TE 408: Crafting Teaching Practices, Secondary English
Spring 2024; Section 001
Date:
A brief summary of the excerpt you read for
the week (aim for 1-2 sentences) with the
page numbers
What themes and/or essential questions are
explored?
Two “pops,” or moments that stick with you
when you stop reading (moments that excite
you!) and why
Connections (to class discussions, to in-class
or outside-of-class readings, to personal
experiences)
Questions (did it make you wonder
something? do you wish something was
clarified?) and/or challenges (did it challenge
you to consider an idea from a new or
different perspective? how did this impact
you?)
Additional reflections, as you are moved
3/12
Chapter 6 of Linguistic Justice utilizes the
novel The Hate U Give, as well as “a series of
teacher-scholar-activist events” and
lessons/activities based on the novel to teach
about anti-black linguistic racism.
The chapter consists mostly of activities and
discussion questions that revolve around the
concept of anti-black linguistic racism.
One set of discussion questions related to the
story asks about colorism and how a biracial
actress portrayed a character who was
intended to have darker skin. This sticks out
to me because it seems that smaller, simple
details are ones that get overlooked or
disregarded when developing a motion
picture like this. They are important to
critique.
Dr. Baker-Bell included an interview with an
ENG302 student with a TESOL minor, lolll.
I read The Hate U Give and I watched the
movie too, I loved both and thought the
message was conveyed to a mainstream
audience effectively.
Dr. Baker-Bell mentioned a few other books
that pair well with the ideas mentioned in this
chapter, I wonder how she would critique
those other novels or why she did not choose
to focus on another book for the purposes of
learning about/demonstrating anti-black
linguistic racism.