I Can Fly
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A01=Angela Marshall Rickford
Author_Angela Marshall Rickford
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761812791
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 158 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 18 Feb 1999
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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I Can Fly highlights the critical importance of narrative structural analysis in teaching reading comprehension, while providing a system for constructing comprehension questions that are grounded conceptually in the structure of the stories that the students read, from both a practical, and theoretical, orientation. The author presents the idea that folk tales and ethnic literature provide excellent material for the teaching of reading, particularly to multicultural or minority populations, by increasing the cultural congruence and motivation for multicultural students through their inclusion of language, illustrations, situations, and perspectives in which they see themselves reflected. These conclusions arise from a two year study in a middle school classroom in California with low income, 'at risk' students, most of them African American, but including Latinos and Pacific Islanders.
Angela Marshall Rickford is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at San Jose State University.
