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Session 4 Inquiry: Tomás Rivera and Esmeralda Santiago - Theory Overview


 

REFLECTION - Interactive Forum

Explore two poems using four approaches.
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Welcome to Session 4: Inquiry, featuring selected works by Tomás Rivera and Esmeralda Santiago.

An overview of inquiry theory was presented in Session 3. Refresh your memory by reading the overview again.

To enhance your teaching of multicultural literature in high school we have provided:
  • Lesson plans corresponding to each video program
  • A guide (downloadable PDF) to the workshop session activities
  • Inquiry teaching strategies
  • Biographies of featured authors along with synopses of their work and further resources
  • A bibliography of additional resources

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