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The Standards In Our Classrooms:

POP CULTURE IN THE ELA CLASSROOM, 6-12

2016 February Institute

Facilitators

Denise Hunt, ECU Region, [email protected]

Susan Newbold Farrow, UNC Region, [email protected]

Mark Meacham, UNCG Region, [email protected]

Melissa Sykes, UNCC Region, [email protected]

Tiffani Ramos, UNCG Region, [email protected]

Session Outcomes

Participants will: ● Make a connection between

students’ literary experiences and knowledge with pop culture and academic literacy understanding

● Design a task that gauges skills and understandings associated with using non-traditional texts

● Create an activity that utilizes pop culture texts to address CCSS

Professional Teaching Standards:

● Standard 2: Teachers establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of students

● Standard 3: Teachers know the content they teach

● Standard 4: Teachers facilitate learning for their students

● Standard 5: Teachers reflect on their practice

The Standards: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/effectiveness-model/ncees/standards/prof-teach-standards.pdf

Pop Culture Circle-Square-Triangle

Brainstorm the following:1. In the circle, list all the music,

movies, and television shows that you enjoy.

2. In the square, list the music, movies and television shows that you think your students enjoy.

3. In the triangle, answer the following:○ Have you ever considered using

this content in your lesson plans?○ How might you use this content

in the classroom?

Pop Culture Examples

from:http://www.scribd.com/doc/61449570/Using-Katy-Perry-s-Firework-to-Identify-Figurative-Language-Poetry-Devices

“Firework” by Katy PerryIdentify and Label the Poetic

DevicesExplain the poetic device used

1. Do you ever feel like a plastic bag2. Drifting through the wind3. Wanting to start again

Exploring Literary Devices through Music

Example: “Label, Identify, and Explain the type of figurative language or poetic device used in the song lyrics. Examples may include: imagery devices such as metaphors, similes, personification . . .”

“ME WE FEW YOU” LESSON PLANTEMPLATE

Pop Culture and Student Engagement

• Pop culture is a useful tool in student engagement.• Pop culture allows educators to meet students where they

are. Since students already spend much of their time interacting with pop culture, teachers who utilize pop culture as an educational tool make that time even more productive.

• Ernest Morrell, Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers’ College, Columbia University, has written extensively on the subject of bridging literacy and pop culture. In his work, Literacy and Pop Culture, Morrell suggests that examining pop culture in the classroom can advance literacy and act as a bridge to the communities that urban educators serve (98).

“ME WE FEW YOU” LESSON PLANTEMPLATE

Pop Culture and Student Engagement

You can implement the use of pop culture in your classroom by trying the following 3 tips:1. Become familiar with what students enjoy. Since most teachers

are at least one generation removed from their students, it can be difficult to relate to their interests. Please make an effort to do so.

2. Encourage your students to write about what interests them. Often when students have freedom in their writing, their work is far more passionate and relevant.

3. Examine pop culture as a model for studying educational materials. Prepare students to study poetry by passing out popular song lyrics and asking them for feedback, discussing word meaning, tone, and composition.

Pop Culture Examples

Exploring Theme and Conflict through Television

Example: While viewing the episode “Reconcilable Differences” (Season 1; Episode 1) from the television show A Different World, use the Theme and Conflict Graphic Organizers to note specific examples from the text that suggest a theme related to the conflicts that often arise when we begin new friendships.

Synopsis: Denise begins her sophomore year at Hillman clashing with her assigned roommate, Jaleesa Vinson. Denise quickly takes her cue and switches roommates, ending up with self-styled southern belle Whitley Gilbert. Again, Denise clashes, but somehow Whitley makes Jalessa look good. Denise also meets freshman and fellow Brooklynite Dwayne Wayne, who immediately becomes smitten with her.

Episode description from:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A_Different_World_episodes

Episode access: Netflix

Literature Connection: Romeo and Juliet; House on Mango Street; Holes; Double Dutch

Pop Culture Examples

Exploring Symbols Through Flags and Mascots

Example: Drawing on what you already know about symbolism, describe how the images on these flags and mascot logos represent the concept of power.

What is one visual symbol we have encountered in our readings that represents power? Describe how this image represents power.

60 Formative Assessment Strategies ListExamples: Reading Comprehension with a Formative QuizPlay three songs that represent a character from Macbeth. Have students assign the character that is best represented by the song and write an explanation of the connections they used to make their decision.● "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (Macbeth)● “Everybody’s Fool” - Evanescence (Banquo)● “I'll Make a Man Out of You” - Disney’s Mulan soundtrack (Lady Macbeth)

Text to Video with Oral Questioning StrategyChunk longer texts into more digestible pieces and for each section show a complementary video that parallels the concepts or devices you are highlighting. Incorporate a formative assessment to understand students’ levels of learning and concept mastery by having them synthesize and generalize across texts.● When reading the dystopian novel, Anthem, present the TED Talk by Sherry Turkle,

“Connected, but alone?” (http://bit.ly/WGir) where the author explores the contradictory idea that with connectivity comes isolation. This talk discusses the phenomenon that young people today are more connected to each other than ever before via technology, yet in many ways they feel more disconnected and lonely.

Formative Assessment Strategies

Pop Culture Infusion

With a partner or small group, work to create a lesson or activity that incorporates pop culture in the ELA content area.Please create your group lesson plan or activity via a Google presentation accessed via:

https://goo.gl/MH245b

Each group slide should plan to address the following: • Pop Culture “Text”• Content-specific Text• Learning Objectives• Activity/Description• Assessment

Be prepared to share some of your slide with the whole group at the end of the work session.

Reflection and Commitment

NCPTS: Possible Artifact(s):

Standard 2: Teachers establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of students.

Standard 3: Teachers know the content they teach.

Standard 4: Teachers facilitate learning for their students.

Standard 5: Teachers reflect on their practice.