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Greater Expectations: Teaching Academic Literacy to Underrepresented Students by Robin Turner

debz57a52's review

3.0

I really enjoyed this book - it helped me think about ways to help the students in my classes and gave me a better insight into the Puente Program. Since I'd read the Kelly Gallagher book, Write Like This, some of the assignments offered were similar, but Robin either had his own twist on the reading and writing challenge, or he offered more documentation and scaffolding for the activities.

My only criticism - I'd love to see an updated edition of this book, which newer census information, references to MySpace changed to Facebook or Tumblr or Instagram, and similar bits.