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Tables of Contents for Invitation to Reading and Writing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Structure of this Book
x
UNIT I: Personal Achievement in Education
The Dare
1
8
Roger Hoffmann
I was a Remedial Student, from Lives on the Boundary
9
11
Mike Rose
Laura, from Lives on the Boundary
20
7
Mike Rose
Epilogue: Lilia, from Lives on the Boundary
27
8
Mike Rose
Fences Against Freedom, from Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today
35
4
Leslie Marmon Silko
Schools may have Problems, But they Often Begin at Home
39
7
Mike Royko
Dropping Back in
46
12
Andrea J. Fine
Yes I can
58
7
Abbie Jones
Words, Good or Bad, Can Echo Through a Lifetime
65
8
Bob Greene
Word Demons
70
3
UNIT II The Immigrant Experience in America
Geraldo no Last Name
73
5
Sandra Cisneros
Jimmy and Death, from Bronx Primitive
78
10
Kate Simon
A Song Unsung: The History of a Student Essay
88
16
Violet A. Mieliulis
Should Immigrants be Welcomed or Repudiated?
104
17
Elvia Martinez
Do Immigrants Ruin America?
111
6
Word Demons
117
4
UNIT III Living with Disabilities
On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read
121
7
David Raymond
The Thirsty Animal
128
5
Brian Manning
Monika Teaches Me to Walk
133
5
Elia Herrera
Two Words---``I Do''---Speak Volumes About Bob Love
138
8
Bob Greene
Against the Odds
146
11
John Boslough
Word Demons
152
5
UNIT IV Laugh So You Don't Cry
The Locket
157
7
Gary Soto
Student Writing Bloopers
162
2
Getting Pucked
164
6
Michelle Genz
More Writing Bloopers
168
2
Are Guys Smart, or What?
170
7
Dave Barry
More Writing Bloopers
175
2
UNIT V Overcoming Racism
Racism as an Adult, from Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
177
5
Leslie Marmon Silko
Momma Confronts the Dentist, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
182
9
Maya Angelou
Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders his Power to Alter Public Space
191
7
Brent Staples
Native American Prejudice, from Blue Highways
198
9
William Least Heat Moon
Learning from Racism, from The Color of Water: A Black man's Tribute to his White Mother
207
6
James McBride
The Quiet Riot Next Door
213
10
Alex Kotlowitz
Offensive Words
223
9
William Raspberry
Memories in Blood
232
9
Ellis Cose
Word Demons
238
3
UNIT VI Defining Family in Modern America
Fathers Provide Bridge over the ``River of Goo''
241
6
Kathleen Parker
The Story of a Successful Single Mom: Had It not Been for the Village...
247
6
Bunnie Riedel
Stone Soup
253
10
Barbara Kingsolver
Enlist Hollywood in the War on Teen Pregnancy
263
5
Ellen Goodman
``Superfluous'' Dads a menace to Society
268
6
William Raspberry
Keeper of the Seal, From maafa: When Night Becomes a Lion
274
12
Martha Modena Vertreace
Word Demons
278
3
Mini-Handbook
281
5
Acknowledgments
286
2
Index
288
4
Index By Author
292