GRDG626: Language, Literacy, and Diversity in American Education

Popular Culture and Diversity

Dr. Gloria E. Jacobs

Agenda

SharingExample of spoken word performanceWriting ActivityBreakDiscussionNext Week

Examples of Spoken Word

Hebrew MamitaTaylor Mali "What Teachers Make”Daniel Beaty Knock KnockSarah Kay Hands

Alfred Tatum Video

Reading for their lifeReading and writing for resiliency

Writing Activity

What do you notice about the spoken word performance?

Write your own Share with a small group

Break

DiscussionCocktail party - circulate around the room

and collect ideas. Discuss with as many different people as you can about each of the texts.

Compton Lilly, Performance Poetry, Redd & Webb, Tatum

Find at least one person with an insight new to you

Find at least one person who has a similar insight

Whole Group

Form 6 random groupsEach group lead discussion on one of

the readingsGroup 1 – Compton-LillyGroup 2 – Performance PoetryGroup 3 & 5 – Redd & WebbGroup 4 & 6 - Tatum

What is a Literature Review?

An examination of research into a focused area of inquiry.A synthesis of the research in order to

answer a questionnot a “book report” not an “annotated bibliography”

Template available on the wiki

Literature Review Prep.

Look over the questions you wrote thus far this semester Recurring pattern? Something compelling?

Think about the papers you’ve written thus far. Is there you noticed you would like answers to.

Develop several possible topics/questions to investigate through a literature review

Next Week

Read Mills chapter (on wiki)Meet in Library 100

Bring your possible questions/topicsWorkshop by Kathi Sigler on advanced literature

searchesWill spend time searching and collecting literature for

your paperMinilesson on writing the literature reviewWatch APA review (on wiki)