MODULE 1 UNIT 2 Autosaved
MODULE 1 UNIT 2 Autosaved
MODULE 1 UNIT 2 Autosaved
• Identification / Diversity
How do the book’s content and setting relate to the life experiences of my
students?
Are they mirrors (familiar) or windows (unfamiliar)?
Directly or indirectly connected? How does this title contribute to an
overall balance of diverse characters and authors throughout the year?
• Thematic Connections
How does this book connect thematically or structurally to
what came before it and what will come later in our
curriculum?
How does it connect to the books students have been
choosing and loving most for their independent reading?
To issues students care about in the world?
• Reading Level
What is the reading level of this book in relation to the reading levels
of my students?
Is this book accessible for all, half, or just some of my students?
Is it good for the beginning, middle, or end of the year?
• Literary Strength
Which literary elements are strongest in this work?
What opportunities does it provide to focus on the author’s craft?
Models and approaches
of Teaching Literature
CULTURAL MODEL
• stress the value of literature in encapsulating the
accumulated wisdom, the best that had been thought
and felt within a culture
• enables students to understand and appreciate cultures
and ideologies different from their own in time and
space
• associated with a more teacher-centered, transmissive
pedagogic mode, which focuses on the text as a product
about which students learn to acquire information
• Information-Based Approach
It is teacher-centredand demands a lot of teacher’s
input in giving students various contents of literary
text.