Street lit teaching and reading fiction in urban schools - Ratner, Andrew (New York McGraw-Hill, 2010)
Preface. Beyond the house on Mango Street -- Chapter 1. Creating a need to read in the city classroom -- Chapter 2. Feed the block / by Terrence Hughes -- Chapter 3. Where the time went / by Amy Alvarez -- Chapter 4. "Permanent record" / by Elrod Gay as told to Ratner -- Chapter 5. Good girl (from the Bronx) / by Amberdawn Collier -- Chapter 6. Snitch / by Grace Park -- Teacher focus group discussion : now you try it -- Classroom activities : now you try it -- Language study in context -- Appendix A. Snitch (version 2) -- Appendix B. Snitch (alternate ending)
Keywords: Young adult fiction, American -- Study and teaching (Secondary); High school students -- Books and reading -- United States; Middle school students -- Books and reading -- United States; Urban youth -- Books and reading -- United States