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    Restorative Literacy Practices
    Cultivating Community in the Secondary ELA Classroom

    Deirdre Faughey (Author), Ken Lindblom (Foreword by)

    9780807767887

    Paperback / softback, published 26 May 2023

    144 pages
    22.6 x 15.1 x 0.9 cm, 0.204 kg

    "While Faughey does offer a timely and well-structured guide for bringing students 'back' from the pandemic, she also weaves a powerful thread throughout the book as she reveals critical pathways for ensuring that systemically marginalized students feel valued and empowered in a school environment."

    —Teachers College Record

    What happens when learning is approached as a transaction between teachers, students, texts, and methods? Based on classroom action research conducted in a diverse suburban school district, the author shares a framework that encourages teachers to approach their work with a restorative mindset by focusing on four elements of instruction: methods; literature; relationships; and culture, identity, and language. In each chapter, Faughey shares a scenario or problem from her ELA classroom, the action she took to address it, and the outcomes. Examples include a 9th-grade classroom where students developed podcasts to share their thinking about Romeo and Juliet, a 10th-grade classroom where multilingual learners created graphic essays to share their comparative analysis of Things Fall Apart and the film Black Panther, and a 12th-grade classroom where students reimagined Dracula in order to connect personally with the text through restorying. This accessible text provides resources, lesson plans, and examples of student work, as well as suggestions for teacher preparation programs.

    Book Features:

    • Shares the perspective of a classroom teacher who understands the daily interactions teachers have with students, as well as the possibilities and limitations of teaching in today's schools.
    • Demonstrates a problem-solving thought process with a step-by-step explanation of the author's teaching process.
    • Includes vivid anecdotes about students, pictures of students working together, and examples of student work.
    • Situates each scenario within a body of theoretical and research literature, introducing concepts such as cosmopolitan theory, reader response theory, and literary theory.
    • Offers lesson plans, rubrics, and handouts that teachers can use to inform their own practice.
    • Provides lists of podcasts, videos, articles, and books that can be used when teaching classic texts such as The Great Gatsby and The Yellow Wallpaper, as well as multicultural texts like Things Fall Apart."

    Contents

    Foreword  xi

    Acknowledgments  xiii

    1.  Introduction  1
    Restorative Literacy Practices  2
    My Teaching Context and Background  5
    A Framework for Restorative Literacy  7
    What You Will Find in This Book  11

    2.  Student-Centered Assessment  13
    Embarking on Change  14
    Introducing Podcasts  15
    Planning for the Unpredictable  16
    Reflection  26
    Alternative Assessment Ideas  27
    Spotlight on Teacher Learning  28

    3.  Restorative Approaches to Class Participation  29
    Student-Led Discussion Leads to Inclusivity  30
    Critical Analysis Leads to Sharing Personal Stories  32
    Culturally Relevant Literature Leads to Connection  37
    Reflection  39
    Alternative Class Participation Ideas  40
    Spotlight on Teacher Learning  41

    4.  The Restorative Potential of Visual Texts  43
    Integrating the Arts  45
    The Power of a Visual Thread  46
    Understanding and Rethinking  50
    Creating Graphic Essays  52
    Involvement and Identification  53
    Reflection  56
    Ideas for Responding to Student Needs  56
    Spotlight on Teacher Learning  57

    5. Humanizing the English Curriculum  59
    Literary Theory  61
    Pairing Texts: Dubliners and There, There  63
    Community Connection  67
    Reflection  71
    Ideas for Making Learning Relevant  72
    Spotlight on Teacher Learning  73

    6.  The Restorative Potential of the Imagination  75
    Restorative Routine  76
    Building on a Tradition of Restorying  78
    A Framework for Restorying  79
    Reflection  86
    Key Ideas for Your Own Teaching  86
    Spotlight on Teacher Learning  87

    7.  Critical Literacy as Self-Care  89
    Pairing Literary and Popular Culture Texts  90
    Rethinking Reading  91
    Theoretical Frameworks  94
    Sharing With Classmates  97
    Spotlight on Teacher Learning  98

    8.  Conclusion  99

    Appendix  103

    References  109

    Index  119

    About the Author  127
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