Draper Chapter 2 and 11

March 13^th, 2012
Draper Chapter 2 and 11

The book discussed the conflicts that may arise when it comes to literacy instruction in a specific content area. Reading and writing has yet to meet the expectations of literacy specialists. It discussed the traditional meaning of literacy and text and literacy. It talked about redefining text and literacy and that specific texts belong with specific content areas. Math teachers don’t have to necessarily start reading novels during class time, it s more like they should teach more appropriate forms of text and literacy such as reading graphs. These two chapters stressed the importance of broadening our view of literacy and text and working together.
When it came to the part about the traditional meaning of literacy and text I immediately made a connection to what we have been discovering about those two terms in class. Due to the fact that I am an art education major I have to think outside of the box when it comes literacy and what that means in my content area and how I can incorporate it into my classroom. I agree that it is very important to fully understand and get a broader view of text and literacy. You need to really understand what these two terms mean in order to apply them to your content area and classroom.
The reading strategies I used while reading these chapters were: re-reading, taking notes and making connections.

Citation

Draper, R. (2005). (Re)Imagining Content- Area Literacy Instruction. New York, NY: National Writing Project.