Article Assessment
The author, Liz Corson, teaches this grade of students.
What is 5th/Fifth Grade?
Dan is voting for the first time. He doesn’t follow any news or election campaigns, so he decides to vote for whoever most people seem to be voting for. Dan is demonstrating behaviors of a __.
What is a conformist?
The process of prohibiting books containing “controversial topics” in schools is called __.
What is banning/book banning?
The majority of Corson’s students belonged to this color.
What is white?
When Daisy’s class is discussing the correlation between racism and socioeconomic status, she does not raise her hand or give her opinion when called on. Daisy is acting as a __ of the class.
What is a nonmember?
Teachers implementing the critical literacy framework could potentially meet criticism and resistance from __.
What are parents?
The experiment was conducted via collecting these from the students.
What are reflective writings?
When discussing the future of feminism and women’s rights, Julia is very hopeful and has some ideas to further the movement. Julia is displaying characteristics of a __.
What is a dreamer?
Through the critical literacy framework, students can demonstrate free will and independency. This is called having __.
What is agency?
This person’s critical literacy work with preschool students inspired Corson to conduct her own research on the framework.
Who is Vivian Vasquez?
John is a 4th grader. He tells his classmates that he was told one political group is evil and would steal their pets, which is why he “wants their opponent, the good guys, to win”. John is demonstrating behaviors of a __.
What is a naif?
All students (and in extent, people) can have different takeaways from generally anything because everyone has unique __.
What are life experiences?
Corson’s class discussed texts that some consider to be controversial; this one book in particular was from the perspective of a trans girl.
What is Melissa?
Eliot is unhappy with the current state of his school. When it is time for student government elections, he decides to run for president and campaigns to fix the issues that he believes are negatively affecting those around him. Eliot is acting like a __.
What is a reformist?
Through the critical literacy framework, students can build upon their historic and social knowledge, skills, and practical experiences, which are called __.
What are funds of knowledge?