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General Teaching with the Transferable Skills Series (Issues 59, 60, and 61)
General How to Talk about Race and Equity in the Classroom
Riva Pearson from JVS Hyde Park ESOL Program shares strategies for using articles for discussing race and equity in the adult education classroom using materials from The Change Agent.
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General Addressing Racial Bias in the Adult Education Classroom
Cynthia Peters, Editor of The Change Agent, and Kamala Red, Instructor at the Mid-Manhattan Learning Center in NYC, share how racial equity can be addressed in distance education classes.Return to Top
General Strategies for using The Change Agent to Teach Online.
This webinar excerpt is a lightning talk from part 12 of the EdTech Center’s Distance Ed Strategy Session series recorded on June 26th, 2020. Riva Pearson, from JVS Hyde Park ESOL Program, shared remote reading instructional strategies for using articles for The Change Agent, a biannual magazine of student writing published by the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) at World Education.Return to Top
 

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Find the Main Idea.
Uses an article from the “Hair” issue (#46) by a young man from Nicaragua who leaves his mother behind when he comes to the U.S. and promises not to cut his hair until he sees her again. The activity drills down on the mechanics of finding the main idea, but we also talk about how powerful and moving student writing can provide scaffolding to literacy experiences that students might not otherwise be drawn to, and these experiences can build trust and community in the classroom.

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Reading

  

Using Text Elements to Build Comprehension.
From the “Career Pathways” issue (#45).

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Reading

  

Using Graphic Organizers.
From the “Transportation” issue (#43).

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Reading

  

Citing Evidence from the Text + Grammar + Other CCRS-Aligned Activities.
From the “Celebrating Freedom on Juneteenth” article in the “Celebrations” issue (#41).

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Writing

  

Learning to Write by Studying a Writer.
From “Prisons and Justice?” issue (#40).

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Reading

  

Evidence-based and Explicit Reading Instruction (with reading specialist, Carey Reid).
From the “All About Food” issue (#39).

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Math

  

Integrating Math and ELA Content with a focus on CCRS connections and two articles: “Using Math to Start a Poultry Farm” and “Representation Matters: Black Women and Girls in Math.”
From the “Our Math Stories” issue (#47).

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General

  

Using Google Slides to Teach from the Mental Health Issue (#52).
Need resources for the remote classroom? Check out this new feature of The Change Agent: our articles adapted for Google slides! This 8-minute video describes how you can use four slideshows from the “Mental Health” issue as-is or adapt them to fit the needs of your students.

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Research

  

Use Our Mental Heath Issue to Teach Students to Investigate Scientific Claims.
Investigate the science behind the claims! In our mental health issue, there are 10 articles (on pp. 46-56) where writers share strategies that support their mental health. Each article also includes a box discussing the science behind the claim and pointing readers to a source for more information. This 8-minute video describes how you can use these stories — both for the powerful message the writer is sharing and as a way to investigate the science behind mental wellness.

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Digital Literacy

  

Using the Comment Section of Articles to Teach Digital Literacy Skills.
Looking for an interactive way to use The Change Agent’s online content? Try our “Leave a Reply” described in this 6-minute how-to video.

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