1st Edition
Greater Expectations Teaching Academic Literacy to Underrepresented Students
By Robin Turner
Copyright 2008
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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While the population of Hispanic/Latino and African American students in the United States continues to grow, the rate at which they attend college remains alarmingly small. These students, who are often defined as educationally underrepresented, are a bellwether of a shortcoming in our nation' s educational system that has serious implications for the future. In Greater Expectations: Teaching... Read more
Chapter One: Why Focus on Underrepresented Students?; Chapter Two: Familia and Classroom Culture; Chapter Three: Literary Analysis: Reading and Writing Strategies; Chapter Four: Autobiographical and Biographical Writing Strategies: Using Students' Lives to Engage Them in Writing and School; Chapter Five: Teaching Argument and Research Writing Strategies:; Chapter Six: Exploring Culture-Based Writing; Chapter Seven: Reflection: The Key to Growth as a Reader, Writer, and Person; Chapter Eight: Puente: The Bigger Familia; Chapter Nine: Conclusion
Biography
Robin Turner has taught English for sixteen years at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California, and has been a Puente teacher leader for the past ten years. Robin has also taught both Freshman Composition and Critical Thinking in Writing at Fullerton College.
