Toward the Pursuit of Skills

After reading Chapter 4 – Toward the Pursuit of Skills

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 (Cultivating Genius pp. 82-99) and “I Guess Kids Can Be Teachers Sometimes”

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 from Breakthroughs in Literacy (pp. 21-24), answer the following prompts:

What was your overall takeaway from Chapter 4 – Toward the Pursuit of Skills (what you found particularly interesting)? 

In Chapter 4 on pp. 88-90, Muhammad discusses transformative literacy and the value of autobiographies. How does this connect with the story from”I Guess Kids Can Be Teachers Sometimes?” (approximately one paragraph)

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2. After reading Every Picture Tells a Story: Supporting Young Authors with Wordless Picture Books

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 (pp. 55-57) and A Special Boy Teaches Us Special Lessons 

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(p. 63-66) from Breakthroughs in Literacy, answer the following prompts:

a) For each story, briefly describe how the teacher (author) used a wordless picture book to engage students in writing. (approximately one paragraph)

b) Select a wordless picture book you would want to share with a class. Describe how you would use this wordless picture book to develop a writing lesson.