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Your Turn: Chapter 1 John Maxwell (2019) said, “We look back before we look ahead because reflection is the process that turns experience into insight,” and writing about your experiences often reveals this insight in authentic ways. Choose one of the following questions to consider, and record your thinking. Then, find a partner or a team or book study member, and share your writing. y Think about your own experiences as a student in secondary English language arts classes. Based on our definition of authentic literacy instruction, would you say the instruction you received was authentic? Why or why not?
y How might a focus on the individual students’ strengths and challenges throughout the year shift the focus of what you prioritize instructionally?
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y Recall writer Jason Reynolds’s experience, which we mentioned in this chapter (page 11). How is it possible to advance through school without reading a book, particularly a novel in his English classes? Why might some individual students choose to write poetry but refuse to read the books assigned in school? What about you— did you read? What did you like to write?
