Weekly Journals - Martin Le

(Past) Weekly Journals

Below are some weekly journal entries that I wrote for my EDT454 - TESOL: Instructional Practices class, which tasked us largely with learning about literacy and its role in teaching. I would like to thank Dr. Kelli Rushek for making it an enjoyable and insightful class. These journal entries and this blog as a whole would not have existed if it weren't for her.

1st December 2022

W15 Journal - "Where I Stand" Post-paper

How has your thinking about literacy and literacy instruction changed after the last fifteen weeks? Now, how do you conceptualize literacy? Where do you stand on literacy instruction in your content area?

20th November 2022

W13 Journal - The Importance of Words and Vocabulary Instruction Across Content Areas

Is there jargon in your field? What does it entail? How is vocabulary tied to comprehending concepts? How is/isn’t vocabulary taught in your content? What did you see in the field? What hot takes do you have about this?

5th November 2022

W11 Journal - Excavating / Digging Into Your Teaching Sample

In my teaching sample, how did I integrate literacy?
How did my students make meaning?
What would I tweak for next time?
How did students respond to my lesson? Why do I think that is?
How did I disrupt the status quo during my teaching lesson?
How did I present power and privilege at the intersection of literacy and my content?

6th October 2022

W7 Journal - Race / SES / Literacy Intersections

Make meaning from story books in class

2nd October 2022

W6 Journal - Critical Literacies in Content Areas

How does power and privilege affect how math / art / music have come to be seen? How does power and privilege affect how math / art / music are commonly taught in U.S. schools?

25th September 2022

W5 Journal - Representation and Intersectional Identity

What does it mean to take up the identity as a mathmetician / reader / artist / musician? Who are commonly seen as ‘heavy hitters’, the gold standard,the theorizers, etc. in your field? How might this framing affect taking up this scholastic identity?

14th September 2022

W4 Journal - What is a text?

What are the texts from which we make meaning of math / art / music? Think of types, modes, and genres.

7th September 2022

W3 Journal - Debunking “Math OR English” compartmentalizations: Identities and Meaning-Making

How do you make sense of the world using math / art / music? Or a combination?

1st September 2022

W2 Journal - "Where I Stand" Pre-paper

In your words, what is literacy? Where do you stand on literacy instruction in your content area?

24th August 2022

W1 Journal - Course and Community Introduction

What are the coolest parts of your field or content area? How do you live your life (embody) as a mathematician / reader / artist / musician?