Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Front matter; Contents; Pizza; Part I; How to Say Thy Name; Chapter One; Writing the Muslim American Experience; Chapter Two; Only a Joke?; Chapter Three; Creativity Begins at Home; Part II; I Know the River Loves Me; Chapter Four; Fear and Joy in Leaving Your Country; Chapter Five; Books as Mirrors; Chapter Six; I'm Learning to Speak English; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Children's Books Cited; References; Index.
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Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. Interspersed throughout are essays and poems by well-known children's authors that connect in a personal way with th.
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Matching books and readers.
9781606238820
Bilingualism.
English language-- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.
Language acquisition.
Reading (Elementary)
Bilingualism.
English language-- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- English as a Second Language.