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Blog #4: Text Sets

 Blog 4 The Anchor text that I have chose to use for my text set is the novel All American Boys by authors Jason Reynolds and Brandon Kiely.  I chose this novel because it A) is the novel I am currently teaching in my field placement and b) is not given any supporting texts by my co-op teacher.  I think this provides me with a unique opportunity to come up with a text set for an anchor text that I am familiar with and allows me the opportunity to possibly incorporate some of the texts into a real classroom setting and to structure/design the unit in my own way for class periods after Thanksgiving break. "All American Boys" is a story from two different perspectives (one black and one white) on police brutality and its effects on an individual and on a community.  The structure is that of alternating 1st person narratives from each main character one per day.  The story lasts for 8 days (Friday to Friday).  Each book day would receive two class periods, one ...
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Blog post #3: Infographic

 https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxGeysxss/yx0UXg35dPc73QZYg-Xdrw/edit?utm_content=DAFxGeysxss&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton The infographic that I created is a a continuing effort to provide context and background information for students as they read through chapters of the book "Stamped" by Jason Reynolds.  In this particular project I wanted to highlight examples from the civil rights era of each of what the book lists as anti-racist, assimilationist, and segregationist, which we have been discussing all unit.   The chapter that this will accompany is one that speaks about a variety of topics during the 1950s and 60s but specifically mentions both MLK Jr. and Malcolm X, although it only provides some interesting facts about each without really getting into their backstory.  I tried to expand on those interesting points with facts I thought my students would appreciate/remember.  For the pictures, I tried to ...
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#2: Who am I and where do I want to go?

 This is a topic that I have become interested in during my short time thus far as a student teacher.  That topic is how to teach literacy to students who have fallen substantially behind according to grade level expectations. My current position is in an English class that teaches 11th grade students at Obama school for career and technical education.  I have mentioned this in this weeks discussion post, but most of my students are substantially behind their expected literacy grade level.  I cannot say for sure what level they are currently at, suffice to say it is not even in the ballpark of what I had expected (expectations that I do not believe were unreasonably high).  I will not assume what the cause(s) of these literacy levels to be or generalize that all students face the same issues.  I have worked with multiple students that seem genuinely interested in trying to learn the topics and assignments required of them, but struggle with even the initial...
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Blog Post #1

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 Hello, my name is Adam and I am currently in the final year of earning my Post-Bacc and licensure to teach English for 4th-12th grade.  Many of you who might be reading this have been in class with me for the last 2 semesters, but for the others I'll give you a quick rundown of what has brought me to this point on the off chance you are interested. I graduated from the University of Iowa just over a decade ago and have spent most of the time since then managing bars and restaurants in both Iowa City and here in Milwaukee.  For a number of reasons I decided about 18 months ago that I wanted a change and immediately applied for entrance to UWM's school of education.   More than anything I have realized that, for me at least, making a positive impact in people's lives and in my overall community is the name of the game, for which restaurant management was unfulfilling.  In the last year I have met so many like minded people as both fellow students and instruc...
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