Instructional Resources

Thoughts & Ideas (Multicultural lit.)

1. Use Creative Commons

2. Explore multiculturalism at/in NCHS, Acworth, Kennesaw, Cobb, GA, southeast, etc.; find statistics (possibly from SS teachers)

3. Utilize reading logs, reading journals, etc. for independent reading

4. Juxtapose nonfiction texts with opposing views for analysis/comparison & contrast

5. Read directions/instructions for putting something together: discuss which languages are provided and why; teach grammar instruction with this exercise

6. Media evaluation project: Ethos, pathos, & logos; cultural influences & implications

7. Try Laurie’s “Jigsaw puzzle” exercise to illustrate writing organization

8. Peace Corps website fopr teachers (Cordell wise schools): www.teachingtolerance.org

9. Discuss literate vs. illiterate

10. Use “Tell me” statements (& text): Ch. 6 pp. 28-end; p.40; Ch. 11; pp. 80-85

11. USE “exemplars” of student writing samples for writing instruction (Greece NY website)

To be continued…

Novels/Texts

The House on Mango Street

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

Into the Wild

American Born Chinese

The Giver

The Secret Life of Bees

Maus & Maus II (graphic novels)

The Joy Luck Club

The Lion and the Jewel (play)

Life of Pi

Persepolis (graphic novel)

Motorcycle Diaries

Drown

A Long Way Gone

Monster

Kite Runner/ 1000 Splendid Suns

The Chinese Cinderella

Looking for Alaska

Crank/Impulse

Hunger Games

http://www.education.uiowa.edu/crl/
http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=304
http://www.lopers.net:16080/faculty/b/bloomfields/Eng359Multi/Eng359.html