Presentation - The North Carolina New Teacher Support Program

The Standards In Our Classrooms:
POP CULTURE IN THE ELA CLASSROOM, 6-12
2016 February Institute
Facilitators
Denise Hunt, ECU Region, [email protected]
Susan Newbold Farrow, UNC Region, [email protected]
Mark Meacham, UNCG Region, [email protected]
Melissa Sykes, UNCC Region, [email protected]
Tiffani Ramos, UNCG Region, [email protected]
Session Outcomes
Professional Teaching
Participants will:
Standards:
● Make a connection between
● Standard 2: Teachers
students’ literary experiences
establish a respectful
and knowledge with pop
environment for a diverse
culture and academic literacy
population of students
understanding
● Standard 3: Teachers
● Design a task that gauges skills
know the content they
and understandings associated
teach
with using non-traditional texts
● Standard 4: Teachers
● Create an activity that utilizes
facilitate learning for their
pop culture texts to address
students
CCSS
● Standard 5: Teachers
The Standards: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/effectiveness-model/ncees/standards/prof-teachstandards.pdf
reflect on their practice
Pop Culture Circle-Square-Triangle
Brainstorm the following:
1. In the circle, list all the music,
movies, and television shows that you
enjoy.
2. In the square, list the music, movies
and television shows that you think
your students enjoy.
3. In the triangle, answer the following:
○ Have you ever considered using
this content in your lesson plans?
○ How might you use this content
in the classroom?
Pop Culture Examples
Exploring Literary Devices through Music
Example: “Label, Identify, and Explain the type of figurative
language or poetic device used in the song lyrics. Examples may
include: imagery devices such as metaphors, similes,
personification . . .”
“Firework” by Katy Perry
Identify and Label the Poetic
Devices
Explain the poetic device used
1. Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
2. Drifting through the wind
3. Wanting to start again
from:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61449570/Using-Katy-Perry-s-Firework-to-Identify-Figurative-Language-Poetry-Devices
“M
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PLAN
Pop
Culture
Engagement
TEMPLATE
• Pop culture is a useful tool in student engagement.
• Pop culture allows educators to meet students where they
are. Since students already spend much of their time
interacting with pop culture, teachers who utilize pop culture
as an educational tool make that time even more productive.
• Ernest Morrell, Director of the Institute for Urban and
Minority Education at Teachers’ College, Columbia
University, has written extensively on the subject of bridging
literacy and pop culture. In his work, Literacy and Pop Culture,
Morrell suggests that examining pop culture in the
classroom can advance literacy and act as a bridge to the
communities that urban educators serve (98).
“MEPop
WECulture
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” LESSON
PLAN
and
Engagement
TEMPLATE
You can implement the use of pop culture in your classroom
by trying the following 3 tips:
1. Become familiar with what students enjoy. Since most teachers
are at least one generation removed from their students, it can
be difficult to relate to their interests. Please make an effort to
do so.
2. Encourage your students to write about what interests them.
Often when students have freedom in their writing, their work
is far more passionate and relevant.
3. Examine pop culture as a model for studying educational
materials. Prepare students to study poetry by passing out
popular song lyrics and asking them for feedback, discussing
word meaning, tone, and composition.
Pop Culture Examples
Exploring Theme and Conflict through Television
Example: While viewing the episode “Reconcilable Differences” (Season 1;
Episode 1) from the television show A Different World, use the Theme and
Conflict Graphic Organizers to note specific examples from the text that suggest
a theme related to the conflicts that often arise when we begin new friendships.
Synopsis: Denise begins her sophomore year at Hillman clashing with her assigned
roommate, Jaleesa Vinson. Denise quickly takes her cue and switches roommates,
ending up with self-styled southern belle Whitley Gilbert. Again, Denise clashes,
but somehow Whitley makes Jalessa look good. Denise also meets freshman and
fellow Brooklynite Dwayne Wayne, who immediately becomes smitten with her.
Episode description from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A_Different_World_episodes
Episode access: Netflix
Literature Connection: Romeo and Juliet; House on Mango Street; Holes; Double Dutch
Pop Culture Examples
Exploring Symbols Through Flags and Mascots
Example: Drawing on what you already know about
symbolism, describe how the images on these flags and mascot
logos represent the concept of power.
What is one visual symbol we have encountered in our readings
that represents power? Describe how this image represents
power.
Formative Assessment Strategies
60 Formative Assessment Strategies List
Examples:
Reading Comprehension with a Formative Quiz
Play three songs that represent a character from Macbeth. Have students assign the character
that is best represented by the song and write an explanation of the connections they used to
make their decision.
● "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (Macbeth)
● “Everybody’s Fool” - Evanescence (Banquo)
● “I'll Make a Man Out of You” - Disney’s Mulan soundtrack (Lady Macbeth)
Text to Video with Oral Questioning Strategy
Chunk longer texts into more digestible pieces and for each section show a complementary
video that parallels the concepts or devices you are highlighting. Incorporate a formative
assessment to understand students’ levels of learning and concept mastery by having them
synthesize and generalize across texts.
● When reading the dystopian novel, Anthem, present the TED Talk by Sherry Turkle,
“Connected, but alone?” (http://bit.ly/WGir) where the author explores the
contradictory idea that with connectivity comes isolation. This talk discusses the
phenomenon that young people today are more connected to each other than ever before
via technology, yet in many ways they feel more disconnected and lonely.
Pop Culture Infusion
With a partner or small group, work to create a lesson or activity that
incorporates pop culture in the ELA content area.
Please create your group lesson plan or activity via a Google
presentation accessed via:
https://goo.gl/MH245b
Each group slide should plan to address the following:
• Pop Culture “Text”
• Content-specific Text
• Learning Objectives
• Activity/Description
• Assessment
Be prepared to share some of your slide with the
whole group at the end of the work session.
Reflection and Commitment
NCPTS:
Standard 2: Teachers establish a respectful
environment for a diverse population of
students.
Standard 3: Teachers know the content they
teach.
Standard 4: Teachers facilitate learning for
their students.
Standard 5: Teachers reflect on their practice.
Possible
Artifact(s):