Description: Greater Expectations : Teaching Academic Literacy to Underrepresented Students, Paperback by Turner, Robin, ISBN 1571107401, ISBN-13 9781571107404, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Turner, a high school English teacher from California, finds that although Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans grow as a proportion of the population, the rate at which they attend college remains small. He believes this is an indicator of shortcomings in the US educational system and offers pragmatic methods to prepare students for higher education. He explains familio and cariño, the establishment of a sense a community in the classroom and the creation of a positive learning environment, then provides narratives and lesson plans that motivate teachers to approach students with greater respect for those students' experiences in their respective cultures. Along the way he examines classroom culture, literary analysis through reading and writing strategies, autobiographical and biographical writing strategies, argument and research writing strategies, culture-based writing, reflection, and the role of the bigger family created by commitment and enthusiasm for one's own culture. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Greater Expectations : Teaching Academic Literacy to Underreprese
Author: Turner, Robin
Language: English
