Tough Talk, Tough Texts: Teaching English to Change the World

by Cindy O'Donnell-Allen, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Dashka Slater

Book Overview

Tough Talk, Tough Texts is a catalyst for reminding all of us who work with young people about the danger of throwing away the lifeblood of our students' interior worlds and our own dreams of changing the world for the better.... Tough Talk, Tough Texts insists that we offer students books that are not simply larger, bulkier Hallmark cards but that instead challenge them to consider difficult issues, pushing them to think deeply and grow. Jimmy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325026408
• ISBN13: 9780325026404
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.2"