Will my name be shouted out? : reaching inner city students through the power of writing / Stephen O'Connor

By:

O'Connor, Stephen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997Description: 382 p. : 24 cmISBN:

0684811863

Subject(s):

English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
Education, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
Junior high school students -- New York (State) -- New York -- Attitudes -- Case studies
Junior high school students -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- Case studies

DDC classification:

808/.042/0712 20

LOC classification:

LB 1631 .O36 1997

Summary: Will My Name Be Shouted Out? is the heart-rending and inspiring story of writer Stephen O'Connor and his junior-high students in New York City. Nearly all the students have lost a relative or friend to violence and drugs. Some of the students have been raped, many have been beaten, some by their own parents. All of them are fearful and anxious, some are angry, far too many already accept the inevitability of their own failure.Summary: Stephen O'Connor's job is to teach these children to write poems, stories, and plays. His challenge is to find the ways in which writing might help them save their lives.Summary: . Will My Name Be Shouted Out? takes readers on a disturbing, emotionally charged tour of the other America. It shows us schools where the teachers care passionately about their students. At the same time it powerfully and vividly describes the obstacles that stand in the way of even the hardest-working inner-city child, showing us why, for these children, just getting to school is an accomplishment.Summary: With insight and honesty, O'Connor explains how he tried to use writing to teach his students to respond to the barriers in their lives. He describes how he helped his students to write and perform two plays about actual incidents of urban violence involving teenagers. He shows us how he and his students learned to analyze and understand the behavior of different kinds of people, from teenaged gang members to heartbroken parents.Summary: O'Connor honestly describes the frustrations as well as the joys of working with these youngsters and movingly portrays the group of young actors who struggle to master their parts and their emotions, leaning to work together even as many of them face tragedies at home.Summary: Eventually O'Connor's students deliver rousing performances that are testimony to their talent and to the dedication of their teacher. But their triumphs are hard won and fragile. While O'Connor tells a story of hope, he does not spare the hard facts.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Education Library Collection General Collection	Non-fiction	LB 1631 .O36 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1-1	Available		7420

Will My Name Be Shouted Out? is the heart-rending and inspiring story of writer Stephen O'Connor and his junior-high students in New York City. Nearly all the students have lost a relative or friend to violence and drugs. Some of the students have been raped, many have been beaten, some by their own parents. All of them are fearful and anxious, some are angry, far too many already accept the inevitability of their own failure.

Stephen O'Connor's job is to teach these children to write poems, stories, and plays. His challenge is to find the ways in which writing might help them save their lives.

. Will My Name Be Shouted Out? takes readers on a disturbing, emotionally charged tour of the other America. It shows us schools where the teachers care passionately about their students. At the same time it powerfully and vividly describes the obstacles that stand in the way of even the hardest-working inner-city child, showing us why, for these children, just getting to school is an accomplishment.

With insight and honesty, O'Connor explains how he tried to use writing to teach his students to respond to the barriers in their lives. He describes how he helped his students to write and perform two plays about actual incidents of urban violence involving teenagers. He shows us how he and his students learned to analyze and understand the behavior of different kinds of people, from teenaged gang members to heartbroken parents.

O'Connor honestly describes the frustrations as well as the joys of working with these youngsters and movingly portrays the group of young actors who struggle to master their parts and their emotions, leaning to work together even as many of them face tragedies at home.

Eventually O'Connor's students deliver rousing performances that are testimony to their talent and to the dedication of their teacher. But their triumphs are hard won and fragile. While O'Connor tells a story of hope, he does not spare the hard facts.

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