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"If we are
lucky each of us has, in our reading lives, a book that leaves us forever
changed, a book that causes us to think about ourselves before and after we met
the characters and ideas on the page." ~~Pamela K. Coke
So What?
Coke sums up why I wanted to become an English
teacher, why I write this blog, and why I have chosen to write articles and
books about authors and their work.
I am convinced my life would have taken a
different turn had it not been for books read during adolescence that changed
me forever.
I can’t thank all those responsible, but thanks,
especially to,
Mama, who put the first book in my hand.
*Ms. Artis
Maya Angelou (autobiographical series)
Mildred D. Taylor (e.g., Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
Judy Blume (e.g., Tiger Eyes)
Source:
“It's in My Hands: Creating a Space for Nonfiction in the Literature Classroom,"
Signal Journal, 31.2, Fall 2008, p.
20-24.
*Ms. Artis was my eighth grade English and
French teacher.
