response: flip book that takes important ideas from text and organizes through the format of the text. A website that takes you through the process is: [|http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/flipbook/.] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> -A comic strip that highlights the narrative of the text and the main ideas. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> -Dialogue journal: talk to the writer as you read. Highlight important quotations and respond to them. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> -Implementation guide: A guide for a colleague or student teacher as to how you would implement the ideas in your text into your classroom or curriculum.

//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">We highly recommend that you read all of the books before the summer institute begins and be prepared to share responses with reading groups. //

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**PURPOSE**: Reflect on readings by inquiring into required texts in preparation for discussions with reading groups at the institute and produce an artifact that illustrates your thinking toward a particular stance.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**CRITERIA**: Please complete one reading response for each of the four texts. This final piece will be something that you present to your reading group to spark discussion between colleagues who teach in very different contexts. The response should represent a holistic view of reflection on the entire text. Your reflections on the readings will be placed in the portfolio. Your response can take many forms. Consider these questions when completing your response:

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Definition and description questions (questions that elicit literal responses like summaries and comprehension):
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; margin-top: 0in;">What ideas do you find in the texts that will help you as a teacher?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; margin-top: 0in;">What principles are explored in the texts that you make practice in your classroom?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Comparison questions (questions that compare points of view):
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; margin-top: 0in;">What principles are you finding agreement with as you read?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; margin-top: 0in;">What things produce strong reactions from you? Why might that be?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Change questions (questions that highlight how ideas change over time):
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; margin-top: 0in;">What may you be struggling to accept? Why is that?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Relationship questions (questions that put ideas into conversation with one another):
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; margin-top: 0in;">How does the work validate what you do or nudge you to improve?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**AUDIENCE**: Self, coaches, reading groups.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Please click on any of the titles below to participate in the discussion! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">include component="comments" page="5a) Reading Reflections" limit="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Also check out the BSWP Group on www.shelfari.com to discuss these texts and others!

Resources
 * [[file:Top 10 List - Barry Lane.doc]]
 * [[file:Reading for Social Justice.docx]]