Deepening Literacy Learning
Art and Literature Engagements in K-8 Classrooms
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- Intro
- DEEPENING LITERACY LEARNING
- Art and Literature Engagements in K-8 Classrooms
- A volume in Teaching&~&Learning Indigenous, Intercultural Worldviews: International Perspectives on Social Justice and Human Rights
- Series Editor: Tonya Huber, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
- Reilly, Mary Anne.
- Deepening Literacy learning : art & literature in K-8 classrooms / by Mary
- Ann Reilly, Jane M. Gangi.
- p. cm. -- (Teaching learning indigenous, intercultural worldviews)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN 978-1-60752-457-1 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-60752-458-8 (hardcover) --
- ISBN 978-1-60752-459-5 (e-book)
- 1. Language arts (Elementary) 2. Language arts (Middle school) 3.
- Art--Study and teaching (Elementary) 4. Art--Study and teaching (Middle
- school) 5. Literature--Study and teaching (Elementary) 6.
- Literature--Study and teaching (Middle school) I. Gangi, Jane M. II. Title.
- LB1576.R448 2010
- 372.6--dc22
- 2010006700
- CONTENTS
- 1. Opening Possibilities Through Transmediation
- 2. Global Multicultural Literature and the Read-Aloud and Writer's Workshop as a Site for Social Justice
- 3. "Living in a Dream of Music": Fluency Through Choral Reading and Narrative Pantomime
- 4. "Having More To Say": Developing Writing Fluency Through Collage
- 5. Recasting Text Through Reader's Theater and Story Dramatization
- 6. Deepening Comprehension Through Storytelling
- 7. Studying Writer's Craft in Three Middle School Classrooms: A Sociocultural Perspective
- 8. Finding the Right Words: Art Conversations and Poetry
- 9. Gaming the System
- 10. Reforming the Road to Jericho: Using Multimodal Texts, Art Engagements, and Asynchronous Chats to Bridge Discourses
- Information Age Publishing, Inc.
- Charlotte, North Carolina www.infoagepub.com
- Dedication
- For Catherine Curnyn Reilly (1918-2000)
- and Elizabeth Workman Hedrick (1918-2007)
- DEEPENING LITERACY LEARNING
- Art and Literature Engagements in K-8 Classrooms
- by
- Mary Ann Reilly
- Morris School District, New Jersey
- Jane M. Gangi
- Manhattanville College, New York
- and
- Rob Cohen
- Franklin Lakes District, New Jersey
- FOREWORD
- Tonya Huber
- "Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."
- ~~Japanese Proverb
- PREFACE
- Longing and Learning
- Ruth Vinz
- If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
- -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, La Citadelle (1948)
- Acknowledgment
- Reference
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Figure 1. 3. Jennifer's abstract painting.
- Figure 1. 4. Tony's abstract painting.
- Figure 1. 5. A scene from Carla's and Marguerita's retelling of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland. Hyperstudio Cards.
- Figure 1. 6. A scene from Carla's and Marguerita's retelling of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland. Hyperstudio Cards.
- OPENING POSSIBILITIES THROUGH TRANSMEDIATION
- Mary Ann Reilly
- Occasioning Learning: Examining Transmediation in Action in Middle School
- Retelling Using Art
- Collaborating
- Transmediation and Learning
- Making It Stick: Listening to Students Discuss Transmediated Learning
- Interpenetration
- REFERENCES
- chapter 1
- Figure 1. 2. Bill's abstract painting.
- Figure 1.7. Drew's Story.
- Figure 1. 8. Sample Hyperstudio card from Carla and Tara's collaborative poem.
- Figure 1. 9. Sample Hyperstudio card from Carla and Tara's collaborative poem.
- Figure 1. 1. Photograph.
- Figure continues on next page.
- Figure 2.1. Problematic children's books and children's literature criticism.
- GLOBAL MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE AND THE READ-ALOUD AND WRITER'S WORKSHOP AS A SITE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Jane M. Gangi
- Multicultural Literature in Classroom Libraries and the Achievement of Children of Color
- Multicultural Literature and the Proficient Reader Research
- The Read-Aloud and Writer's Craft
- Using International and Multicultural Mentor Texts in the Read-Aloud
- Appendix A: WRITER'S CRAFT: TEACHING THE ART
- Audience
- Beginning Lines
- Characterization
- Character Details
- Details
- Endings
- Flashback
- Format
- Framing the Story
- Inner Story
- Interjections
- Linguistic Diversity
- Metaphor
- Onomatopoeia
- Parallel Story
- Personification
- Plot
- Point of View
- Punctuation
- Repeated Lines
- Rhythm
- Sensory Images
- Sentence Fragments
- Setting
- Simile
- Story Within a Story
- Structure and Organization
- Suspense
- Symbolism
- Synonyms
- Textual Clues
- Theme and Ideas
- Time Passage
- Transitions
- Understatement
- Verb Tense
- Vocabulary and Word Choice
- Voice
- Voice, Active
- Voice, Writing in First Person
- Voice, Writing in Second Person
- WRITER'S CRAFT: TEACHING GENRE
- Abcedarian
- Author's Notes
- Autobiography, Chapter Book
- Drama
- Graphic Texts
- Informational Books
- Letter Writing
- Multigenre Writing
- Novels and Novellas, Contemporary Realistic Fiction
- Novels and Novellas, Fantasy and Science Ficition
- Novels and Novellas, Historical Fiction
- Picture Books
- Picture Book, Biography
- Picture Book, Concept
- Picture Book, Contemporary Realistic
- Picture Book, Fantasy
- Picture Book, Historical Fiction
- Picture Book, Wordless
- Poetry by Children
- Poetry, Elegy
- Poetry, Song
- Poetry, Sonnet
- Appendix B: Multicultural children's literature for teaching writer's craft
- Appendix C: Helpful resources for finding children's multicultural books
- Texts
- Journals
- Online Resources
- American Indians
- Boys
- Disabilities
- Low Socioeconomic Class
- General
- Spanish Language Books
- REFERENCES
- chapter 2
- Table 2.1. Problematic Children's Books
- Figure 2. 2. Independent publishers of multicultural children's literature.
- "LIVING IN A DREAM OF MUSIC"
- Fluency Through Choral Reading and Narrative Pantomime
- Jane M. Gangi
- Fluency, Choral Reading, and English Language Learners
- Fifth Graders Work With Poetry and Choral Reading
- Appendix A: Recommended books and poetry for narrative pantomime
- Appendix B: Recommended children's poetry2
- Notes
- REFERENCES
- chapter 3
- Figure 3. 1. Tongue Twisters.
- Figure 3. 4. Mask.
- Figure 3. 2. The Snow Man.
- Figure 3. 3. The Little Plant.
- Figure 3. 5. Jazzy Duet.
- Figure 3. 6. Drumbeat in Our Feet.
- Figure 4. 2. Collaborative third-grade students' collage.
- "HAVING MORE TO SAY"
- Developing Writing Fluency Through Collage
- Mary Ann Reilly
- Composing Collage
- Applying New Learning With Third Graders
- Developing Writing Fluency
- Hearing the Volley
- Appendix A: Children's global multicultural poetry books
- Appendix B: Bibliography of children's books featuring collage, montage, and assemblage
- REFERENCES
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE CITED
- chapter 4
- Figure 4. 1. Torn tissue collage in response to Ho's haiku.
- Figure 4. 5. Kiara's completed collage.
- Figure 4. 3. Quentiana's completed collage.
- Figure 4. 4. Serena's completed collage.
- Figure 4. 6. Shelby's collage created in response to the concept of equality.
- Table 5.2. Dialogue and Improvisation: Who, Where, What, Why, When, and How
- RECASTING TEXT THROUGH READER'S THEATER AND STORY DRAMATIZATION
- Jane M. Gangi
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research on Drama and Literacy
- Drama and Culturally Responsive Literacy Classrooms
- Where and How to Begin?
- Definitions
- Improvisation
- Appendix A: Multicultural texts for reader's theater and/or story dramatization
- Picture Book Biographies
- Contemporary Realistic Picture Books
- Fantasy Picture Books
- Historical Fiction Picture Books
- Drama (written in play form)
- Informational Texts
- Economics
- Fine Arts-Music
- Science: Life
- Social Studies: Cultures
- Social Studies: History
- Appendix B: An integrated and interdisciplinary drama engagement: Civil Rights
- Intended Learners: Grades 4-8
- Prerequisite Knowledge:
- Materials Needed:
- Procedures:
- 1. Gather the group and spend some time finding out what students already know about the Civil Rights Movement, and what they want to know.
- 2. While playing We Shall Overcome, sung by the Freedom Singers with Dorothy Cotton and Pete Seeger, show art and photography of the Civil Rights Movement, selected from:
- 3. Ask for responses to the art, music, and photographs. If applicable, relate their responses to what they wanted to know.
- 4. From Adedjouma's (1996) Palm of My Heart, read "Black Ancestors" twice.
- 5. Share copies of "Black Ancestors" arranged for choral reading
- assign roles and perform as a group (who may want to perform it twice).
- 6. Create tableaux of "Black Ancestors": The grandmother voting for the first time
- skeptical onlookers
- the uncle risking his life to enlist voters.
- 7. Model inner dialogue created from the tableaux
- for example, an onlooker's inner voice might say, "That old woman don't know nothin'. She ain't got no right voting." Or, the voting booth might say, "I've seen a lot of people vote i...
- 8. From Sullivan's (1991) Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young People, read "Alabama Centennial."
- 9. Share copies of "Alabama Centennial." Ask groups to create their own choral readings of a stanza.
- 10. Ask groups to create tableaux to a stanza that another group chorally reads.
- 11. Through the tapping, ask for inner dialogue. We Shall Overcome may be played softly in the background.
- 12. Reflection and Closure. Ask:
- Assignments: (In class or homework)
- Assessment: (How will you know that your objectives have been met?)
- Children's and Young Adult Literature
- Music
- REFERENCES
- chapter 5
- Table 5.1. Beginning Drama Activities
- Figure 6. 1. Storytelling activities.
- Table 6.2. Fifth Graders Respond to Deborah Ellis's Books Through the Storytelling Shawl and Writing
- DEEPENING COMPREHENSION THROUGH STORYTELLING
- Jane M. Gangi
- Storytelling and Literacy
- Storytelling in Culturally Responsive Classrooms
- Family Literacy
- Storytelling in the Digital Age
- NOTE
- Appendix: Folkloric stories good for telling and books on how to tell them
- How to Tell Stories
- REFERENCES
- chapter 6
- Table 6.1. Storytelling Workshop
- Figure 7. 3. Characterization chart developed by the students.
- Figure 7. 1. Marisa's first draft.
- Figure 7. 2. Marisa's revised draft.
- STUDYING WRITER'S CRAFT IN THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
- A Sociocultural Perspective
- Mary Ann Reilly
- Explicating the Inside Story: Inner Voice and Outer Voice
- Creativity
- A Middle School Editing Club
- A Sociocultural Perspective
- Appendix: Recommended texts to study writer's craft in grades 6-8
- Connecting Illustrations and Text
- Conventions of Language
- Craft: Language & Syntax
- Text Structure: Nonfiction
- Text Crafting: Fiction & Poetry
- Ways With Genre
- REFERENCES
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE REFERENCES
- chapter 7
- Table 7.1. Vertical Analysis Chart
- Figure 8. 4. Continued from above.
- Figure 8. 1. Continued from above.
- Figure 8. 1. Alejandra's poem "Journey." and art conversation (see below).
- Figure 8. 2. Student pair's art conversation painting.
- Figure 8. 5. David's poem, "The War in My Country," and a photograph of his art conversation (see below).
- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS
- Art Conversations and Poetry
- Mary Ann Reilly
- Art Conversations at Darrow Middle School
- Finding Poems in Paint
- Learning With Javier
- Finding the Right Word
- Potential Implications
- REFERENCES
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE REFERENCES
- chapter 8
- Figure 8. 3. Reilly's poem "Journey."
- Figure 8. 4. Javier's poem and art conversation (see below).
- Figure 9. 2. Hera Choi's "Where I'm From" poem.
- GAMING THE SYSTEM
- Rob Cohen
- In the Absence of Decision Making
- Student as Decision Maker
- Decision Making in Eighth Grade
- Teacher as Decision Maker
- The Decisions We Face
- REFERENCES
- chapter 9
- Figure 9. 1. Photograph by Hera Choi.
- Figure 9. 3. The beginning of an art conversation.
- Figure 9. 4. A completed art conversation.
- Figure 9. 5. Screenshots from an Animoto movie composed by Elizabeth Smits (Figure continues on next page).
- Figure 9. 5. Continued from previous page.
- Figure 10. 6. Continued from previous page.
- Figure 10. 1. Art conversation between AM and MV.
- Figure 10. 5. Choral arrangement of the second sonnet for 15 readers.
- Figure 10. 3. Asynchronous post and response (retrieved May 4, 2008, from www.nicenet.org).
- REFORMING THE ROAD TO JERICHO
- Using Multimodal Texts, Art Engagements, and Asynchronous Chats to Bridge Discourses
- Mary Ann Reilly
- Engagement 1: Viewing The Murder of Emmett Till and Making Meaning through Art Conversations
- Engagement 2: Developing an I-Chart and Choral Reading
- 1. How does point of view shape understanding?
- 2. How might class and race influence point of view?
- 3. What is social justice?
- Engagement 3: Dr. King, Reciprocal Teaching, and Choral Reading
- Engagement 4: Culminating Project: Photo Collage in Response to A Wreath for Emmett Till
- REFERENCES
- chapter 10
- Figure 10. 2. Art conversation between JM and MB.
- Figure 10. 4. Inquiry chart.
- Figure 10. 10. Paul's written reflection.
- Figure 10. 6. Mary Ann Reilly's sample poem and photocollage (Figure continues on next page).
- Figure 10. 7. Sample art card developed by a candidate.
- Figure 10. 9. Angela's written reflection (Figure continues on next page).
- Figure 10. 9. Continued from previous page.
- Figure 10. 8. Question posed to students to prompt reflective response.
- RESOURCES
- Recommended Books on History, Culture, and Current Events for Deepening Literacy Learning
- Jane M. Gangi
- Suggested Grade Levels
- Generally,
- Genres
- Films and Documentaries
- Interlibrary Loan
- REFERENCES
- Books That Span Eras and Topics
- Informational
- Poetry
- Prehistoric Times
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Book
- Ancient History
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Film
- Folklore: Egypt
- Historical Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Book
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 476-1450, The Middle Ages
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film
- Fine Arts: Music
- Fine Arts: Visual Arts
- Historical Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biography
- 1450-1600, The Renaissance, Exploration, and Colonization
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Visual Arts
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Book
- Picture Book Biographies
- 1600-1776, and the Colonial Period in the United States
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film
- Fine Arts: Music
- Graphic Novel
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- 1776-1783, The United States War of Independence
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- 1619-1863, African Enslavement and the Underground Railroad
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film
- Fine Arts: Music
- Fine Arts: Photography
- Fine Arts: Visual Arts
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- Short Story
- 1783-1861, American Indians and Europeans, Industrialization, and The Irish Potato Famine
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Film/Documentary
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 1861-1865, The Civil War
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Films and Documentaries
- Fine Arts: Music
- Fine Arts: Photography
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 1865-1900, Including Reconstruction and the American West
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film and Documentary
- Fine Arts: Photography
- Fine Arts: Visual Art
- Folklore
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 1900-1914, and the Turn of the Century and Immigration
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 1907-1924, Armenian Persecution and Genocide
- Biography
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
- 1917-1918, Russian Revolution
- Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir
- Historical Fiction
- 1914-1918, and World War I
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Film
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Poetry
- 1917-1935, and the Harlem Renaissance
- Autobiography and Memoir of Authors Who Write for Children
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Film
- Fine Arts: Music
- Fine Arts: Visual Arts
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 1929-1930s, and the Great Depression
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Film
- Fine Arts: Photography
- Fine Arts: Visual Arts
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- 1939-1945, World War II and the Holocaust
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Biography
- Correspondence
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film
- Fine Arts: Music
- Fine Arts: Visual Arts
- Graphic Novel
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Internet Resources
- Journalism
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- Short Stories
- 1945-1960s, Post-War Years, Baby Boomers, Space Exploration, and the Beginning Of Civil Right
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- Short Stories
- 1950-1953, Korean War
- Autobiography
- Historical Fiction
- 1959, Cuban Revolution and Immigration
- Autobiography
- Historical Fiction
- Short Stories
- Picture Book
- Picture Book Biography
- 1955-1980, Civil Rights Movement
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Biography
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Film and Documentary
- Fine Arts: Music
- Fine Arts: Visual Art
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- Speeches
- 1960s, Chicano Movement
- Biography
- Picture Book Biography
- Poetry
- 1970s, American Indian Movment
- Autobiography
- Informational
- Poetry
- 1960s-1980s, Women's Movement
- Biography
- Informational
- 1959-1975, Southeast Asia, the Asian Pacific, and the Vietnam War
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biography
- Transitional Book
- 1966-1976, The Chinese Cultural Revolution and Tibet
- Autobiography
- Fine Arts: Film
- Historial Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Book Biography
- 1975-1979, Cambodian Genocide
- Biography
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Book Biography
- 1980s-Present
- General
- Informational
- Short Stories
- 1980s-Present, Africa
- Autobiography
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Poetry
- AFRICA: Rwanda
- Biography
- Fiction
- Informational
- Africa: South Africa
- Anthology
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Informational
- Internet Resources
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Africa: Sudan
- Autobiography
- Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Book
- 1980s-Present, Asian Pacific
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Poetry
- Short Stories
- 1980s-Present, Central Asia: Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- 1980s-Present, South Asia: Bangladesh and India
- Biography
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Visual Art
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Short Stories
- 1980s-Present, Eastern Europe
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Poetry
- 1980s-Present, Europe, Western
- Germany
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- 1980s-Present, Latin America: The Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America
- Autobiography
- Fiction
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Short Stories
- 1980s-Present, Middle East: Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Correspondence
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Graphic Text
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Concept Book
- Poetry
- 1980s-Present, North America: Canada and the United States
- Biography
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Drama
- Fine Arts: Photography
- Informational
- Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
- Poetry
- Short Stories
- 1980s-Present, Oceania
- Biography
- Fiction
- Fine Arts: Film
- Informational
- Nonfiction
- About the Authors
