Hello Donovans,
I hope this finds you well. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you this Thursday. Before our class session, can you please post to this thread any wishes you have for collective reading for our last session, December 6th. I have set aside the reading that day for your choice. So, as a reminder, are there some pieces of writing, a film, excerpts from your literature circle book that you think would be good for us to read and discuss as a collective?
Post suggestions here.
be well,
leigh.
I really enjoyed "The Listening Project." It's on Netflix, and captures how other countries see America. I was checking my queue, and "The Lottery," "Price of Admission," and "Sentenced Home," are there too. If anyone has any thought about those films, let me know.
ReplyDeleteAleshia, thank you for your suggestion. Can you help me to see the link between some of our collective's discussions and these possible texts?
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"The Listening Project," would be a bit of a stretch. I'm working with a student now and watching it bit by bit to help construct a larger idea of America. This student has a very anti-foreign attitude from time to time; so, I really enjoy the process of looking through a different set of eyes. "The Lottery" deals with charter schools and the limited positions, the "Price of Admission" follows up on one of Jessica's concerns about pushing college when the price tag is continuously increasing. "Sentenced Home," deals with deportation, predominately with Latino and Mexican descendants. I think this connects to the ongoing conversations we have about undocumented students, Raza studies, etc. Of course, I haven't seen them yet; they're still in my queque, but I thought they might be possible suggestions if anyone wanted to watch and discuss a movie. Sorry, some of these connections come from discussion outside of our literacy course and more so from seminar or other classes. Let me know what you all think.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest watching, hearing or discussing something that is encouraging- I can't think of any examples at the moment. Considering the past two semesters I think we will all benefit from something of the like. I personally think "The Lottery" is quite biased and another "Waiting for Superman" ish film.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, Jamilah! I'd love to take in something positive.
ReplyDeleteI see, this line of work can seem discouraging sometimes. Know that there's always hope in this broken world. J. Baldwin might be a good place to start. He speaks of truth and ugly, but brings up the beauty, love and resistance as well.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a conversation talking about the implications of "The New Jim Crow" (such as the school-to-prison pipeline, which is never mentioned in the book but alluded to.)
ReplyDeleteTeacher Man by Frank McCourt is the best account of the ridiculous reality of secondary-level teaching that I've read. The whole book is fantastic, but there's an excerpt here (http://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/excuses-excuses-an-excerpt-from-teacher-man/) about literacy that I think everyone should read.
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