Text Set on Culture and Conflict

I have created a themed text set on children and cultures in conflict to cricially engage elementary readers. The text set includes children's literature, digital images, video, and articles that suggests a broader definition for what counts as classroom reading material. I invite teachers to consider meshing different types of texts in content areas to provide a broader and more critical perspective for student learning. Text sets not only invite multiple perspectives, but serve as a way to frontload knowledge to develop more proficient comprehension (Bishop, Reyes, Pflaum, 2006). Ways in which texts grouped into sets can work as a tool for building background knowledge and develop vocabulary will be demonstrated. One outcome of the use of text sets is the ability to build deeper meanings as well as increase student motivation to read about a particular topic (Soalt, 2005).

Bishop, Reyes, & Pflaum. (2006). Read Smarter, Not Harder: Global Reading

Soalt, J. (2005). Bringing Together Fictional and Inforamtional Texts to Improve Comprehension. The Reading Teacher, April 2005.