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Revolving Literacy
How to Connect Relevance and Future-Ready Skills to Secondary English Instruction
This book provides a step-by-step process for English educators to design future-ready literacy experiences in secondary English classrooms. Grades 6–12 teachers will find practical steps and resources, including reflection questions and tools, to aid curriculum development and reflection.
A practical workbook-style guide for literacy development
Drawing on author Lorraine M. Radice’s literacy teaching and leadership experience, this book provides practical resources to design future-ready reading, writing, and research curriculum and instruction, including unit planners, lesson plans, reflection prompts, discussion questions, and organizing strategies. With the revolving literacy framework, secondary educators can boost student engagement, increase relevance in learning, and better prepare students for future success.
Grades 6–12 English teachers will:
- Implement a process that promotes growth of curriculum to meet future challenges
- Prioritize student engagement and relevance in curriculum design and lesson planning
- Encourage student agency through options in what students choose to read and learn
- Cultivate prized qualities, such as innovation, to enhance students’ future professional profiles
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“Revolving Literacy provides a perfect recipe (and resources) for secondary literacy teachers to transform their practice, and for literacy leaders to transform secondary English classrooms to communities of learners whose lives and experiences form the basis for comparison and expression through language.”
“Lorraine M. Radice breaks sophisticated theory and research into practical and doable steps for teachers, which translate into real results for students.”
“Revolving Literacy provides a powerful vision of literacy learning that centers using the identities and communities of middle and high school students as strengths to enhance their growth in reading literature, using new technologies, and writing expressively.”
