Read and Rap

Read & Rap invites you to explore the scope of literature targeted at students of middle and high school age. The course provides in-depth examination of criteria critical to selecting the right literature for the right audience. These criteria help teachers guide the selection process to achieve increased student interest and involvement, suitability by reading level, excellence in evaluation protocol, fairness toward special interests (historical, cultural, political, etc.), Thematic unit support, Understanding of the interrelatedness of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and thinking. Read & Rap relates best-practice strategies for selecting literature for the middle and high school classrooms. Dr. Rashidah J. Muhammad of Governor State University conducts discussions with a live in-studio audience to define the ideas and philosophies present in a variety of literary genres.