Culturally responsive pedagogy

Amplify ELA is built on the conviction that equitable instruction is vital to an effective program—that curricula must provide all students with the same opportunities to achieve academic success, and that texts must be relevant to culturally diverse classrooms.

With that in mind, Amplify ELA lessons provide:

• Multiple levels of reading and writing supports to allow every student, including ELLs, to read and write about the same texts.
• A culturally diverse collection of authors, protagonists, and topics to ensure that texts are relevant and relatable.
• Numerous feedback moments with opportunities for teachers to understand their students’ stories and create a community of learners.
• A focus on communication from teacher to student and student to student, through frequent small-group collaborations and large-group activities such as debates and Socratic seminars.