We’ll use Perusall to annotate and read together.
Instructions for joining on the Assignments page.
Our course invites you to work with data collection and analysis, readings, and discussion around the field of literacy studies
First off, I would like to say that out of all my classes this semster, this was easily my favorite. I remember in the beginning of the class I wouldn’t really want to come just because it hadn’t picked up, and I wasn’t really sure what the class was about. But now, I’m so excited …
I learned so much from other article groups’ presentations and workshops. It would have been impossible for each of us to spend a number of weeks on each topic, but having the class divide into groups with specific topics and then teach what we learned to each other was an awesome example of the success …
The hip hop a literacy group was super interesting. I always knew rap was poetry, but I never knew all the specific aspects that actually related lyrics to poetry. It was nice to see their example of using something all student can genuinely relate to being used in a classroom because we could see how …
It was interesting seeing the other groups present. Before the groups led activities, I was particularly interested in how the other groups concepts can give me a more nuanced understanding of literacy; each group pointed out different facets of literacy. Presentations triggered my curiosity about literacy as a many faceted subject. For example, there was …
Everyone did such a fantastic job with their article groups! It was so fun being a part of all of the presentations. After reading “Just Girls”, I thought it would be fun to swap over to Hip-Hop and literacy which was awesome! I was so surprised at the raps that everyone came up with, and …
Proud to announce that our book, which focuses on teaching writing in the sciences, is available from TCPress and Amazon.
You will also find supplemental materials, including detailed lesson plans, on our companion site also called Composing Science.
California State University, Chico
Website: kimjaxon.com/me
Email: kjaxon@csuchico.edu
Email for sharing Google Docs:
kjaxon@mail.csuchico.edu