Discussion 1- This Unit offered an understanding of the way in which ‘readers’ (in this context, the students we teach in the literature classroom) ought to be seen as central to the process of reading, interpeting and responding to literature. Offer three points in your own words and based on the material you have read in Module 1, that demonstrate the value of teachers having this type of outlook as they attempt to enable their students to engage meaningfully with literary texts in the literature classroom.
Discussion 2– Through a reflection on your own practice, write two paragraphs indicating one major way you believe your practice has been/will be influenced by the idea that the literature classroom should be an evolving, changing and pliable environment, rather than a rigid, unbending and dictating one. (For example, will you set different tasks; utilize particular strategies in attempting to eliminate particular student weaknesesses? etc.)
Discussion 3- Discuss two positive and two negative ways in which planning can affect instruction in the Literature classroom.
Discussion 4- Discussion – Module 3, Unit 8 Assessment in the Literature Classroom
‘Achieving scores has become more important than achieving the results those scores are supposed to represent’.
- a) In what way do you find this statement to be true based on your own experience?
- b) How would you address this situation in your own classroom based on all you have studied in this course?
