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9/17 Reaction to the reading and question - module 2 WRITE - (edu 307)

 I thought that the article did a great job of breaking down "Teaching Literary Analysis". It often seems easy to do but it is very different to teach. The author did a great job of prescribing specific vocabulary and the necessary steps to teach. In order to make it smooth, you should have the students pick a topic with the main literary elements that he posted. Then you want to make sure that the students are questioning and answer a thesis; also answer the general "why" question. Then after you come up with an answer, make sure you are able to provide textual evidence as proof. He listed 4 important vocab terms which are "identify, categorize, highlight, and label". This is very effective and I found it very helpful when breaking down the text (also the answer to the why). Analyze the evidence that they have and what it is pushing. This will lead you to the final step of concussion. I believe that this article did a great job of explaining how to teach students about literary analysis. 


How do you create a school climate that supports this type of progression in Reading for Literature?

In order for you to successfully create a climate for the students to do this, you must break it down in the steps provided by the article. I believe that the teacher should be open to almost any topic that the student is interested in. Then when your students propose a topic, ask them what they want to explore within that specific topic. What would be the discussion? As a teacher, ask them why, and help them create a bunch of why questions to answer. This will get them to start being critical also. Once they believe they have an answer to that "why" question or hypothesis ask them for evidence. If you start to break it down in these terms then it will be less overwhelming to the students and it will slowly become second nature. Then they should have enough information to come to a conclusion about the topic. In order for you to properly support this topic, you need to make sure it is not overwhelming. Usually, students were just reading to read, but now they are reading to analyze something. 


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