My seventh grade could and might take the 'close to home' situations personally and react negatively. My own experience is let them make connections.
On 1/28/08 4:39 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been following this list serve for a while now and finally figured > out how to post!Now that I know how to participate in the discussion,I have > a question that doesn¹t necessarily have to do with direct literacy > instruction but rather how a piece of literature can affect a student. A > student of mine has been having some trouble at home and he/she has turned > to unhealthy ways to relieve this stress. As a 7th grade Language Arts > teacher should I encourage her to read books about the type of situation > she is in where the protagonist of the story overcomes her problem (eating > disorder, depression,etc.) that my student is directly dealing with(i.e > Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson,Fat Chance by Leslea Newman, etc.)or should > I steer her towards books,such as Ida B by Katherine Hannigan, with a > strong female protagonist that overcomes a problem indirectly related to > the one this student is experiencing.I have a HUGE independent reading > component in my curriculum, and I just don¹t know what way to go in order > to motivate this student to read while coping with her ³inner demons.² I > know for me,as a reader, I would want to read about other people¹s > experiences that are similar to mine. However,can a 7th grader > conceptualize and understand the larger issues of what he/she is reading > about and how it relates the him/her?Does anyone have experience with this? > > Maryanne Desmond > JDMS _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop > ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your > membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search > the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
