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The lizard and the sun = la lagartija y el sol
A traditional Mexican folktale in which a faithful lizard finds the sun which brings light and warmth back to the world.
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Critical Creative Literacy for Bilingual Teachers in the 21st Century
Initial Approach to Literacy Students deserve to be introduced to reading from the dual perspective of the joy of reading-which includes the joy of being read to-and the profound meaning that reading can have in their lives: in the understanding of themselves and others, the understanding of their reality and the possibility of finding new approaches to aspects of their own lives. The common practice has been to divide the reading process into a number of isolated skills placed along a continuum, scope and sequence. Critical thinking, problem solving, and creative responses are restricted to those students who have managed to reach the upper reading levels. If indeed all students are going to have the possibility to acquire a vital literacy that will enable them to participate fully in a 21st century society, we will do well considering a different approach to reading where the goal is to have students read with pleasure, ease, assurance, freedom, and enthusiasm, discovering the full potential of literacy in their lives. There is a strong correlation between language development and reading efficacy, and thus oral language development needs to be seen as an integral part of literacy. Oral reading can be an excellent practice for developing oral fluency as well as assurance in public speaking-it must be addressed with sensitivity, never making students embarrassed. There are multiple versions of parent involvement projects around literacy and processes for facilitating that parents become authors and share their writing with the class.
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To Carry Across an Elephant: Translating a Children’s Poem
While the subject of translating poems for adults between modern languages is a common field of study worldwide, critical study of the artistic methods and challenges of translating poems for children remains rare across popular and academic literatures. This essay examines multiple approaches to translating “Circus Elephant,” a short imagist poem in English written by Steven Withrow. Versions of the poem in Spanish, Greek, Afrikaans, French, and Italian are included, along with the translators’ notes about choices of diction, sound, structure, and denotative and connotative meaning. The author also explores the idea that composing a translation that moves beyond a hastily constructed, wordfor-word trot is a creative act, an artistic form in itself. Honoring the spirit of the poem requires a patient, painstaking, sensitive, imaginative translator who thinks and acts as a poet. A good translation balances craft and inspiration.
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Love, Amalia
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way y to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
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Teaching multicultural literature. 7, Social justice and action : Alma Flor Ada, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and Paul Yee : a workshop for the middle grades
Laura Alvarez and her bilingual fourth- and fifth-grade students in Oakland, California examine different perspectives and experiences of immigrants, and then formulate and defend positions on issues with which they connect personally. They examine My Name Is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, and Tales from Gold Mountain by Paul Yee, and compare characters' hopes, expectations, and actual experiences upon arriving in the United States. The students conduct research, which includes interviews with family members and nonfiction readings. Alma Flor Ada visits the classroom, answers questions about her novel, and facilitates discussion about social justice and taking action for change. As a culminating project, the students write and revise persuasive letters to raise public awareness about the issues they've examined.
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Island treasures : growing up in Cuba
\"These true autobiographical tales from renowned Hispanic author and educator Alma Flor Ada are filled with family love and traditions, secrets and deep friendships, and a gorgeous, moving picture of the island of Cuba, where Alma Flor grew up. Told through the eyes of a child, a whole world comes to life in these pages: the blind great-grandmother who never went to school but whose wisdom and generosity overflowed to those around her; the hired hand Samoné, whose love for music overcame all difficulties; the beloved dance teacher who helped sustain young Alma Flor through a miserable year in school; her dear and daring Uncle Medardo, who bravely flew airplanes; and more.\"--Amazon.com.
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