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Importance of Critical Literacy

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Across
2. Literacy is a way to bring childrens _______ into
the classroom. (lives)
5. Critical literacy promotes _______, transformative
change, and action. (reflection)
6. After critical thinking takes place there needs to be
a message that encourages _______ _______. (social
change)
7. Children can understand backgrounds different than
their own by being introduced to how to view a book
_______. (critically)
9. Selecting texts which showcase _______ that aren't
normal heard is important for critical literacy. (voices)
10. Critical literacy encourages readers to question,
explore, or _______ what they read. (challenge)

Down
1. The critical literacy curriculum focuses on issues of
_______. (diversity)
3. The goal of critical literacy is to have students see
an issue with a new _______. (perspective)
4. The beginning of critical literacy begins with
disrupting the _______ _______ with new texts.
(common place)
8. Reader's _______ allows students to explore text
through acting it out to fully understand what
characters are thinking and feeling. (theater)