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  Feminist Lens Graphic As a future English Language Arts teacher, who hopes to teach at the high school level, I wanted to create a visual lesson for a topic that I thought might be confusing for some. I know that some people have a difficult time with critical lenses so that felt like a good way to go. I first thought about creating a visual for several critical lenses but figured that would be overwhelming and there wouldn't really be enough time to go over everything that needs to be covered in a single class period. I eventually settled on the feminist lens because I thought it would be the most fun to make.  Creating this graphic was more challenging than I had initially assumed it would be because I wanted to use references to movies or TV shows that would be relevant to and representative of all teens. I also wanted the images or scenes to be fairly obvious in their depictions of women so there was no confusion in what a person should be looking for. I picked a few que...

 As a future English Language Arts teacher I don’t believe there is a single topic in ELA that doesn’t directly involve, relate to, or rely on literacy in some way. With the past year’s challenges in education the use of technology has played a vital role in classrooms across the world. I was recently introduced to multimodal compositions as a means of responding to literature and texts in place of the traditional, albeit sometimes boring, essays we are so accustomed to. This is a relatively new concept to me and one that I sometimes struggle with. To respond to texts, students can choose to create digital collages and poetry, book talks and trailers, infographics, or interactive timelines, the choices are limited only by your creativity. I’ve found that, for me, creating something other than a traditional essay requires a deeper understanding of the text you’ve just read because there’s usually less space to make your point. Multimodal compositions also provide a more engaging w...