Recontextualized

A Framework for Teaching English with Music

Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music is a book that can benefit any English teacher looking for creative approaches to teaching reading, writing, and critical thinking. Providing theoretically-sound, classroom-tested practices, this edited collection not only offers accessible methods for including music into your lesson plans, but also provides a framework for thinking about all classroom practice involving popular culture. The framework described in Recontextualized can be easily adapted to a variety of educational standards and consists of four separate approaches, each with a different emphasis or application. Written by experienced teachers from a variety of settings across the United States, this book illustrates the myriad ways popular music can be used, analyzed, and created by students in the English classroom.

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Remixing Teaching through Music
Intertextuality and Intersubjectivity in the Recontextualized ELA Classroom
Pages: 1–10
Mix It up
A Language Framework to Incorporate Popular Music and Critical Conversations in the ELA Classroom
Pages: 31–49
Woody and Me
Connecting Millennials to the Great Depression
Pages: 65–75
Music Experiences as Writing Solutions
Grace for Drowning
Pages: 77–92
Hip-Hop and Social Change
Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom
Pages: 93–111
From Lenin to Lennon
Using Music to Revive the Classics
Pages: 113–128
Language Power
Saying More with Less through Songwriting
Pages: 141–152
Afterword
Broadening the Context of Music in the Classroom
Pages: 153–159
“Together, this editor/author team has produced a book that virtually vibrates with possibilities for engaging youth in ways that speak to their interests while simultaneously maintaining the rigor expected of English classes.” —Donna E. Alvermann, University of Georgia
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