Grade 12: Developing Counterstories of Resistance and Resilience
Below are the outcomes of one unit I created with the support of my TIIP team. Collaboration was key as I explored new ways of organizing curriculum and instruction that engaged students in a critical multiliteracies pedagogy.
Community Cultural Wealth Project
Disrupting Deficit Thinking
Student Projects
Below is a student project produced after developing research questions, conducting interviews, and developing a narrative that synthesized themes from their research. Projects were presented to the community at an exhibition last Spring.
Engaging Multiple Literacies: A Student Reflection
Below is a student reflecting on the literacy practices she engaged in throughout the project and how this approach to literacy instruction differs from traditional English education.