Magazine Cover Diversity With Common Core

I chose to create a product with a positive spin on common core. The magazine cover I designed is Diversity With Common Core, I wanted to show how common core could be used with Spanish and English language arts curricula with Common Core State Standards, the project called the Cartonera would be the perfect vehicle for integrating Spanish and English language arts with social studies and art to build bilingual language proficiency and family engagement in our school. 

With LSIC wanting more parents to get involved this was the perfect way to engage everyone.  

The Cartonera was an authentic performance task through which students could present their writing in a creative way. By blending art with this writing assignment, students were able to express themselves visually and linguistically. Their stories were completed with a recipe for the food described in their personal narrative. We are planning to host a family potluck as the culminating event. Families will be able to share their cultures, build community, take pride in their children's work and learn more about our school.

Who could have guessed that a little piece of cardboard would become a unique way of showcasing students’ talents.

In creating my magazine cover, I used five different language of persuasion techniques: 

Association to link the product to the Latino community.

Testimonials I used a students of multicultural  ethnicity to convey diversity.

New an old idea Spanish, English, Language Arts, social Studies and Art (common Core) to express a new project such as the Cartonera that would include all of the above.

Simple solution to incorporate a balance with common core.

Group dynamics diversity in the classroom.

http://www.learningintwolanguages.com/2014/01/common-core-in-dual-language-classroom.html

(Lindholm-Leary 2001, p. 1)  Lindholm-Leary Ph.D., Kathryn. Biliteracy for a Global Society: An Idea Book on Dual Language Education.  National Clearinghouse on English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Education Programs, www.ncela.gwu.edu, Washington DC, August 2000.

https://www.yourcover.com/My-Covers/?ProjectId=87512

http://www.tolerance.org/blog/cartoneras-meet-common-core

http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/subscribe

Hobbs, R. (2011). Composing With Media across the Curriculm. In Digital and media literacy: Connecting culture and classroom. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press.