Gary soto biography lesson plans

I first read this book of “narrative recollections” when I was in my 20s, and I remember being deeply impressed with the lyricism and honesty in these short pieces. Recently, I have been searching for bite-sized examples of exceptional writing to share with the middle school students whom I tutor, and I thought again of how much I enjoyed this book.

Due to its local unavailability, I had to request an interlibrary loan, but after a long month of waiting, Living Up the Street and I were reunited and left alone together to get reacquainted. The book, presumably, has not changed, so any differences in reception will be because of me.

Now that I am in my 40s and that my aim is to find writings that I can comfortably introduce to 12 to year-olds without creating controversy, how will I respond to this book?

The good news is that the book is still the same: powerfully descriptive and so incisive about childhood and young adulthood that however disparate o