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Street Lit: Teaching and Reading Fiction in Urban Schools

1st Edition

By Andrew Ratner

Publication Date: Oct 16, 2009

ISBN:0073378437 / 9780073378435

Language: English

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Imprint: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education Dimensions: 9.1 X 6.3 Inches (US)

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In response to concerns about teacher retention, especially among teachers in their first to fourth year in the classroom, we offer future teachers a series of brief guides full of practical advice that they can refer to in both their student teaching and in their first years on the job.

PREFACE BEYOND THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

CHAPTER 1 CREATING A NEED TO READ IN THE CITY CLASSROOM

WHY A BOOK ON THE TEACHING AND READING OF URBAN FICTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

WINDOWS AND MIRORS: STUDENTS SEEING THEMSELVES, SEEING ‘OTHERS’ IN URBAN LITERATURE

CHAPTER 2 FEED THE BLOCK BY TERRENCE HUGHES

TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: STREET LIT: TOO MUCH, TOO OFTEN, TOO EARLY FOR CITY KIDS?

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - FEED THE BLOCK

Street Lit: Teaching and Reading Fiction in Urban Schools

PREFACE BEYOND THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

CHAPTER 1 CREATING A NEED TO READ IN THE CITY CLASSROOM

WHY A BOOK ON THE TEACHING AND READING OF URBAN FICTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

WINDOWS AND MIRORS: STUDENTS SEEING THEMSELVES, SEEING ‘OTHERS’ IN URBAN LITERATURE

CHAPTER 2 FEED THE BLOCK BY TERRENCE HUGHES

TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: STREET LIT: TOO MUCH, TOO OFTEN, TOO EARLY FOR CITY KIDS?

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - FEED THE BLOCK

Introductory Activity: Journal Free-write

Writing Project: Neighborhood “I-Search” Paper

Community of Readers Extension Activity: The One Question Interview

LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT STUDY: THE “UNDERSTOOD” SUBJECT

TEXT CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 3 WHERE THE TIME WENT BY AMY ALVAREZ

TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: KEEPING IT REAL: AUTHENTICITY AND RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION IN URBAN FICTION.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - WHERE THE TIME WENT

Introductory Activity: Bringing Something to the Party - Independent Reading for Literature Circles

Writing Project: Literature Op-Ed

Community of Readers Extension Activity: The Teacherless Literature Circle

LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT STUDY: THE “BE” VERB IN DIALOGUE

TEXT CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 4 “PERMANENT RECORD” BY ELROD GAY AS TOLD TO RATNER

RATNER

TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: THE “N-” WORD

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES – “PERMANENT RECORD”

Introductory Activity: Walking around in someone else’s skin.

Community of Readers Extension Activity: Literature Improvisations

Writing Project: Copy/Change

LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT STUDY: ABSENCE OF THIRD PERSON SINGULAR “S”

TEXT CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 5 A GOOD GIRL (FROM THE BRONX) BY AMBERDAWN COLLIER

TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION - GIRLZ IN THE HOOD: GENDER REPRESENTATION IN URBAN LITERATURE

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES – A GOOD GIRL (FROM THE BRONX)

Introductory Activity: Anticipation Guide

Writing Project: Narrative Detours

Community of Readers Extension Activities: Reader Reinvention (a.k.a ‘Madonna’)

LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT STUDY: CODE SWITCHING

TEXT CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 6 SNITCH BY GRACE PARK

TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: NOW YOU TRY IT

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES: NOW YOU TRY IT

Introductory Activity

Writing Project

Community of Readers Extension Activity

LANGUAGE STUDY IN CONTEXT

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A SNITCH (VERSION 2)

APPENDIX B SNITCH (ALTERNATE ENDING) BY FERVA SAYED