Group+Annotated+Bibliography

September 11__- What is English Education?
Some keywords: professional development, teacher education, preservice, inservice, mentoring, coaching, sociocultural learning, collaborative learning, inquiry groups, communities, reflective practice, pedagogical knowledge, content knowledge, culturally relevant pedagogy,, teacher identity, teacher beliefs and assumptions, teacher retention, turnover, student teaching, action research, inquiry circles

September 18__ - What is English Education?

September 25 - Who are adolescent readers and writers?
Some keywords: adolescence, ya, young people, discourse, methodology, learner, profdev, cultural values/models, paradigms, epistemology, aesthetic response; adolescent literature, perspective taking, developmental differences.

October 2 - Who is a proficient language user?
Some keywords: classroom discussion, code-switching, spoken word, home language, vernacular, standard written English. (Melville) Yagelski, Robert P. Literacy Matters: Writing and Reading the Social Self. New York, NY: Teachers. College Press, 2000.

In this chapter, Yagelski, a self claimed lover of books, found that access was a key component on whether or not one becomes literate. Further, he noted a contradiction by once being praised for academic success to later being criticized for being a book worm (Yagelski 25). So does being "literate" cause one to separate self from social and gender class? Once a definition based on reading and writing, literacy now includes beliefs and theories about multiple methods of instruction. This complicates things because we are using old arguments about literacy and education and calling them new (33). Yagelski explores the notion of what being “literate” means.

October 9 - How do we read, interpret, and respond to texts?
Some keywords:reading, comprehension, decoding, vocabulary, strategies, reading tests, independent reading, motivation, struggling readers,

Sedita, Joan. "'Effective Vocabulary Instruction.'" Insights on Learning Disabilities." (2005): 33-45 http://www.keystoliteracy.com/reading-comprehension/effective-vocabulary-instruction.pdf Since students success is strongly linked to word knowledge, teachers need to engage the best kinds of vocabulary instruction which should include technology. This article cites research on the "fourth grade slump" and on affix decoding. It gives practical vocabulary strategies which teachers can use in high school. It reiterates the need to have students read often to encounter words in text and have multiple exposure to words so students will know more than just the definition but how words function in different texts. It goes on the explain how to select vocabulary words from reading assignments and how to use context to discover meaning. It concludes with how to use a dictionary effectively to understand the words background and how to pick the correct definition for the context.

October 16 - Who is the literate reader of texts?
Some keywords: literary response, literature, narrative, engagement, instruction, genre knowledge, policy, content literacy

October 23 - How do we compose texts?
Some keywords: writing, writing instruction, argumentation, writing strategies, revision, feedback, writing quality, writing assessment, authorial identity, genre, portfolio, expressive writing, writing-to-learn

Flower, Linda. "The Construction of Purpose in Writing and Reading." //College English//, Vol 50, No. 5 (Sep. 1988): 528-550.

October 30 - What texts should we compose?
Some keywords: digital divide, social networking, academic technology use, video, blogs, wikis, digital reading, literacy definitions, online education, instant message, laptops, referencing, citations, information literacy, argumentation, writing assessment

November 6 - What is research in the context of teaching?
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November 13 - What is a teacher leader?
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November 20 - How do we advocate for our profession and our students?
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