Response+Journal

As an active reader, it is important for you to reflect on what you are reading. Responding to what you read allows you to apply the same reading strategies you want your students to use: activate prior knowledge, make predictions, ask questions, use text structures, monitor comprehension, and build vocabulary. Therefore, for this option, you will keep a response log (or create your own blog) in which you react to the chapters of either the Right to Literacy book OR the Broadening the Lens textbook. This will serve as a record of your active reading. Imagine that we are having a conversation about the course. I am interested in hearing your ideas and learning which issues interest you. For this assignment you should:
 * Date and label each of your entries
 * Write a minimum of 1-2 pages for at least 3 chapters of either text or the texts combined
 * Keep in mind what we talked about in terms of critical thinking and critical literacy this semester. Analyze what you have read. There is a difference between summarizing and critical analysis; show me that you have thought through the material and how it applies to education.

This project is due in Dropbox by December 4th.