Abstract
This article describes the author’s adaptation of Gallagher’s (2009) Article of the Week approach to teaching students literacy skills using current events. The use of this unique instructional routine within the context of a Catholic middle school language arts classroom has proven successful for supporting students in developing critical literacy and an understanding of moral leadership by examining world events from a Catholic worldview.
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While the articles cannot be adjusted to specific reading levels, the support materials are beneficial for assisting a wide variety of instructional needs
Many ways can be used to model discussion, including a technique called “Fishbowl.” The fishbowl format requires a small group of students to model a discussion while the rest listen in and observe
If our aim is to develop conscientious citizens, we must encourage students to think beyond the opinions that they hear on television and enable them with the tools that they need to be critical thinkers
Summary
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, and the Other Education Commons. This article describes the author’s adaptation of Gallagher’s (2009) Article of the Week approach to teaching students literacy skills using current events The use of this unique instructional routine within the context of a Catholic middle school language arts classroom has proven successful for supporting students in developing critical literacy and an understanding of moral leadership by examining world events from a Catholic worldview. As Catholic educators, we have the responsibility of building all students’ background knowledge of current events as well as their understanding of how we, as both a local and a global Church community, should respond. This second charge is certainly the most important. As Tovani (2015) has noted, “I would find it difficult to ask a how or why question if I were still
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