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Personal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom (Language and Literacy Series)
Bronwyn Lamay
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Description for Personal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom (Language and Literacy Series)
paperback. In this inspirational book, LaMay shows readers how to transform classrooms and schools into places where youth can explore the intersection between literacy and their lives. This book is the culmination of a literacy curriculum that the author and her high school students wrote dialogically, beginning with their attempt to define love. Series: Language and Literacy Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JNFD; JNLC; JNT; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
In this inspirational book, LaMay shows readers how to transform classrooms and schools into places where youth can explore the intersection between literacy and their lives. This book is the culmination of a literacy curriculum that the author and her high school students wrote dialogically, beginning with their attempts to define love. Through real-life classroom examples, they demonstrate how an innovative curriculum that intertwines personal and academic engagement can create space for students to explore their identities, connect to literary texts, and develop agency as writers and thinkers. In this important contribution to literacy educators, the author shows how personal ... Read more
Book Features:
- Evidence of how students’ social-emotional and academic growth may intertwine in the interest of school engagement.
- A re-conceptualization of the complex layers of the personal narrative genre and its role in the pedagogy of academic writing.
- A reinterpretation of the transformational role of revision in students’ academic and life texts.
- Examples of writing and interview data that illustrate the diversity of student responses.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Language and Literacy Series
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807758083
SKU
V9780807758083
Shipping Time
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99-50
About Bronwyn Lamay
Bronwyn Clare LaMay is currently a high school English teacher at Impact Academy of Arts and Technology, Envision Schools, in Hayward, CA. In addition to her K–12 work, she has taught pre- and inservice teachers at University of San Francisco, Mills College, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley.
Reviews for Personal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom (Language and Literacy Series)
" Personal Narrative, Revised is a beautiful balance of writing, writing instruction, and theory. The book would be a welcome addition to any course, study group, or professional development that supports educators in creating dialogic and narrative spaces for students to cultivate meaningful connections between their personal and academic identities." —Teachers College Record " She reminds us that ... Read more