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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821726603321

Titolo

Adolescents rewrite their worlds : using literature to illustrate writing forms / / edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Teresa Sychterz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4758-1324-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

428.0071/2

Soggetti

Creative writing (Middle school)

Language arts (Middle school)

English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Middle school)

Literature - Study and teaching (Middle school)

Children's stories

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Patrick Shannon -- Literature : art, tool and more / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw -- The transformative power of children's literature in the classroom / Teresa Sychterz -- Writing public service announcements and genre jabs / Jason Griffith -- Using photo story to rewrite the classics / Jason Griffith -- Multi-genre projects and the urban classroom : an examination of language and critical literacy / Donna-Marie Cole-Malott -- Digital literacy : writing biographies / Jason Moser -- Literature responses and academic writing / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw -- Chatting with artists / Mary Napoli & Sychterz -- Graphic novels comes alive in a sixth grade classroom / Mary Napoli & Teresa Sychterz -- Appendix A: Transformative teaching practices -- Appendix B: Teaching resources.