Full Description
Literacy behind Bars: Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for Use with Incarcerated Youth and Adults is a practical resource for teachers, librarians, administrators, and community stakeholders who work with incarcerated youth and adults. The book includes examples of authentic literacy practices that have been successfully used with those incarcerated around the nation. These include:
·creating graphic novels,
·book clubs,
·writing about gang life,
·reading buddies,
·urban literature
·developing a writing workshop
·establishing a school library
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I. Supporting Writers
1. Word by Word: Teaching Poetic Economy Behind Bars
Deborah Appleman
2. Teaching to the Heart: Fostering Empathy through Writing Workshop
Timothy R. Bunch
3. Composing Public Service Announcements: Using Digital Mentor Texts to
Support Student Writers in a Juvenile Detention Facility
Kristine E. Pytash
4. Writing About the Secrets of Gang Life
Kendra S. Albright
Part II. Encouraging Readers
5. Call-and-Responsive Reading: Street Literature as Agency for Incarcerated Readers
Vanessa Irvin
6. Books Behind the Fence
Susan McNair
7. Creating a Community of Writers Using Graphic Novels
Karen W. Gavigan
8. The Places We Can Go: Book Clubs for Social Justice
Jennifer L. Doyle, Elizabeth M. Bemiss, Mary E. Styslinger
Part III. Inspiring Partnerships
9. Theme for English B: Teaching and Learning with Incarcerated Youth
Peter Williamson, Megan Mercurio, Constance Walker
10. Reading Buddies: A School-University Partnership
Mary E. Styslinger, Timothy R. Bunch
11. Building Bridges Across the Disciplines: Professional Development Behind the
Fence
Victoria A. Oglan, Janie R. Goodman
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
