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The Opportunity Reader

Author : Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0375753796
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book The Opportunity Reader written by Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 1999-06-29 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Library Harlem Renaissance In 1923, the Urban League's Opportunity magazine made its first appearance. Spearheaded by the noted sociologist Charles S. Johnson, it became, along with the N.A.A.C.P.'s Crisis magazine, one of the vehicles that drove the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. As a way of attracting writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Johnson conducted literary contests that were largely funded by Casper Holstein, the infamous Harlem numbers gangster, who contributed several essays in addition to money. Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, and Arthur Schomburg were among Opportunity's contributors. Many of the pieces included in The Opportunity Reader have not been seen since their publication in the magazine, whose motto was "Not alms, but opportunity." The fertile artistic period now known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1930) gave birth to many of the world-renowned masters of black literature and is the model for today's renaissance of black writers.

The Opportunity Trap

Author : Pallavi Banerjee
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479825158
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Opportunity Trap written by Pallavi Banerjee and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America's Book Award on Asian America Honorable Mention, 2024 Social Science Category Book Awards, given by the Association for Asian American Studies Honorable Mention, 2022 Betty and McClung Lee Book Award, given by the Association for Humanist Sociology Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and families The Opportunity Trap is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in America. Comparing two distinct groups of Indian immigrant families —families of male high-tech workers and female nurses—Pallavi Banerjee reveals how visa policies that are legally gender and race neutral in fact have gendered and racialized ramifications for visa holders and their spouses. Drawing on interviews with fifty-five Indian couples, Banerjee highlights the experiences of high-skilled immigrants as they struggle to cope with visa laws, which forbid their spouses from working paid jobs. She examines how these unfair restrictions destabilize—if not completely dismantle—families, who often break under this marital, financial, and emotional stress. Banerjee shows us, through the eyes of immigrants themselves, how the visa process strips them of their rights, forcing them to depend on their spouses and the government in fundamentally challenging ways. The Opportunity Trap provides a critical look at our visa system, underscoring how it fails immigrant families.

The Secret of Gumbo Grove

Author : Eleanora Tate
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 044022716X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Secret of Gumbo Grove written by Eleanora Tate and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 1988-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raisin Stackhouse doesn't mind doing odd jobs for old Miss Effie Pfluggins, but when Miss Effie talks her into cleaning up the old church cemetery, she has no idea what trouble she might dig up. Mama says Miss Effie talks much too much, but Raisin loves hearing her remember the old days--especially when one of her stories puts Raisin smack in the middle of real-life mystery. When Raisin is grounded for sneaking a night out, she not only misses her chance to compete in the Miss Ebony Pageant, but her efforts to uncover the famous person buried in the cemetery are brought to a half, too. Somehow Raisin's got to solve the big mystery no one in town wants to talk about. Will her discovery bring her glory, or is the past better off left buried?

Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun

Author : Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911115052
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun written by Sarah Ladipo Manyika and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morayo Da Silva, a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman, lives in hip San Francisco. On the cusp of seventy-five, she is in good health and makes the most of it, enjoying road trips in her vintage Porsche, chatting to strangers, and recollecting characters from her favourite novels. Then she has a fall and her independence crumbles. Without the support of family, she relies on friends and chance encounters. As Morayo recounts her story, moving seamlessly between past and present, we meet Dawud, a charming Palestinian shopkeeper, Sage, a feisty, homeless Grateful Dead devotee, and Antonio, the poet whom Morayo desired more than her ambassador husband. A subtle story about ageing, friendship and loss, this is also a nuanced study of the erotic yearnings of an older woman. "In dreamlike prose, Manyika dips in and out of her present, her past, in a story that argues always for generosity, for connection, for a vigorous and joyful endurance." Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club.

StarLion

Author : Leon Langford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736185025
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book StarLion written by Leon Langford and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gods of Olympus were real. In fact, the great Olympian Forefather Zeus, was the forefather for such historical giants as Thor and George Washington. But that was long ago - now the descendants of the Gods have new jobs: Superheroes. In a world where power and myth have walked hand in hand, Pro Heroes serve alongside human police officers to combat those who would use their Gifts for evil. After a gravity-manipulating teen, Jordan Harris is arrested for vigilante activity, he is given a simple deal: go to jail or go undercover in the nation's most prestigious Hero Training Academy - Fort Olympus. His Academy work comes second as he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens not just the city of Houston, but the whole of Hero society. While Jordan is used to working on his own in the dark of the city, he must soon learn about teamwork and confront his own shortcomings which leads him from vigilante, to criminal, to hero.

Developing Effective Literacy Intervention Strategies: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author : Slattery, Cheryl A.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522550089
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Developing Effective Literacy Intervention Strategies: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Slattery, Cheryl A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As reading is vital to success in life and opens the door to nearly all other learning opportunities, it is essential that educators understand why students with learning how to read. Therefore, it is key for both professionals and researchers to establish their own approaches to assist those with reading difficulties Developing Effective Literacy Intervention Strategies: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical reference volume featuring the latest academic research on the benefits of a balanced literary framework and how it can help struggling readers gain knowledge and experience in reading. Including coverage among a variety of applicable viewpoints and subjects, such as zone of proximal development, response to intervention (RTI), and literary fluency, this book is ideally designed for education professionals working in the fields of elementary education and literacy, as well as academics and upper-level students looking for advanced research on literacy intervention and differentiated plans of instruction.

Virginia Woolf's Common Reader

Author : Katerina Koutsantoni
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317001575
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Virginia Woolf's Common Reader written by Katerina Koutsantoni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive study of Virginia Woolf's Common Reader, Katerina Koutsantoni draws on theorists from the fields of sociology, sociolinguistics, philosophy, and literary criticism to investigate the thematic pattern underpinning these books with respect to the persona of the 'common reader'. Though these two volumes are the only ones that Woolf compiled herself, they have seldom been considered as a whole. As a result, what they reveal about Woolf's position with regard to the processes of writing, reading, and critical analysis has not been fully examined. Koutsantoni challenges the critical commonplace that equates Woolf's strategy of self-effacement and personal removal from her works as a necessary compromise that allowed her to achieve authorial recognition in a male-dominated context. Rather, Koutsantoni argues that an investigation of impersonality in Woolf's essays reveals the potential of the genre to function both as a vehicle for the subjective and dialogic expression of the author and reader and as a venue for exploring topics with which the ordinary reader can relate. As she explores and challenges the meaning of impersonality in Woolf's Common Reader, Koutsantoni shows how the related issues of subjectivity, authority, reader-response, intersubjectivity, and dialogism offer useful perspectives from which to examine Woolf's work.

A Practical Guide to Teaching Reading in the Early Years

Author : Ann Browne
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857023209
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book A Practical Guide to Teaching Reading in the Early Years written by Ann Browne and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1998-10-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This is a clear, jargon-free analysis of current National Curriculum and National Literacy strategy documents, combined with sensible and creative suggestions for implementing them... The activities are imaginative, consistent and true to the author′s ideal of a full and empowering critical literacy for all children′ - Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine A Practical Guide to Teaching Reading in the Early Years meets the needs of student teachers on undergraduate and postgraduate teacher training courses. It addresses the English National Curriculum for Teacher Training as well as covering the curriculum requirements for young children. It will also be relevant to others who work in early years environments and who are concerned with developing reading in considered and knowledeagable ways.

Handbook of Reading Disability Research

Author : Anne McGill-Franzen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136980660
Total Pages : 1175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Reading Disability Research written by Anne McGill-Franzen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 1175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a wide range of research on reading disabilities, this comprehensive Handbook extends current discussion and thinking beyond a narrowly defined psychometric perspective. Emphasizing that learning to read proficiently is a long-term developmental process involving many interventions of various kinds, all keyed to individual developmental needs, it addresses traditional questions (What is the nature or causes of reading disabilities? How are reading disabilities assessed? How should reading disabilities be remediated? To what extent is remediation possible?) but from multiple or alternative perspectives. Taking incursions into the broader research literature represented by linguistic and anthropological paradigms, as well as psychological and educational research, the volume is on the front line in exploring the relation of reading disability to learning and language, to poverty and prejudice, and to instruction and schooling. The editors and authors are distinguished scholars with extensive research experience and publication records and numerous honors and awards from professional organizations representing the range of disciplines in the field of reading disabilities. Throughout, their contributions are contextualized within the framework of educators struggling to develop concrete instructional practices that meet the learning needs of the lowest achieving readers.

Reading Researchers in Search of Common Ground

Author : Rona F. Flippo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136861068
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Reading Researchers in Search of Common Ground written by Rona F. Flippo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reading Researchers in Search of Common Ground, Second Edition, Rona F. Flippo revisits her groundbreaking Expert Study, in which she set out to find common ground among experts in the much-fragmented field of reading research. The original edition, featuring contributions from participants in the Expert Study, commentary from additional distinguished literacy scholars with specialized experiences and vantage points from which to view it, and recommendations for use of its findings, was published in 2001 and has become a classic in the field. The Expert Study’s findings and discussions related to it remain provocative, viable, and highly relevant. Taking a fresh look at it, and its current implications for literacy education and common ground in light of the newest thinking and research of today, the Second Edition includes four new chapters from leaders in the field who discuss the Study from their unique vantage points (literacy trends, emergent writing development, a comprehensive literacy curriculum, and a comparative analysis of the study’s findings and recommendations). It is a must-read resource for the entire literacy community − researchers, teacher educators, graduate students, administrators, practitioners, and policymakers.

Changing Readers’ Attitudes? The Representation of Discrimination in the Harry Potter Novels

Author : Alena Eikens
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 3960671644
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Changing Readers’ Attitudes? The Representation of Discrimination in the Harry Potter Novels written by Alena Eikens and published by Anchor Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joanne K. Rowling published her first Harry Potter novel in 1997, probably nobody expected the tremendous success her writing debut was going to bring her. The huge popularity of the seven-book series led not only to an equally successful series of film adaptations, but also to a variety of well selling merchandise. Children and adults alike are enchanted by the wizarding world that Rowling so meticulously created. However, Rowling’s story does not only serve as a source for our entertainment, she also uses her fantasy world as a metaphor for our own world, depicting rights and wrongs in many different fields. One of the main themes is even a very controversial one: discrimination. And Rowling did not just invent a world in black and white, she does not simply tell the reader that prejudice is a reprehensible trait in our society. Rather, she created a world for the readers to explore and find things out for themselves as the story continued. In this paper, the author claims that the representation of discrimination in the Harry Potter series influences the readers in a positive way and that they are likely less prejudiced against stigmatised groups after reading the books.

Reading's Non-negotiables

Author : Rachael E. Gabriel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475801157
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Reading's Non-negotiables written by Rachael E. Gabriel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book can be used as a guide for program design and evaluation, as well as a source of ideas and (re)assurances for those currently engaged in the ongoing pursuit of effective literacy instruction for every reader, every day.

Cambridge Reading Adventures Green to White Bands Transitional Teaching and Assessment Guide

Author : Sue Bodman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316608131
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Cambridge Reading Adventures Green to White Bands Transitional Teaching and Assessment Guide written by Sue Bodman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers.

Teaching English by the Book

Author : James Clements
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315448947
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Teaching English by the Book written by James Clements and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching English by the Book is about putting great books, wonderful poems and rich texts at the heart of English teaching, transforming children’s attitudes to reading and writing and having a positive impact on learning. It offers a practical approach to teaching a text-based curriculum, full of strategies and ideas that are immediately useable in the classroom. Written by James Clements, teacher, researcher, writer, and creator of shakespeareandmore.com, Teaching English by the Book provides effective ideas for enthusing children about literature, poetry and picturebooks. It offers techniques and activities to teach grammar, punctuation and spelling, provides support and guidance on planning lessons and units for meaningful learning, and shows how to bring texts to life through drama and the use of multimedia and film texts. Teaching English by the Book is for all teachers who aspire to use great books to introduce children to ideas beyond their own experience, encounter concepts that have never occurred to them before, to hear and read beautiful language, and experience what it’s like to lose themselves in a story, developing a genuine love of English that will stay with them forever.

Tarot Reader's Workbook

Author : Sandy Anastasi
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578015625
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Tarot Reader's Workbook written by Sandy Anastasi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a beginning-level Tarot reader, an experienced professional, or just curious, the Tarot Reader's Workbook will help you to expand your knowledge of and ability to interpret the Tarot cards. The Tarot is more than an ages-old system of divining the future. It is a key to unlocking your inner wisdom and a guide to personal evolution!

Focus on Reading

Author : Esther Geva
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0194002861
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Focus on Reading written by Esther Geva and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focus on Reading aims to help teachers develop a deep understanding of the multiple skills and factors involved in second language reading development for second or foreign language learners aged 5–18. It equips teachers with practical skills for the effective teaching and assessment of second language reading to students with different learning needs. The book features key research studies on reading comprehension, considers examples from real classroom practice, and provides activities to help teachers relate the content and objectives to their own teaching context. Additional online resources at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/for Esther Geva is Full Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Gloria Ramírez is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Human, Social, and Educational Development at Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia.

Developing Fluent Readers

Author : Melanie R. Kuhn
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462519210
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Developing Fluent Readers written by Melanie R. Kuhn and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viewing fluency as a bridge between foundational skills and open-ended learning, this book guides teachers through effective instruction and assessment of fluent reading skills in the primary grades. Fluency’s relationship to phonological awareness, phonics, and print concepts is explained, and practical methods are shared for integrating fluency instruction in a literacy curriculum grounded in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Classroom examples, weekly lesson plans, and extensive lists of recommended texts add to the book’s utility for teachers.