Cultural Literacy in English Enrichment

Enrichment Course Enhances Students Knowledge of Cultural Experiences The English Enrichment courses at Muncie Community Schools were designed to provide students with extra exposure and practice in key English/Language Arts skills. As an entirely new class, this meant developing a course from nothing. I hired on to teach this course last year, and decided immediately to turn […]

Community Inclusion: Bringing a Novel to Life

Using Classic Literature to Inspire Student Success Through Inclusion So many great works of literature connect to universal themes experienced by our students. Students in high school with functional reading levels significantly below their peers need assistance in accessing the literature their peers study in general education high school English classes. Finding time to collaborate […]

Celebrating Me, Celebrating You: We Are Alike and Different

Students Learn About Culture and Diversity This unit is literacy based, integrating culture and diversity.  A center-based, hands-on approach is used to facilitate instruction and differentiation, while promoting tolerance, diversity, and acceptance. Children move from center to center in heterogonous groups.  A class library is also available for self-selected reading of fiction and nonfiction texts […]