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Popular Culture Texts and Literacy Learning in Grades K–8

Shelley Hong Xu, with Rachael Sawyer Perkins and Lark O. Zunich

 

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This book offers practical ideas and valuable resources for integrating pop culture texts into a standards-based literacy curriculum.
— Language Arts


Incorporating popular culture texts in the classroom can motivate students — particularly reluctant or struggling readers. This resource gives you everything you need to use television, movies, video games, music, magazines, and other media to enhance students’ literacy learning.

You’ll find a balance of research, theory, and practice, along with numerous classroom teaching ideas and student work samples. Appendices include reproducibles and annotated resources on popular culture texts.

© 2005 | 208 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-570-2 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-570-2

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