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'Ripples In The Upside-Down Lake Of The World’: Running A Read-Aloud Marathon, Dave Iasevoli
'Ripples In The Upside-Down Lake Of The World’: Running A Read-Aloud Marathon, Dave Iasevoli
David Iasevoli
A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of assigning "On the Road," by Jack Kerouac for summer reading.
Behind Education: How Can You "Be The Book" Behind Bars?, Dave Iasevoli
Behind Education: How Can You "Be The Book" Behind Bars?, Dave Iasevoli
David Iasevoli
To teach reading to a transient population of incarcerated young men on Rikers Island, Dave lasevoli utilized the students' desire for knowledge and their talent for storytelling, humor, and acting to engage them. Students embodied the characters by reading aloud from the novel The Planet of Junior Brown, from which discussions about obesity, civil rights, and compassion emerged.