Reading and Sexuality
Nan Baker and Susan Airone
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Students who have had trouble learning to read, write, spell and comprehend words like Soot,
slot
,
skim
,
trim
,
rule
,
roll
,
stroll
find it new and different and fun to work with words like
sex
,
breast
,
penis
,
vagina
,
tampon
,
make love
, hug and
kiss
. When their decoding ability is more skilled, they are willing to tackle words like,
intercourse
,
masturbation
,
ejaculation
and
menstruate
. I work with some of the sexual slang words also. Most of these are onesyllable, AngloSaxon words that the students already know. I teach in a school where the use of slang in an educational context is considered appropriate. Your school may be quite different. Whatever words I use, my ultimate aim is to familiarize my students with new decoding, spelling and vocabulary comprehension skills using a phonetic approach which I will explain further on in the unit.