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1. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Alice Walker in the Classroom: "Living by the Word"
   Carol Jago offers readers a handy guide for bringing this celebrated author's work into the classroom, including biographical information, ideas for literature circles using Walker's short stories, sample writing lessons using Walker's poems, suggestions for teaching The Color Purple, and a wealth of resources for further investigation of Alice Walker and her work.
2. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Amy Tan in the Classroom: "The art of invisible strength"
   Offers high school teachers an activity-based approach to teaching the works of Amy Tan, especially The Joy Luck Club and The Opposite of Fate.
3. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Building Arab Americans' Cultural Identity and Acceptance With Children's Literature
   Introducing multicultural children's literature into the elementary classroom is a first step toward eliminating stereotyping and prejudice and helping students develop cultural identity.
4. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Happily Ever After: Sharing Folk Literature With Elementary and Middle School Students
   This unique text provides background about folk literature and how to use this rich genre in your classroom.
5. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Judith Ortiz Cofer in the Classroom: A Woman in Front of the Sun
   Carol Jago offers ways to teach the works of Judith Ortiz Cofer in the high school English classroom.
6. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Langston Hughes in the Classroom: "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"
   Carmaletta M. Williams provides high school teachers with background on Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as well as help in teaching Hughes's poetry, short stories, novels, and autobiography.
7. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library
   Sandra Cisneros in the Classroom: "Do not forget to reach"
   The third volume in the NCTE High School Literature Series explores the joys of reading and teaching the stories and poems of noted Mexican American author Sandra Cisneros.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Second-Language Literacy Instruction
   This position statement offers recommendations on ways to support second-language learners.
9. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Sherman Alexie in the Classroom: "This is not a silent movie. Our voices will save our lives."
   Provides high school teachers with teaching strategies, classroom activities, and student samples for teaching the works of Sherman Alexie.
10. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives
    This book is designed to help teachers develop their own version of YA pedagogy and a vision for teaching YA lit in the middle and secondary classroom.

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