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Gary Soto (b. 1952) by Raymund Paredes
Classroom Issues and Strategies, Major Themes, Historical Perspectives,
and Personal Issues, Significant Form, Style, or Artistic Conventions,
Original Audience, Comparisons, Contrasts, Connections, Questions
for Reading and Discussion/Approaches to Writing http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/soto.html
Baseball In April & Living Up The Street
For grade 8. Students consider questions about Mexican-American
culture and complete these activities: write and publish a short
story using an online street map of Fresno; view some Hispanic
art and use one piece as the basis for a speech, write a biographical
sketch of Soto, read about the life and work of Cesar Chavez and
create a storyboard of events from his life, and write and deliver
a speech about the Day of the Dead celebration. Some links. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/soto/sototg.html
(San Diego County Office of Education; )
Gary Soto; A Teacher Resource File by Victoria Santucci
Biography, Author Visit Information, WWW Resources, Bibliography
of His Works, Literary Criticism, Unit/Lesson Plans, Related Materials,
ERIC Resources http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/soto.htm
(Internet School Library Media Center; )
