Innovative INRW Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students

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Explore creative teaching techniques in Integrated Reading & Writing (INRW) classes to foster student engagement. From analyzing hip-hop lyrics to crafting unique assignments, discover how to enhance reading and writing skills effectively in educational settings.

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HIP HIP- -HOP HOP AND AND INRW INRW

Matilda Staudt Lead INRW Instructor Palo Alto College

INRW = Integrated Reading & Writing

Boring & Stale

Well discuss 3 Assignments to: Keep students engaged Help students practice reading and writing skills

Think, Pair, Share: Annotate Can you find any literary devices in this hip-hop song? What is this song saying?

Why it works: Low-stakes writing Reading/Annotating Practice Short assignment

Translating/Interpreting Lyrics and Revising Sentences

Successfully Facilitated This Assignment One Semester in 2 Sections

Successfully Facilitated Students were engaged Attendance improved They practiced reading & writing

Assignment Details: In pairs, choose song of any genre Should contain slang and grammatically INCORRECT sentences.

Songs should have: at least two grammatically incorrect sentences two made-up words

Assignment Details: All songs need my approval. Too many swears words or sexually explicit lyrics = NOT approved

Assignment Details: Translate/interpret song meaning (reading skills) Re-write lyrics into grammatically correct sentences (writing skills)

Jay-Zs Empire State of Mind Grammatically Correct Translation Original Lights is blinding, girls need blinders The bright lights of New York are blinding. Jay-Z s Empire State of Mind Original Or they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines is lined with casualties who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple Eve Caught up in the in-crowd Grammatically Correct Translation People should wear sunglasses, or they won t be able to see and could get in a lot of trouble. Another name for New York is the Big Apple. Don t mess with New York. In New York, there are a lot of high-society circles of wealthy people. New York is also the home of the popular magazine Vogue, edited by Anna Wintour, and it is also the birth place of voguing, a style of dance. In New York, it is quite easy to get caught up in a dangerous lifestyle too. Now you're in-style, and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out The city of sin is a pity on a whim Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them