LITERARY LITERACY: READING THE CHRONICLE GENRE IN AN 8TH GRADE CLASS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Keywords: Reading. Chronicle genre. Critical citizen.
Schools have the social role of educating citizens who are fully aware of their rights and prepared to act through language in the world in which they live. Teaching reading and writing therefore assumes a social role capable of determining the future of those who learn to master these practices. Not knowing how to read and write becomes a factor of social segregation, as those who do not possess these skills find themselves marginalized from the world, while those who do are able to act in an agentive manner. Aware of the difficulties experienced by students at the school where I work in relation to reading and writing, such as 8th grade students who can only read simple syllables and write texts with isolated sentences. With this in mind, the present study aims to understand the contribution of the Didactic Sequence (Dolz, Noverraz, Schneuwly, 2004) with a focus on humorous chronicles for the improved reading and writing performance of students enrolled in the 8th grade of Elementary School II in the city of Santa Cruz/RN. In terms of theoretical input, it is based on the studies of Kleiman (1995, 2004), Marcuschi (2010), Bakhtin (1997), Antunes (2003), Candido (1992), Coutinho (1971, 2001), and Arrigucci (1987). In terms of methodological procedures, this is a qualitative research study (Bodgan, Biklen, 1994) of an interventional nature in the mold of action research (Thiollent, 1986; Barbier, 2007), in addition to the guidelines of the National Common Core Curriculum (2018). It is believed that the modules developed through the Didactic Sequence (Dolz, Noverraz, Schneuwly, 2004), through the genre of humorous chronicles, contributed significantly to the formation of readers capable of making considerable use of both oral and written language and, thus, acting in society as critical and participatory citizens.