Strategy 10- Providing Opportunities for Student Choice (Critical Literacy)

Providing opportunities for student choice, is defined as "Students select books based on interest and then conduct research based on a theme or the context of the novel. While reading chosen novels and discussing the historical or political context of the novel, students can evaluate why the author chose to write in a particular manner and hypothesize why the author may have privileged certain themes. " 

Bibliography: "Critical Literacy." Critical Literacy. Learn NC, n.d. Web.

This should be used because student choice in any type of research has long been seen by constructionists and critical pedagogues as an effective way to involve, encourage, and empower students to actively participate in the construction of knowledge. By letting students choose they approve students interest. It is not critical though unless students are looking at the problems "involved in society and how the conditions of society created the problem." This strategy can be used at any point where there are different social matters on the table. An example of this would be studying something like immigration and the different points of views. Students can have a choice of what texts to they choose to analyze this matter and what the author is trying to portray.