One of the books I chose for my annotated bibliography was a book called My Itty-Bitty Bio: Maya Angelou. My Itty-Bitty Bio: Maya Angelou is a simple, age appropriate biography about Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was an American poet, award winning author, playwright, stage and screen performer, memoirists, and civil rights activists. Maya Angelou played an active role during the Civil Rights Movement, became a voice for her community, and an inspiration throughout the arts community. According to Renaissance (2017), My Itty-Bitty Bio: Maya Angelou interest level is for lower grades (PreKK-2) and its ATOS book level is scored at 1.4. This means that students should be able to independently read this book by first grade, fourth month of
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Students’ who lack prior knowledge often have trouble and/or are not successful understanding (comprehending) text. According to Abdelaal, Sase and Saleh (2014), it is important to “activate the correct prior knowledge to make the reading task easier for readers” (Abdelaal, Sase, & Saleh, 2014, p. 126). In the story, My Itty-Bitty Bio: Maya Angelou, students’ will need to have quite a bit of world and literacy knowledge to comprehend this text. Students’ will need to be familiar and comfortable with the text structure (expository) and the genre of biography. It will definitely be important for students’ to understand what is a biography and the purpose of biography. It will also be imperative for students’ to have background knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement and treatment of black people during that time period. If students’ are not aware of this historical events, the story of Maya Angelou will have no meaning to them. Students’ could not understand how Maya Angelou’s life experiences and contributions through her books, plays, and poetry is such an inspiration in our country. The story would simply be about a black woman who was treated unfair and grew up to write stories about something that inspired people. Students’ would definitely find this text challenging and will have comprehension issues if the prior knowledge is not built before reading text. As teacher, it
Students’ who lack prior knowledge often have trouble and/or are not successful understanding (comprehending) text. According to Abdelaal, Sase and Saleh (2014), it is important to “activate the correct prior knowledge to make the reading task easier for readers” (Abdelaal, Sase, & Saleh, 2014, p. 126). In the story, My Itty-Bitty Bio: Maya Angelou, students’ will need to have quite a bit of world and literacy knowledge to comprehend this text. Students’ will need to be familiar and comfortable with the text structure (expository) and the genre of biography. It will definitely be important for students’ to understand what is a biography and the purpose of biography. It will also be imperative for students’ to have background knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement and treatment of black people during that time period. If students’ are not aware of this historical events, the story of Maya Angelou will have no meaning to them. Students’ could not understand how Maya Angelou’s life experiences and contributions through her books, plays, and poetry is such an inspiration in our country. The story would simply be about a black woman who was treated unfair and grew up to write stories about something that inspired people. Students’ would definitely find this text challenging and will have comprehension issues if the prior knowledge is not built before reading text. As teacher, it