Literacy for All
A Framework For Anti-Oppressive Teaching
An equity-conscious, culturally sustaining approach to literacy education.
Every student comes to the classroom with unique funds of knowledge in addition to unique needs. How can teachers celebrate and draw upon the valuable literacies each child already possesses to engage them more effectively in school literacy practices?
In Literacy for All, Shawna Coppola shows how a literacy pedagogy founded on anti-oppressive principles can transform the experiences of teachers and students alike. Using her framework, which highlights the social and cultural aspects of literacy, teachers can help students participate in literacy experiences that illuminate their individual strengths.
Coppola’s book, an ideal introduction for equity-conscious literacy educators, shows how to design instructional and assessment practices that reflect both the cognitive processes and the social practices inherent in learning to read and write.
Writing, Redefined
Broadening Our Ideas of What It Means To Compose
What does it mean to write or to be a writer? In Shawna Coppola's book Writing, Redefined: Broadening Our Ideas of What It Means to Compose, she challenges the reader to expand beyond standard alphabetic writing and consider alternative forms of composition when assigning writing to students.
This book empowers teachers to change what counts as writing in schools and classrooms, opening the door to students who may not consider themselves to be writers, but should and can.
By finding ways to accommodate all styles of writers, students are free to unleash their creativity and share their story with others. While there is no question composition in written form is important and worth of study, broadening our definition of writing expands an enormous range of possibilities for composing for all students.
Renew!
Become a Better and More Authentic Teacher
When was the last time you shook up your writing instruction? In Renew!: Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher, author Shawna Coppola builds on the premise that our students are ever-changing, and so is our collective knowledge base. Instructional strategies that have worked in the past may need to evolve accordingly.
Coppola guides K-8 writing teachers with a three-part framework for Rethinking, Revising, and Renewing their approaches and finding new energy along the way. Using the framework, Renew! examines the most pervasive educational practices in writing instruction and poses questions that guide teachers to revise those practices to ensure they are effective for all students.
What readers have said about my books:
This book could have an alternate title of Everything I Should Have Learned During My English Teacher Credential Program (But Didn't)....Recommended for teachers educators and literacy educators at all levels! - Alex S. Venet
Literacy for All is a must-read for all teachers, literacy coaches, and those who want to nurture an anti-oppressive literacy culture in their schools. This book will impact our teacher journeys and help transform institutions. - Dr. Carla España
About Writing, Redefined
Loved this book by Shawna Coppola. Accessible, research-based, and practical! Highly recommended read for all educators. - Dr. Sara F. Davidson
In this book, Shawna dangles before us delicious possibilities that will help all students find a way into The Literacy Club and bring instruction into the 21st Century. - Thomas Newkirk
About Renew!
This book made me excited to go back this fall and continue being a teacher of writing....I highly recommend this book to anyone who writes or helps others to write. It is truly a gift to this world. - Jessica Lifshitz
In her debut book, Shawna uses her wit and humor and years of experience as a literacy specialist to persuade teachers to examine their practice and sprout new wings. - Barry Lane
About Literacy for All
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