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Main Authors: Lukes, Marguerite, Ed., Rawson, Katherine, Ed.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED360463
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author Lukes, Marguerite, Ed.
Rawson, Katherine, Ed.
author_facet Lukes, Marguerite, Ed.
Rawson, Katherine, Ed.
Lukes, Marguerite, Ed.
Rawson, Katherine, Ed.
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contents Pages from Life: Families Write Together = Paginas de la Vida: Familias Escriben Juntas. Lukes, Marguerite, Ed. Rawson, Katherine, Ed. Autobiographies Cultural Differences Disadvantaged Youth Economically Disadvantaged English Family Life Fiction Immigrants Library Services Minority Groups Parent Participation Poverty Spanish Story Telling Teacher Education Urban Areas Workshops Writing Instruction On Saturdays, neighbors in the Mount Pleasant area of the District of Columbia come together to participate in the family involvement component of The Books Project, a teacher education program that trains teachers to implement writing workshops in language diverse classrooms. The Family Involvement Project expands The Books Project to include parents and involve them in writing workshops. This anthology presents some of the stories written by parents and children. Some are presented in English, but those that were written in Spanish are published in both languages. The 36 stories of this collection illuminate many of the themes of urban life for the disadvantaged, touching on racial and ethnic issues, family and school experiences, and the experiences of poverty. (SLD)
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spellingShingle Pages from Life: Families Write Together = Paginas de la Vida: Familias Escriben Juntas.
Lukes, Marguerite, Ed.
Rawson, Katherine, Ed.
Autobiographies
Cultural Differences
Disadvantaged Youth
Economically Disadvantaged
English
Family Life
Fiction
Immigrants
Library Services
Minority Groups
Parent Participation
Poverty
Spanish
Story Telling
Teacher Education
Urban Areas
Workshops
Writing Instruction
Pages from Life: Families Write Together = Paginas de la Vida: Familias Escriben Juntas. Lukes, Marguerite, Ed. Rawson, Katherine, Ed. Autobiographies Cultural Differences Disadvantaged Youth Economically Disadvantaged English Family Life Fiction Immigrants Library Services Minority Groups Parent Participation Poverty Spanish Story Telling Teacher Education Urban Areas Workshops Writing Instruction On Saturdays, neighbors in the Mount Pleasant area of the District of Columbia come together to participate in the family involvement component of The Books Project, a teacher education program that trains teachers to implement writing workshops in language diverse classrooms. The Family Involvement Project expands The Books Project to include parents and involve them in writing workshops. This anthology presents some of the stories written by parents and children. Some are presented in English, but those that were written in Spanish are published in both languages. The 36 stories of this collection illuminate many of the themes of urban life for the disadvantaged, touching on racial and ethnic issues, family and school experiences, and the experiences of poverty. (SLD)
title Pages from Life: Families Write Together = Paginas de la Vida: Familias Escriben Juntas.
topic Autobiographies
Cultural Differences
Disadvantaged Youth
Economically Disadvantaged
English
Family Life
Fiction
Immigrants
Library Services
Minority Groups
Parent Participation
Poverty
Spanish
Story Telling
Teacher Education
Urban Areas
Workshops
Writing Instruction
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED360463