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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792567403321

Titolo

Literacy behind bars : successful reading and writing strategies for use with incarcerated youth and adults / / edited by Mary E. Styslinger, Karen Gavigan, Kendra Albright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4422-6926-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 pages)

Disciplina

365/.666

Soggetti

Prisoners - Education - United States

Reading - United States

Creative writing - Study and teaching - United States

Prisoners as authors - United States

Prisoners - Books and reading - United States

Literacy programs - United States

Prison libraries - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Supporting writers -- Word by word : teaching poetic economy behind bars / Deborah Appleman -- Teaching to the heart : fostering empathy through writing workshop / Timothy R. Bunch -- Composing public service announcements : using digital mentor texts to support student writers in a juvenile detention facility / Kristine E. Pytash -- Writing about the secrets of gang life / Kendra S. Albright -- Part II. Encouraging readers -- Call-and-responsive reading : street literature as agency for incarcerated readers / Vanessa Irvin -- Books behind the fence / Susan McNair -- Creating a community of writers using graphic novels / Karen W. Gavigan -- The places we can go : book clubs for social justice / Jennifer L. Doyle, Elizabeth M. Bemiss, Mary E. Styslinger -- Part III. Inspiring partnerships -- Theme for English B : teaching and learning with incarcerated youth / Peter Williamson, Megan Mercurio, Constance Walker -- Reading buddies : a school-university partnership / Mary E. Styslinger, Timothy R. Bunch -- Building bridges across the



disciplines : professional development behind the fence / Victoria A. Oglan, Janie R. Goodman.