Building Academic Literacy An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship

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ISBN: 9780787965556 | 0787965553
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Copyright: 4/22/2003

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Building Academic Literacy: An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship is a volume for middle and high school students addressing the topic of literacy and the important role it plays in our lives. Featuring lively and provocative essays, journalistic writings, and poetry as well as inspiring personal stories, the anthology offers a broad range of cultural and historical perspectives on the following themes: Literacy and Identity: The different ways people see themselves as readers. Literacy and Power: How reading and writing can open doors in our lives. How We Read: The different ways our minds work as we try to understand what we read. Breaking Codes: Our need to navigate unfamiliar types of texts.

Introduction	p. xv
Literacy and Identity	p. 1
"Sharon Cho," from Speaking of Reading	p. 3
"Kevin Clarke," from Speaking of Reading	p. 7
"Inside Out," from The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child	p. 11
From The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights	p. 19
"My Back Pages," from The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading	p. 23
"Seis," from Bless Me, Ultima	p. 25
"Discovering Books," from Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth	p. 35
"The Gift of Reading," from Better Than Life	p. 47
"Coming into Language," from Doing Time: Twenty-Five Years of Prison Writing	p. 49
"Silence," from Woman Warrior	p. 59
"Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood," from Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez	p. 65
"Reading Has Always Been My Home," from How Reading Changed My Life	p. 81
"Brownsville Schooldays," from A Walker in the City	p. 85
Literacy and Power	p. 97
"Gary Lee," from Speaking of Reading	p. 99
"Two Ways to Be a Warrior," from Luis Rodriguez: Writer, Community Leader, Political Activist	p. 103
"The Poets in the Kitchen," from Reena and Other Stories	p. 107
"Libraries and the Attack on Illiteracy"	p. 111
"Learning to Read," from The Autobiography of Malcolm X	p. 113
"In Conversation with Ernest J. Gaines"	p. 121
"Learning to Read"	p. 127
"Precious Words"	p. 131
"Learning to Read and Write," from Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave	p. 133
"India's Literacy Miracle"	p. 141
"Interrogation," from Son of the Revolution	p. 145
"Reign of the Reader"	p. 155
How We Read	p. 159
"Gerald Eisman," from Speaking of Reading	p. 161
"The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently," from New and Selected Poems	p. 165
"The Birth of an Alchemist," from Better Than Life	p. 167
"Watch TV--In Your Head!"	p. 171
"Tuning," from The Winter Room	p. 173
"Superman and Me," from The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading	p. 175
"How to Mark a Book," from The Mercury Reader	p. 179
"Learning to Read," from A History of Reading	p. 185
"Three Wise Guys: Un Cuento de Navidad/A Christmas Story"	p. 189
"The New Case for Latin"	p. 195
"No Words," from Wild Country: Outdoor Poems for Young People	p. 199
"Teaching People to Hate Literature"	p. 201
"Team Xerox"	p. 205
"Private Reading," from A History of Reading	p. 211
Breaking Codes	p. 215
"Susan Schulter," from Speaking of Reading	p. 217
"Important: Read This First"	p. 223
"The Secret Language of Custom"	p. 229
"Language Heads Down the Rabbit Hole"	p. 233
"Cinematic Grammar," from Reading the Movies: Twelve Great Films on Video and How to Teach Them	p. 237
"Hip-Hop Becoming a Worldwide Language for Youth Resistance"	p. 241
"Double-Talk"	p. 245
"Technicality," from Science and Language Links: Classroom Implications	p. 253
"Comic Books," from A Book of Puzzlements: Play and Invention with Language	p. 259
Further Reading	p. 267
About the Editors	p. 269
About the Sponsor	p. 271
Sources and Permissions	p. 275
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