1. Advocating for a Genuine Audience: RTI Students and Community Change
Nicholas Strom

2. CONTEXT 1st year teaching Language! C/D and Language! E/F
Primary Instructional Learning Goal: Motivation and engagement

3. Context (cont.) Student Reading and Writing level Student Interests
3rd grade – 12th grade based on Test Results
Student Interests

4. Context (cont.)
Community Rap continued shared through Snap Chat

5. Context (cont.)
Community Rap continued shared through Snap Chat

6. Context (cont.)
Community Rap continued shared through Snap Chat

7. Context (cont. Again)
Epiphany: Shared learning experience = Authentic learning experience

8. Authentic Purpose = Audience
Awareness
Advocacy
Problem Solving
Publication

9. Classroom Application
Awareness
Defined
Classroom Application
Contributing voices, interests, and learning profiles to educate community audience.
Question: What community issue can be connected to student learning and student lives?

10. Classroom Application
Advocacy
Defined
Classroom Application
Convincing others to take action in relation to a social issue
Question: What is a common social issue that RTI students can advocate for that is directly reflective of students’ lives?

11. Classroom Application
Problem Solving
Defined
Classroom Application
Identify a social issue in a community as a means to instigate change.
NAEP ND Reading Proficiency:
19% Below Basic
47% Basic
32% Proficient
2% Advanced
Question: If students meet outcomes in a unit, how can they be applied to an authentic audience?

12. Classroom Application
Publication
Defined
Classroom Application
Distribution of student assessments to an appropriate public sphere for critique by an authentic audience .
Question: Where can student work be reviewed and critiqued by an audience outside of their educator and classroom peers?

13. Promoting Childhood literacy Project

14. ADVOCACY For Students
Question: What is a common social issue that RTI students can advocate for that is directly reflective of students’ lives?
Answer: Utilizing literary theme to address North Dakota literacy rates at appropriate student learning level.

15. AWARENESS For Students
Question: What community issue can be connected to student learning and student lives?
Answer: Student literacy rates in ND. Utilizing time to improve and motivate student interest in literature.

16. PROBLEM SOLVING For Students
Question: If students meet outcomes in a unit, how can they be applied to an authentic audience?
Answer: Students create children’s stories, utilizing a theme that they have learned through there lives to both influence young students and

17. Publication AND REACHING AN AUDIENCE For Students
Question: Where can student work be reviewed and critiqued by an audience outside of their educator?
Answer: PUBLICATION
STORYBIRD
BAREBOOKS
Reaching an Audience
Library Donation
Head Start
YWCA/YMCA

18. Publication AND REACHING AN AUDIENCE For Students (Cont.)
Students share with intended audience:
WFPL:
Simply Stories WFPL – Tuesdays 10:15 AM
WFPL Story Times – Tuesdays 1;30 PM
BPL (Approximate Schedule):
Toddler Story Time – Tuesdays 9:30 and 10:15 AM
Pre-School Story Time – Wednesdays 9:30 and 10:15 AM
Lapsit Baby Story Time- Thursdays 9:30 AM
GFPL
Early Literacy Story Time - 10:00 AM – Every Monday
Pre-School Story Time – 10:00 AM Every Tuesday
Baby Story Time – 10:00 AM Every Wednesday
Toddler Story Time – 10:AM Every Thursday

19. AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE
Challenge: Create an authentic learning experience for students and allow students to give back to the community.