Possibilities Abound

Abstract

The chapter considers opportunities for students to engage with critical literacy practices while reading A Single Shard (2001). Themes that emerge from a critical analysis of the novel are discussed and suggestions are provided for how students can employ problem-posing questions and critical conversations to uncover the book's intentional and unintentional messages. Engagement with these critical literacy practices introduces students to the dimensions of critical literacy, to the understanding that language is never innocent, and to what it means to read against text.