Great responses and discussion last week! Feel free to reply to someone else right after you've made your own comment. You don't have to wait until the following Thursday.
After you've read chapter 2, please respond to the following prompt.
PROMPT: Nowhere in the Common Core standards are teachers instructed to guide students to “make text-to-self connections, access prior knowledge, explore personal response, and relate to [one’s] own life. In short, the Common Core deemphasizes reading as a personal act and emphasizes textual analysis” (25). With the focus squarely on textual analysis as the primary means of comprehending and interpreting texts, how might these expectations change your approaches in the classroom? What are the implications for your reading instruction?
Responses to the prompt are due by Monday evening, January 20. Then, you are expected to revisit this site and reply to at least one of your fellow participant’s comment by Thursday, January 23. If you need help posting your comment, watch this video.
Don’t forget to read chapter 3 in anticipation of next week’s prompt.
