2. •Used historically to describe masterpieces of
Western European Literature
•Now used to describe works written by
international authors about international
countries/cultures
3. Anything written about a person or group of
persons who is/are outside the dominant power
structure of a country or region.
Includes people:
•of different color
•of different religions
•with different ethnic backgrounds
•with developmental or physical disabilities
•who define themselves as GLBTQ
•from a geographically isolated area
•of socioeconomically deprived background
4. Common Core:
Students who are College and Career Ready in Reading… -
“actively seek to understand other perspectives and cultures
through reading”*
and
“…reading … works of literature representative of a variety of
periods, cultures and worldviews, students can vicariously
inhabit worlds and have experiences much different than
their own”.*
* "Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects." Common Core
State Standards Initiative. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf>. p. 7
5. •Groves History – going beyond the dead white
men’s canon
•Summer reading for 9th and 11th grade
students
•Choice reading:
•Multicultural during To Kill a Mockingbird
•World literature for The Kite Runner unit
•Multicultural and Holocaust literature courses
Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…
Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…
Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…
Our list of authors for choice readings includes diverse authors and topics. This list is growing and changing as we speak as part of the PLC process. In 9 th grade – Unit on Maxine Hong Kingston’s Women Warrior dealing with cultural/gender bias. Unit on To Kill a Mockingbird supplemented with African American poetry. In 10 th grade we read a variety of diverse authors of fiction and nonfiction. In 11 th grade we read Elie Wiesel’s Night . We don’t offer a World Lit course, but Contemporary Lit features a variety of authors. AP Lit in grade 11 reads Nickel and Dimed , a socio economic diversity book. Grade 12 reads Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man . Summer reading lists for each grade include diverse choices for each grade such as…