These are the Core Readings for the Social and Cultural Contexts of Literacy.You are to read one item from each Core Reading group and take notes. You will complete the Alpha Boxes organizer once you have completed your readings.
African American
African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English With Mistakes (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The Jones Family’s Culture of Literacy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Building the Bridge for Adolescent African American Males (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Asian American
Reaching Out to Their Cultures–Building Communication with Asian-American Families (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Asian-American Children: What Teachers Should Know (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Reconstructing Bridges: Heritage Language Education of Asian Americans (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Beyond Culture: Communicating with Asian American Children and Families (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Hispanic/Latino
Hispanic Parental Involvement in Home Literacy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Role of Students’ Home Language and Literacy Patterns (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Teaching From A Hispanic Perspective (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Gender
“Guy Reader” is not an Oxymoron (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
It’s A Guy Thing (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The Myth of Pink and Blue Brains (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Putting the “Boy Crisis” in Context (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Language and Culture
Poverty, Racism and Literacy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Language, Culture, and LiteracyPreview the document
The Early Catastrophe (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Use the information from Core Readings to complete this Alpha Box worksheet. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. You may return to the readings that you chose to complete this assignment. You will
identify ideas/concepts from each group (Asian, African American, Gender, Hispanic, Language and Culture) that corresponds to each letter of the alphabet. In other words, there should be one entry per letter, using information from one of the five groups, and each group should be represented multiple timesupon completion of all 26 letters of the alphabet. Be creative in your entries.
provide a brief description of the idea/concept regarding how it influences literacy learning and/or teaching using the items listed below to best explain how literacy learning/teaching will be influenced:
Content: Does any aspect of the trait suggest the type of material (content) I should be teaching?
Context: Does any aspect of the trait suggest the physical or psychological setting I should create in the classroom?
Mode: Does any aspect of the trait suggest the method(s) I should use to teach the concept?
cite the source of information for each box
