ALWAYS be strategic when selecting text and remember...
"I'm not under the illusion that the schools alone can change society. However, I can reaffirm the belief uttered so many years ago: We teachers of language and literature have a crucial role to play as educators and citizens. We phrase our goals as fostering the growth of the capacity for personally meaningful, self-critical literary experience. The educational process that achieves this aim most effectively will serve a broader purpose, the nurturing of men and women capable of building a fully
democratic society."
(from "Retrospect" by Louise Rosenblatt, found in Transactions with Literature: A Fifty Year Perspective)
democratic society."
(from "Retrospect" by Louise Rosenblatt, found in Transactions with Literature: A Fifty Year Perspective)
Text Complexity is what the term implies:
how CHALLENGING is the material for the child at their specific grade level?
how CHALLENGING is the material for the child at their specific grade level?