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Homework
Assignment
Journal: Reflect upon your own classroom and instructional
practices. What elements of your classroom community are already
supporting the envisionment-building process? What else can
you do to create an envisionment-building literary community?
Reading: In preparation for Workshop 3, you may want
to read the poem "The Lifeguard" by James Dickey and the short
story "First Confession" by Frank O'Connor. Literature selections
can be found in Literature: An Introduction To Reading and
Writing, 5th edition, Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs,
© 1998, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-010076-5.
You may want to consult the following online resources for more
information:
Poem: "The Lifeguard" by James Dickey
Short Story: "First Confession" by Frank O'Connor
Within the workshop session, you will be reading the Langston
Hughes poem "Let America Be America Again," which can be found
in the anthology Literature: An Introduction To Reading and
Writing, 5th edition, Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs,
© 1998, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-010076-5.
For online resources related to Langston Hughes and his poetry
visit:
If you have not alreadydone so, you may also want to read Chapter
2, "Building Envisionments," pages 9-16 in Envisioning Literature
by Dr. Judith Langer. (Envisioning Literature by Dr.
Judith Langer, from the Teachers College Press, Columbia University,
1995. ISBN 0-8077-3464-0.) This excerpt explains the process
of building envisionments and gives an overview of the stance
Being Out and Stepping In.
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