Literature, Life-Writing, and Identity

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 17.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. Content Objectives: The Power of a Narrative
  4. The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Bibliography
  8. Appendix
  9. Endnotes

Growing Roots, Stretching Wings: An Exploration of Identity and Voice for English Learners

Sara Stillman

Published September 2017

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Bibliography

Bui, Thi. The best we could do an illustrated memoir. New York: Abrams Comicarts, 2017. Online audio pronunciation guide: http://www.abramsbooks.com/thebestwecoulddo/. Educators’ Guide: https://www.scribd.com/document/349344168/The-Best-We-Could-Do-Teaching-Guide.

Gatkuoch, Martha, and Brett Bymaster. It feels like the burning hut: a young womans journey from war-torn Sudan to America. Eugene, Or.: Resource Publications, 2012. Recommended supplemental text.

Jaramillo, Ann. La Linea: A Novel. Square Fish, 2008. Recommended supplemental text.

Levine, Charles. "What Happened to Agency? Some Observations Concerning the Postmodern Perspective on Identity." Identity 5, no. 2 (2005): 175-85. doi:10.1207/s1532706xid0502_6.

Markham, Lauren. The far away brothers: two young migrants and the making of an American life. New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. Recommended supplemental text.

McCloud, Scott, and Mark Martin. Understanding comics: the invisible art. New York, NY: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.

"Oakland International High School." Oakland International High School. Accessed July 16, 2017. http://www.oaklandinternational.org/.

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. New York: Pantheon, 2004. Recommended supplemental text.

Shapiro, Ari, writer. "All Things Considered/'I'm A Bit Of A Chameleon': A Writer Draws From Her Own Life In 'Refuge'." Transcript. In All Things Considered. NPR. July 11, 2017.

Traig, Jennifer, ed.  Don't Forget to Write for the Secondary Grades: 50 Enthralling and

Effective Writing Lessons (Ages 11 and Up). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2011.

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