Book Implementation Argument
Textbook companies have published anthologies and individual novel titles for years, usually aligning their selections to state standard and thus serving as a driving force behind curricular design. You may also find yourself in a district that follows a curriculum of “what has always been taught before.” Franzak refers to this as phantom policy.
As a teacher you may easily find yourself in a situation in which you have to make a case to bring in outside titles.
Write an argument that you would present to the school board or the curriculum committee to include a post-colonial young adult novel of your choice. Be sure to sure to include rationale from the novel, the CCSS, and three other outside sources.
Textbook companies have published anthologies and individual novel titles for years, usually aligning their selections to state standard and thus serving as a driving force behind curricular design. You may also find yourself in a district that follows a curriculum of “what has always been taught before.” Franzak refers to this as phantom policy.
As a teacher you may easily find yourself in a situation in which you have to make a case to bring in outside titles.
Write an argument that you would present to the school board or the curriculum committee to include a post-colonial young adult novel of your choice. Be sure to sure to include rationale from the novel, the CCSS, and three other outside sources.