{"product_id":"reading-for-their-life-re-building-the-textual-lineages-of-african-american-adolescent-males","title":"Reading for Their Life: (Re)Building the Textual Lineages of African American Adolescent Males","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Because African American adolescent males and face their own challenges, they must identify texts that mark their times and their lives. If we create opportunities for this to happen, they will not only begin to trust the texts, they will begin to trust us, too. Then maybe, we'll hear one of them say, Education is on our side, ' or, 'I used to keep it gutter, but now I am all good.' This is my hope.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--Alfred Tatum\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo reading strategy, no literacy program, no remediation will close the achievement gap for adolescent African American males. These efforts will continue to fail our students, says \u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Tatum\u003c\/strong\u003e, until reading instruction is anchored in meaningful texts that build academic and personal resiliency inside and outside school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReading for Their Life\u003c\/em\u003e Tatum takes a bold step beyond \u003cem\u003eTeaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males\u003c\/em\u003e. He shows how teachers can encourage adolescent African American males to connect with reading by defining who they are through \u003cstrong\u003etextual lineages\u003c\/strong\u003e--texts with significance, carefully chosen for instruction because they are \u003cem\u003euseful\u003c\/em\u003e to young black males and because \u003cem\u003ethey matter\u003c\/em\u003e. With works ranging from \u003cem\u003eUp from Slavery \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSounder \u003c\/em\u003eto the contemporary \u003cem\u003eHandbook for Boys, \u003c\/em\u003eTatum helps you: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eunderstand what adolescent African American male readers need \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eselect enabling texts that have worked in Tatum's own teaching \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebuild textual lineages by putting meaningful texts at the core of a challenging curriculum \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eengage readers in the curriculum through essential questions, writing, and self-assessment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"African American males are not engaged in a great conspiracy to fail themselves,\" writes Tatum. \"They continue to underperform in school as they \u003cem\u003ewait for educators to get it right.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eJoin Alfred Tatum\u003c\/strong\u003e, use \u003cem\u003eReading for Their Life, \u003c\/em\u003eand strive for \"a way to squeeze enabling texts for every ounce of possibility they contain for advancing the literacy development of African American adolescent males.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet more information on the state of education for African American males, read \u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eYes We Can: The 2010 Schott 50 State Report on Black Males in Public Education\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfred Tatum is the author of the Heinemann titles Reading for Their Life and its DVD staff development companion Reading and Writing for Resiliency. Alfred's textual lineage includes such works as Black Boy, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas. He grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing projects in Chicago, embracing literacy as a way out of violence and poverty. Today his research and advocacy are aimed at advancing the literacy development of adolescents, and especially African American boys in urban communities. Alfred is the author of the NCTE James N. Britton Award - winning Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males, an associate professor in the Literacy, Language, and Culture Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Director of the UIC Reading Clinic, and a former middle school teacher and reading specialist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heinemann Educational Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323567640850,"sku":"9780325026794","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1d6f810-71fa-441a-b115-a25b07e9c539.jpg?v=1727658827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-for-their-life-re-building-the-textual-lineages-of-african-american-adolescent-males","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}