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Adolescents Rewrite Their Worlds : Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475813241
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Adolescents Rewrite Their WorldsDDC classification:
  • 428.0071/2
LOC classification:
  • LB1631 .A365 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Ch01. LITERATURE: ART, TOOL, AND MORE -- Ch02. THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE CLASSROOM -- Ch03. WRITING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND GENRE-JABS -- Ch04. USING PHOTO STORY TO REWRITE THE CLASSICS -- Ch05. MULTIGENRE PROJECT SAND THE URBAN CLASSROOM: AN EXAMINATION OF LANGUAGEAND CRITICAL LITERACY -- Ch06. DIGITAL LITERACY: WRITING BIOGRAPHIES -- Ch07. LITERATURE RESPONSES AND ACADEMIC WRITING -- Ch08. CHATTING WITH ARTISTS -- Ch09. GRAPHIC NOVELS COME ALIVE IN A SIXTH-GRADE CLASSROOM -- APPENDIX A. Transformative Teaching Practices -- APPENDIX B. Teaching Resources -- CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES.
Summary: Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first century classrooms and global societies, remarking that writing is first a personal exploration that is informed by cultural practices.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Ch01. LITERATURE: ART, TOOL, AND MORE -- Ch02. THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE CLASSROOM -- Ch03. WRITING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND GENRE-JABS -- Ch04. USING PHOTO STORY TO REWRITE THE CLASSICS -- Ch05. MULTIGENRE PROJECT SAND THE URBAN CLASSROOM: AN EXAMINATION OF LANGUAGEAND CRITICAL LITERACY -- Ch06. DIGITAL LITERACY: WRITING BIOGRAPHIES -- Ch07. LITERATURE RESPONSES AND ACADEMIC WRITING -- Ch08. CHATTING WITH ARTISTS -- Ch09. GRAPHIC NOVELS COME ALIVE IN A SIXTH-GRADE CLASSROOM -- APPENDIX A. Transformative Teaching Practices -- APPENDIX B. Teaching Resources -- CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES.

Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first century classrooms and global societies, remarking that writing is first a personal exploration that is informed by cultural practices.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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