Literature Read In The Classroom: Article Analysis

How to Read Literature Like a Professor is a book Thomas C. Foster uses to expose his thoughts and feelings of many literary terms and devices. Such ideas can be found in James Joyce’s short story, “The Dead”.

In Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, both authors demonstrate the use of violence between characters in multiple ways. In Chapter 12 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster describes two different ways that violence is used in literature, both of which can be found in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In addition, both books also explore how each type of violence has a different effect on the plot and the characters. These two books are related because of their exploration of a deeper meaning of violence between two or more characters in literature and the different effects each type has.

A multicultural classroom needs to provide a safe and accepting environment for successful learning, prevents prejudices and discriminations from the class, and have a strong cultural consciousness. (E.K. Garcia, 2016) To accomplish this, teachers should be integrating a diverse list of reading materials, introduce

The article elevates the needs for quality adaptive learning environments in an early childhood setting. The authors argue that rigidity in terms of teacher’s ways of perceiving space in the classroom and their control over the use of the space call for a need to re-examine and modify classroom rules. Rules that clash with the learning needs hampers teachers’ ability to foster an adaptive learning environment in school. Learners should be given the autonomy to alter their environment according to their learning styles and preferences. By providing learners with the alternatives to the rigid classroom setting, learners start to associate positive feelings to the classroom, feel empowered to have control over their learning and it makes them

How do memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature? How does the recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature? Discuss a time when your appreciation of a literary work was enhanced by understanding symbol or pattern.

The story provided an excellent discussion of the many issues that surround race in schools, it centered on the topic about whether integrated schools were more beneficial than segregated schools. This book focuses on young children in the early grades, listening to parents and racial integration. The author wanted to find the truth that is surrounding multicultural classrooms from those that are involved in it. This book includes many side stories, which serve to explore the concepts, and displays them in a clear way; it also added depth to the book. This book was well written and shows all sides of multicultural education. It does not take one side in particular and it encourages people to explore multicultural education in a new light.

“Pioneer researcher, Florez-Tighe (1983), was one of the first educators to advocate the use of multicultural literature in school curriculum. Her research indicated that culturally authentic children’s literature enhances language development and thought processes of African-American children (Florez-Tighe, 1983)” (Pirofski). By having different cultures expressed to students in literature, they will more likely become more accepting and understanding of those who follow those customs. The languages expressed in the literature can also help strengthen the left frontal lobe of the brain which is the language dominant part of the

In the novel How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, the value in reading William Shakespeare’s works is displayed. Shakespeare’s works enables readers to help understand literature and pick up references in modern day entertainment. For example, Foster states “[William Shakespeare is] everywhere, in every form you can think of. And he’s never the same: every age and every writer reinvents its own Shakespeare” (30). This statement depicts that Shakespeare’s legacy lives on to today and even though he is dead, he continues to impact lives today. All authors create their own form of Shakespeare and if you know Shakespeare, it’ll make understanding literature so much easier. This is because authors based their works off of

Literacy, literacies and multiliteracies bears various meanings to different people. Some believe that literacy is developed by cultures, while others believe that literacy and cultures developed an individual. There are single and multiple definitions of literacy, literacies and multi-literacies. Based on research, literacy is very important and continues to be developed through our rapidly changing world. Throughout this essay, we will focus on views of literacy, literacies, and multiliteracies and how their different meanings affect our approach to teaching literacy.

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster outlines for his readers many techniques that authors often use to emphasize themes, patterns, and character relationships. C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet is a prime example of these techniques. The novel follows Dr. Elwin Ransom as he is captured by a greedy old schoolmate and a mad physicist before he unwillingly begins a space expedition to the planet of Malacandra, or Mars. After a series of events, Ransom finds himself alone and must begin to learn the language and history of the planet and its inhabitants, the hrossa, the sorns, and the pfifltrigg. Within the book, many of the techniques Foster mentioned were present and played a strong role in understanding the story

In English class during my last year of highschool, I have learned a lot of all these different types of reading. Did I actually read them or did I use all the annotations on line? Well that doesn’t matter does it, the only thing that really matter is that I at least got something out of my English B class. I kinda did, between all the extra hours of homework and the texting in class I should've learned something. Well I did learn that I actually like about three of the stories in this so called literature book, no more or no less just three stories and that's it. The three stories that I found out that I actually like are The Lady of SHALOTT by: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ah, Are You Diggin on My grave by: Thomas Hardy and The Rocking-Horse

Diversity in literature has increased over the years, but there still a lot of change and improvement to make in diversity. In children’s literature is not just about race and ethnicity, it can also include, sexuality, gender, cultural, and religious aspects. It is important for children to be able to reflect themselves in different stories and to also learn about other cultures. If books are more diverse it can improve children's behavior, beliefs, and education towards different multicultural societies. The United States is form by a large diverse population, so it is important for teachers, authors, and parents to understand the importance in including diversity in children's books. In the textbook A Critical Handbook of Children’s Literature,

Literature is one of the biggest ways that student learns about the real life world, and problems that they can face. Teachers and children should be in control of what the students read, not the parents. The community should trust their teachers, they know the curriculum and how to teach them and the students won’t be able to learn what is bad in the real world. Except the parents might not want their children to know about words and concept at young ages. The community and parents have no right to decide whether students read books or not.

An ignored problem is at-risk urban students who are unable to identify with the curriculum that is provided in the school system today. The curriculum does not allow students of multicultural backgrounds to identify with the perspectives that are presented since they are not able to take ownership of their education. If literature that students can identify with or knows about through a classmate, then students will be able to increase their scores and achievements in the education. One should not eliminate the current curriculum, but should infuse it with cultural perspectives with the cultural background of their class demographics. The cultural insensitivity is adding to the poor literacy skills the does not improve the skills of at-risk

The journal article discussed the impact teachers can have on students’ academics if they include popular culture text in the classroom to draw upon the social culture practices of their students. The authors examined the use of popular culture to address problems in the field of literacy education. The article supports the use of popular culture can be used as one of the main sources to bridge the gap traditional academic text and incorporating culturally responsive literacy pedagogy in the classroom. The authors focus is to promote popular text and academic text that equally facilitate learning skills that are sensitive to diverse cultures.