Hip-Hop Language Arts: Thematic Textual Analysis - Softcover

Sitomer, Alan; Cirelli, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986154601 ISBN 13: 9780986154607

Publisher: Street Smart Pr, 2015

Synopsis

Unlock a world of learning and dynamic possibilities by illuminating the bridges that link the great writers and thinkers of the past to the great writers and thinkers of today. Using a research-based approach to deep textual analysis, Hip-Hop Language Arts provides a standards-based approach to instruction that authentically engages students while simultaneously empowering educators to meet rigorous, high-level academic objectives. From Twain to Afrika Bambaatta, Jane Austen to Jay-Z, Oliver Wendell Holmes to Rakim, and on and on, this text enables educators to achieve success by smartly harnessing the immense methodological power of hip-hop pedagogy.

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Review

..".demonstrates the impact hip-hop can have on language arts...introduces students to the voices of Sherman Alexie, Chuck D, Gloria Anzald

..".this groundbreaking approach turns curricular lead to gold.

About the Author

Alan Sitomer is a California Teacher of the Year award winner, founder of The Writerâ (TM)s Success Academy and author of 19 books. In addition to having been an inner-city high school English teacher and former professor in the Graduate School Of Education at Loyola Marymount University, Mr. Sitomer is a nationally renowned keynote speaker who specializes in engaging underperforming students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Street Smart Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0986154601
• ISBN 13: 9780986154607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151