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Tables of Contents for Reading, Writing, and Rising Up
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vi
Acknowledgements
viii
A Poem for the Women in My Department
ix
Notes to the Reader
x
Building Community Out of Chaos
1
38
Building Community Out of Chaos
2
8
To Say the Name is to Begin the Story
10
4
The Read-Around: Raising Writers
14
4
Where I'm From: Inviting Students' Lives into the Classroom
18
5
``Where I'm From''
George Ella Lyon
``I am From Soul Food and Harriet Tubman''
Lealonni Blake
``I am From Pink Tights and Speak Your Mind''
Djamila Moore
``I am From . . .''
Oretha Storey
``I am From Swingsets and Jungle Gyms''
Debby Gordon
Sweet Learning
23
4
``In My Father's Kitchen''
Laura Tourtillott
``Abuelita''
Alejandro Vidales
Childhood Narratives
27
10
Elements of Fiction---Student Handout
``Neighborhood Hassle''
Stephenie Lincoln
``My Name is Not Kunta Kinte''
DeShawn Holden
``Super Soaker War''
Bobby Bowden
Childhood Narrative Reading Analysis---Student Handout
Narrative Criteria---Student Handout
Discipline: No Quick Fix
37
2
Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us
39
18
Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us: Critiquing Cartoons and Society
40
12
``Help Me Syndrome''
Hasina Deary
``Looking Pretty, Waiting for the Prince''
Lila Johnson
Dialogue Journal Strategy---Their Eyes Were Watching God
Student Sample of a Dialogue Journal---Their Eyes Were Watching God
Charting Stereotypes---Student Handout
Praise Poems
52
5
``Tiger Eyes''
Chetan Patel
``Gurl''
Mary Blalock
``Kool-Aid''
Jenelle Yarbrough
``Ode to Rocky Road''
Erin Brock
``Dragon Dance''
Loi Nguyen
Writing the Word and the World
57
42
Writing the Word and the World
58
8
``Coming Out''
Kronda Adair
Forgiveness Poems
66
2
``forgiving my father''
Lucille Clifton
``Forgiving My Mother''
Tanya Park
``Forgiving My Father''
Justin Morris
Essay With An Attitude
68
13
``Tar Baby''
Khalilah Joseph
``A Woman's Silent journey''
Erika Miller
``A Bill of Rights For Girls''
Mary Blalock
Introductions---Student Handout
Essay With An Attitude---Criteria Sheet
Essy With An Attitude---Student Essay Response Sheet
Acting for justice
81
7
``Tolerance''
Joe Strivers
``Maurice''
Justin Morris
Writing the College Essay: Creating a Vision of Possibility
88
11
``Granny's''
Alyss Dixson
``Saxophone''
Dyan Watson
``The Children's Prayer Group''
Chetan Patel
``A Lesson in Passion''
Chelsea Henrichs
The Politics of Language
99
26
Teaching Standard English: Whose Standard?
100
5
``Hey! Go Boy!''
Thieson Nguyen
Reading, Writing, and Righteous Anger: Teaching About Languag and Society
105
10
``Finding the Inside''
Mira Shimabukuro
``Grandma's Kitchen''
Alisha Moeland
The Tea Party: Enticing Reluctant Readers to Read
115
6
Tea Party Roles---Thousand Pieces of Gold
Tea Party Roles---Their Eyes Were Watching God
Tea Party---Student Handout
Celebrating the Student Voice
121
4
``Rayford's Song''
Lawson Inada
``His Story''
Masta Davis
``The Music Lesson''
Sarah Stucki
Poetry
125
34
Poetry: Reinventing the Past, Rehearsing the Future
126
8
``Celle''
Lila Johnson
``Photograph, 1969''
Katy Barber
``To the Coaches of the Year''
Bobby Janisse
Promoting Social Imagination Through Interior Monologues
134
4
``I Went Looking for Jefferson''
Aaron Wheeler-Kay
``Vietnam: No Scissors to the Truth''
Meg Niemi
``Jacob Lawrence---The Migration''
Corinne Rupp
The Poetry of Protest: Martin Espada
138
3
``Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits''
Martin Espada
Remember Me Poems
141
3
``Remember Amanda?''
Amanda Wheeler-Kay
``Remember Sihaya?''
Jessica Rawlins
``Mary''
Erika Howard
Immigration
What Happened to the Golden Door? How My Students Taught Me About Immigration
144
15
``Indian Kitchen''
Frances Ram
``Hopeless in Vietnam''
Danny Cang Dao
``When I Was Small''
Jesus Rangel
Immigration Project---Student Handout
``What Are You?''
Robert Smith
Portfolios
159
10
Portfolios and Basketball
``Ode to Writing''
Jessica Rawlins
Portfolio Evaluation: Pulitzer---Student Handout
``Where Poems Hide''
Deonica Johnson
Writing Portfolio---Student Handout
160
9
Untracking English
169
14
Untracking English: Creating Quality Education for All Students
170
13
Index
183