More Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Doors

Steven T. Bickmore; Shanetia P. Clark

doi:10.5771/9781475843606

Summary

This is the third book in a three volume series celebrating and examining about the work of 11 of the most prominent African American authors since 2000. The eleven identified authors are Andrea Davis Pinkney, Coe Booth, Sheila P. Moses, Kwame Alexander, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Varian Johnson, Renee Watson, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Lamar Giles. These authors build on the work of the authors in books two and three. The chapter authors—librarians and established and emerging scholars in the field of young adult literature--survey the work of each author, their accolades, and how audiences responded to their work. Each chapter highlights a single work and discusses how it might be taught in a classroom with a focus on introductory, during, and concluding activities for individuals, small groups and the whole class. This volume is a resource for classroom teachers, teacher educators, reading specialists, librarians, and other educators who study, research, and read young adult literature. Even more importantly it can be resource for students who read and study these authors at the secondary and collegiate level. This is especially true when the current moment in the U. S. shows facing anew concerns of voting rights and discussion of how and when Critical Race Theory or any discussion of Race might take place in a classroom.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-4358-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-4360-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 128
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. 1. References No access
4. 1. References No access
1. Join Me for the Rhythm Ride No access
2. 1. Solo Work: Individual Research and Writing in the Online Community No access
  2. Duet, Trio, or Quartet: Conducting Interviews with Different Voices and Learning from Experts No access
  3. Adding to the Chorus: Pop-Up Videos No access
3. Bibliography of Andrea Davis Pinkney’s Middle-Grade Works No access
4. References No access
1. Authenticity, Honesty, and Realism No access
2. Longing for “Home”: Kendra No access
3. 1. Individual No access
  2. Small Group No access
  3. Whole Class No access
4. Final Thoughts No access
5. Bibliography of Works by Coe Booth No access
6. References No access
1. Critical Discussion of the Work No access
2. Pedagogical Focus in the Classroom No access
3. 1. Text to Text Connections No access
  2. Text to Self-Connections No access
  3. Text to World Connections No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Sheila P. Moses Books for Adolescents No access
6. Sources No access
1. Award-Winning Words No access
2. 1. 1. Small-Group Activity: As In, the Huddle No access
  2. Whole-Class Activity: As In, Cutting the Net Together No access
  3. As In, Crossing Over with a Final Thought No access
3. References No access
1. Writing through Her Questions: Themes No access
2. The Ordinary and Extraordinary in History No access
3. Nuances in Contemporary Realistic Fiction No access
4. Magoon’s Activism No access
5. Classroom Activities No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Primary Works No access
8. References No access
9. Scholarly Works No access
10. Classroom Activities No access
11. Author Note No access
1. Critical Reception and Future Promise No access
2. Discussion of The Boy in the Black Suit No access
3. Death is Everywhere—Classroom Activities or Instructional Focus No access
4. 1. Step 1: No access
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  3. Optional Step 3: No access
5. Activity 2: During Reading (Our Grief or the Grief of Others) No access
6. Activity 3: After Reading (Moving from Grief to Leaving a Legacy) No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Selected Bibliography No access
9. References No access
1. The Parker Inheritance No access
2. 1. Small-Group Discussion: Sustaining Racial Identities through Difference No access
  2. Whole-Class Project: The Memorial Room No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. References No access
1. Instructional Activities No access
2. Looking Back for Inspiration No access
3. Exploring and Observing for Inspiration No access
4. Looking Inward and Speaking Outward for Inspiration No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Other works by Renee Watson No access
7. References No access
1. Jackson’s Critical Reception No access
2. A Critical Discussion of Monday’s Not Coming No access
3. 1. Individual No access
  2. 1. Whole Class No access
  3. During-Reading Activities No access
  4. Small Group No access
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  6. Post-Reading Activities No access
  7. Small Group No access
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4. Beyond the Book, a “First Pages” Activity No access
5. Author’s Works No access
6. References No access
1. 1. Binti’s Identity and Culture No access
  2. Questions about the Pursuit of Knowledge No access
2. Instructional Activities No access
3. 1. Individual—Journal Prompt: Imagining the Future No access
  2. Small-Group Stations: Africa Past, Present, and Future No access
  3. Whole-Class Activity—What is Space to a Black Person? To an African? No access
4. 1. Individual Prompt—Binti Becomes a Hero No access
  2. Small Groups—Elevator Pitch: The Great Negotiator No access
  3. Whole-Class Activity—Socratic Seminar: The Hero’s Journey No access
5. 1. Individual—What is Home? No access
  2. Inquiry (Small) Group: Character Web/Character Progression No access
  3. Whole-Class Activity No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. References No access
1. Critical Discussion of Not So Pure and Simple No access
2. Instructional Activities for Not So Pure and Simple No access
3. 1. Individual No access
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4. 1. Individual No access
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5. 1. Individual No access
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6. Conclusion No access
About the Editors No access Pages 123 - 124
About the Authors No access Pages 125 - 128