Bridging the Gap: Reading Critically and Writing Meaningfully to Get to the Core

Bridging the Gap: Reading Critically and Writing Meaningfully to Get to the Core helps provide literary and literacy access to reluctant adolescent readers and writers. They can also help bridge the achievement gap by motivating students to read more critically and write more meaningfully about what matters most to them. Memoirs can help students learn about themselves and connect with their environment or community while also meeting a variety of Common Core standards. Memoirs and creative...