Culturally Responsive Teaching and ELA
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT), is something to really keep in mind when teaching ELA. While Hammond's book, Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain , could be applied to any class, I intend on focusing CRT in ELA with proper diversity and community building. I Intend on building trust with my students by letting them help set the classroom expectations and room decorations to what makes them feel comfortable. I'd also like to tailor my teaching best I can so that I can appeal to my students' different learning methods. As a queer person and a minority, I would love to shape the curriculum to include literary works that each of my students can see themselves in and can relate to.