From: Hadley (mhadle@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Apr 16 2004 - 10:55:27 EDT
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I just got done watching the James Welch segment of the "Reader
Response" theory in "The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural
Literature in High School." I liked what the teacher, Greg Hirst, was
able to do with his students. They took ownership of both the poem and
novel that James Welch wrote. The students were able to do that because
they were Native Americans themselves. As a Spanish teacher, I would
love to be able to use such a teaching strategy to enable my students to
feel part of the poetry and novels they read. I have a question that I
hope someone can answer for me: Does anybody know of literature about
the Southeast of the U.S. that may bring to light the lives of the
immigrant population in the region?
I want to use the strategy as my class project. Right now, I am
staying at home with my 18 month old daughter, but I also have two older
children, who are able to read complex literature for their
ages (14 and 11). They would be my "class." I want them to read
literature that they can relate to. I believe that that is why
the "Reader Response" strategy works so well. So, I guess I have to do
a little bit of some research to find juvenile literature that would
fit into my children's experiences to truly reap the
rewards of this strategy. Do you guys think that I am right with this
thinking?
Thank you!
Janine Hadley
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