Playing with Poems: Rules, Tools, and Games

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.02.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Demographics: Identity and Latino Adolescents
  3. The Intersection of Identity, Poetry, and Instructional Practice
  4. Writing Poetry
  5. Audience
  6. Objectives and Common Core State Standards
  7. Essential Questions/Enduring Understandings
  8. Strategies
  9. Student Readings
  10. Scope and Sequence of Unit
  11. Appendices
  12. Bibliography
  13. Notes

Life Happens: Thinking about Key Life Transitions and Identity through Poetry

Brandon Barr

Published September 2014

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Bibliography

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"Cats in the Cradle Lyrics." Cat Stevens. Web. 31 July 2014. <http://www.metrolyrics.com/cats-in-the-cradle-lyrics-cat-stevens.html>.

"Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and technical Subjects." Common Core State Standards. http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf (accessed July 9, 2014).

Cullen, Countee. "Incident." Poemhunter.com. Web. 31 July 2014. <http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/incident/>.

Frey, N & Fisher, D. "Motivation Requires a Meaningful Task." English Journal-Urbana, 100(1), 30-37.

Garciìa, Alma M.. The Mexican Americans. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.

Kimbell-Lopez, Kimberly, Carrice Cummins, and Elizabeth Manning. 2014. "Web 2.0 Tools: Building Structures for Poetry." Illinois Reading Council Journal 42, no. 2: 9-24. Education Research Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed July 8, 2014).

Maehr, M. L. Culture and Achievement Motivation. American Psychologist, 29, 887-896.

Marcia, J. E. Development and Validation of Ego-identity Status. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3,(1966): 551-558.

Pytash, Kristine E. "Using YA Literature to Help Preservice Teachers Deal with Bullying and Suicide." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 56, no. 6 (2013): 470-479.

Rodriguez, A. P. "Latino Education, Latino Movement." Educational Theory, 49: (1999): 381–400.

Ruben, B & Moll, L. "Putting the Heart Back into Writing: Nurturing Voice in Middle School." Middle School Journal. 45(2), 12-18.

Shanahan, T. & Shanahan, C. "Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-area Literacy." Harvard Education Review, 78(1), 40-59.

Smith, Ann Marie. "Poetry Performances and Academic Identity Negotiations in the Literacy Experiences of Seventh Grade Language Arts Students." Reading Improvement, 47(4), 202-218.

Smith, Stevie. "Not Waving but Drowning." BBC News. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/outloud/smith.shtml>. (accessed July 8, 2014).

Smith, T. "Teaching Vocabulary Expeditiously: Three Keys to Improving Vocabulary Instruction." English Journal, 97(4), 20-25.

Williams, Norma. The Mexican American Family: Tradition and Change. Dix Hills, N.Y.: General Hall, 1990.

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