Literacy Behind Bars

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

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Mary E. Styslinger is an associate professor of English and literacy education at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Midlands Writing Project. Her research interests include interweaving literacy into the English curriculum and serving marginalized and at-risk youth; she has published articles in English Journal, Voices from the Middle, Language Arts, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Kappan. Karen Gavigan is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina. She and Mindy Tomasevich are co-authors of Connecting Comics to Curriculum: Strategies for Grades 6-12 (Libraries Unlimited), and Karen and Kendra Albright are co-editors of the graphic novel, AIDS in the End Zone. Kendra Albright is Professor and Director of the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University and Editor of Libri, International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies. Dr. Albright¿s interdisciplinary research addresses issues of information ethics and social justice for minority and disenfranchised populations.

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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

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