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Help readers connect to complex texts

11/5/2020

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Using Invitations to Create
 
Engaging students in the reading of classic texts can be difficult, particularly when teaching and learning is happening remotely. Invitations to Create reinvigorate students — and teachers! — through project-based, collaborative curricula developed around challenging texts, ultimately increasing student engagement and building classroom community in the process.

​WHAT'S IN AN INVITATION?
If a prompt is like a camera lens, pulling your task into focus, an invitation is like a colorful string you can’t resist pulling to see what happens next. Writing an invitation for the reader to connect with a text offers them an opportunity to reflect, analyze, and synthesize the text at hand. ​
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​Explore texts from our collection, connect with other educators, and access a full set of invitations for each publication. Currently available: The Awakening by Kate Chopin, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, and "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.  

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Create your own invitations for a text (or texts!) of your choice. Learn the ins and outs of drafting invitations, explore the importance of building the world of a piece of literature, and practice incorporating invitations into your lessons. 

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Rich meaning-making happens when we find ways to experience literature together. ​Find out how you can partner with Literacy Unbound to unbind traditional approaches to the teaching of reading and writing. 

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​TAGS: CREATIVITY, CURRICULUM, LITERACY, LITERACY UNBOUND, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
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The Center for Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) at Teachers College, Columbia University is devoted to advancing global capacities in teacher education, research, and whole school reform. CPET advocates for excellence and equity in education through direct service to youth and educators, innovative school projects, international research that examines and advocates the highest quality instructional and assessment practices today, and sustainable school partnerships that leverage current policy and mandates to raise literacy levels and embed collaborative communities of learning. Uniting theory and practice, CPET promotes rigorous and relevant scholarship and is committed to making excellent education accessible worldwide.
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