Cherokee Phoenix sur Twitter : "Three books and an audiobook written or co-authored by Cherokee Nation citizen Traci Sorell won four American Library Association awards at its mid-winter meeting held Jan. 24–28 in Philadelphia. ht. Diverse Books for Middle School. Authors and publishers are responding to the need for diverse books for middle school. Consequently, there are wonderful new multicultural titles available, many rooted in Latino culture. These diverse books for middle school serve as mirrors and windows. In other words, some readers will see their culture reflected in the stories and others will gain insight into a culture other than their own. Five of the novels below are historical fiction and all have engaging, strong protagonists.
These books are wonderful multicultural literature! Strong Latinas in Diverse Books for Middle School I’m a member of Amazon’s affiliate program. Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle is middle grade novel by Hilda Eunice Burgos. Read more on Amazon (affiliate): Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle Moving Target Moving Target, by award-winning author Christina Diaz Gonzalez, is an exciting, action-packed mystery. Read more on Amazon (affiliate): Moving Target.
3 Tips for Teaching English to Working Adults | Uncharted Tesol. When you hear the term “working adult,” who is the first person that comes to your mind? What job do they have? What age? What ethnicity? To take things one step further, consider the term “working adult English learner.” Has the profile in your mind changed? I have designed curriculum for and taught English to working adults for half a decade; very specifically, adults who work in the food industry. By the learner profiles we track at my company, ESL Works, working adults are between the ages of 19 and 65. 20% work two jobs and 60% work a schedule that varies from week to week. 30% have graduated from high school or have earned their GED. 85% worked professional or skilled positions in their home country.
While the term working adult might only be appreciated as a category of learner, I’ve come to use it as a guiding phrase at ESL Works. Here are three tips to consider when teaching English to working adults: Anticipate Lateness Make homework an option Class time is a unanimous activity. Choice page. Choice page. Best Middle School Books, As Chosen by Teachers. 9. The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry Jonas lives in a society in which the government controls everything: childbearing, careers, marriages. His utopia has sacrificed emotions and uniqueness in favor of a safe and predictable life.
When Jonas learns that life could be different, he can never turn back to the life he’s always known. 10. The Outsiders by S.E. Ponyboy and his brothers, Darry and Sodapop have a tough life. 11. On a trip to visit her mother’s grave, Sal learns about herself and her family. 12. Is eternal life really that wonderful? 13. Bud Caldwell, is a 10 year old orphan who has grown up in Flint, Michigan. 14.
Basketball-loving twins Josh and Jordan find their way through isolation and conflict in this novel in verse by master poet, Kwame Alexander. 15. Melinda Sordino can’t tell anybody why she called the police to break up a party the summer before ninth grade. 16. 17. Parvana is eleven when the Taliban comes to power in Afghanistan. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Motivating ELL Student Readers | Colorín Colorado. Once upon a time, I tried to read Like Water, for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel in Spanish.
I had seen and enjoyed the movie in English, and since I'm a fairly fluent Spanish speaker, I thought it would be a fun challenge. I think I "read" three pages. I say "read" because I read the words, but I probably understood about 20% of what I'd read. My reading was frustrating and slow, and even though I was familiar with the story, I was only able to pick out some of the details related to the characters and storyline. I returned the book to the library and checked out a book written in Spanish that was more comprehensible to me — a romance novel by Danielle Steele. I believe that my experiences were very similar to what many ELL students experience. Researcher G.R. Reading for enjoymentreading for vicarious experiencereading to find yourselfreading to understand issuesreading for aesthetic appreciation The question is — how to get them reading?
Interest What is something that you think is fun? Reading Motivation and Fun | Colorín Colorado. Regardless of what reading program or strategies you use in your classroom, reading needs to be fun. Students should be encouraged to pick up books that interest, fascinate, educate, and entertain them. There are many ways that you can help promote the joy of reading in your classroom. Here are a few ideas: Here are a few suggestions for making reading more fun and accessible for your ELL students in particular: Introduce students to books with familiar topics Just like anyone else, ELL students like to see and read things that they can relate to. If an eight year-old girl grew up in Mexico, she might enjoy Gary Soto's book, Too Many Tamales.
Colorín Colorado's lists of recommended books Scholastic's Club Leo Book Club Grades PreK-8 books in Spanish, English, and bilingual editions from the U.S., Latin America, and Spain Children's Book Press A nonprofit publisher of multicultural and bilingual children's picture books Introduce parents to the public library. LA0852Profiles. Mirrors and windows in our library collections. October 6th, 2016By Jeannie Skinner children need books that mirror their world and open windows to others At the recent IBBY Congress in Auckland, a number of speakers used the analogy of books as both windows and mirrors in various contexts: about growing up in NZ, back in the day, with books predominantly from the UK and USabout needing more diversity in books, reflecting the whole community not just the majorityabout the role of books and story to make the world a better place by fostering understanding, recognition and empathy for differences and similarities.
Jo Buchan has done a great blog post here about the IBBY Congress, and check out Paula Green's blog post about IBBY too. Jo refers to the original essay Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors (pdf, 763KB) by Rudine Sims Bishop. This essay originally appeared in Perspectives: Choosing and using books for the classroom, Vol 6, no 3, Summer 1990, and the hopes it expresses are just as relevant today: Mirrors and windows 1. 2. 3.
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