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Riley, K. (2015). Enacting critical literacy in English classrooms. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 58(5), 417-425.

Lewison, M., Flint, A. S., & Van Sluys, K. (2002). Taking on critical literacy: The journey of newcomers and novices. Language arts, 79(5), 382-392.

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There will be struggles and questions, but the more you implement critical literacy texts intentionally into your curriculum, the more prepare the students will be to talk about their experiences.

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How does a teacher scaffold their students into using this kind of language in the classroom setting?

How long should it take for their mindset to change?

Where do you start with selecting books?

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What do you think about the idea of literacy and how it matters?

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How do I make literacy community embedded?

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How do I make literacy community embedded?

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Multiple meaning making and multiple perspectives represented

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Children’s Literature on Taking Social Action

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Children’s Literature on Taking Social Action

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Make sure to include these books in my classroom library

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The language we use when we talk about texts is very important.

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Real texts
Life application
conversations

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Support and Scaffolding for New Teachers

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Support and Scaffolding for New Teachers

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Provide support for those beginning classroom conversations on real life and controversial issues

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Exploratory conversations
Collaborative conversations

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We also believed social issues books had the potential to invite teachers and students to move away from passive reading and become more actively engaged in texts (Lewison et al., 2000).

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form of cultural citizenship and politics

increases opportunities

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Interrogating texts

understanding existing knowledge

Including popular culture and media as a regular part of the curriculum

Studying language to analyze how it shapes identity

Process of reflection

Making differences visible to others

Challenging the "norm"

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Seeing the "everyday" through new lenses!