How do I share it?

"Teachers have a crucial role in supporting students to negotiate a transition from disengagement and alienation to more positive engagement and self investment" ( Schoenbach, Greenleaf, and Murphy 82).

1. Look over Download RA Framework document.

  For this introductory model to the Personal Dimension, I want to focus on one of the goals, "Developing reader identity".

2. Read the article by Tobias, Download Insiders and Outsiders

, and take notes using the Download Evidence-Interpretation Note-taker.  Please include page numbers to reference in the "Evidence" column. See Resources Noted in this Course for a reminder for how and why to use this note-taker.

3. Post in the discussion, Personal Dimension: Building Identity,     your response to the following questions:

  • What/who supported your literacy development?
  • What barriers have you faced at various stages in your life as a reader?
  • What were times you felt like an insider/outsider in relation to reading?

"How do I share it?" by Danielle Riter, Tacoma Community College Links to an external site. is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Links to an external site.