Girls, Social Class, and Literacy: What Teachers Can Do to Make a Difference

by Stephanie Jones and Stephanie Jones

Book Overview

Using stories from her own life as a girl in a workingpoor family and illuminating narratives from students living in a highpoverty neighborhood, Stephanie introduces readers to critical literacy and equips them with the tools to begin tearing apart stereotypes and creating new understandings about students, families, ourselves, and one another. This remarkable book is at once powerful and poetic, provocative and informative.
Lucy Calkins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 032500840X
• ISBN13: 9780325008400
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 6