The document discusses key points about creating an effective classroom community from Chapter 18 of Burke's book. It emphasizes treating students as human beings, recognizing their cultural values and languages, and finding ways for students to connect literature to their lives through academic, cultural, emotional and social literacies. The document provides questions and suggestions about establishing rules versus building climate, using diverse genres to motivate reading, and incorporating humanities into ELA to make it more relevant for students.

1. Classroom ManagementNotes: Burke, Chapter18 Authors: Students of EDUC 465

2. Do we begin with establishing rules or building climate? Treat students as human beings Recognize students’ cultural values and languages Find ways in which students can connect literature to the relevancy of their lives: academic, cultural, emotional and social literacies Burke: Main Points

3. All of these are critical to classroom community. Create a warm climate Build mutual respect & community Take time to applaud work Recognize a everyone’s differences Laugh a little Make students as important as the lesson Burke Point 1Treat students as human beings, not statistics

4. In what ways can we use diverse genre to motivate our students to read? Build personal relationships Explore different meanings of words Include diverse texts Integrate authors of different backgrounds Burke Point 2Recognize students’ cultural values and languages

5. How can we incorporate the humanities into ELA to make it more relevant to students? Bring in guest speakers Write for an audience Read with your students and have them write as they read Incorporate art and be creative Use techniques such as, poetry alive, Reader’s Theater, perspective work, and various writing activities Select quality multi-cultural literature Burke Point 3Find ways in which students can connect literature to the relevancy of their lives: