Response #6

Studying Text/Focus on the Essentials of Reading Instruction

“Studying without reflection is a waste of time” as stated by the philosopher, Confucius (Vacca, pg.316)” Vacca, 2011, states that studying text helps students make connections and think more deeply about ideas encountered during reading (pg. 317). How do we as educators/teachers incorporate critical literacy into the classroom?  Frager and Frye, 2010, in their article states that in order to earn the A+, teachers must involve their students in critical literacy (pg.58).  This pique my interest and I thought how can we as educators incorporate critical literacy into the classroom? How do we teach the students to study the text, to work smart and to develop strategies for studying?

Vacca offered many suggestions like graphic organizers, semantic mapping, writing summaries etc, making notes, taking notes, etc.  I thought how about multiple texts, whereby the students read multiple texts that are based on similar literary themes. I think that this will work well in a literature class.