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- ISSN: 1074-4762
- E-ISSN: 1943-3069
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Using Jacqueline Woodson’s Locomotion with Middle School Readers
- Source: Voices from the Middle, Volume 16, Issue 3, Mar 2009, p. 31 - 39
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- 01 Mar 2009
Abstract
Motivation is an essential component in developing a love of reading in middle level struggling students. For these readers, novels in verse bridge the gap to more challenging pieces of literature. In this article, Title One students explored Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson and learned that they, too, are poets.
© 2009 by the National Council of Teachers of English