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As a public school staff developer in New York's Chinatown, Maureen Barbieri realized that the 1,400 students in her new middle school had stories to tell, questions to ask, and opinions to share. Their challenge was adapting to a new home and a new language. Hers was helping them use English literacy skills to bridge their memories of China to their hopes for the future. Through case studies and classroom vignettes Barbieri reveals the power of literacy to change students' perspectives and give them hope. In ""Change My Life Forever"" you will meet Yi, Cong, and Jun Jie. Hearing these and other stories, you will discover new ways to make room for your students' diverse voices while improving their literacy in English.

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Maureen Barbieri has taught middle school in New Hampshire, Ohio, and South Carolina. Since coming to New York, she has been a staff developer in District 2 and a divisional head at Marymount, an all girls' independent school. In addition to frequent consulting, she now teaches literacy courses in the Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education, where she co-directs the summer writing institute. Her book, Sounds from the Heart: Learning to Listen to Girls (Heinemann, 1995), received the James N. Britton Award for Inquiry with the English Language Arts from the National Council of Teachers of English as well as the International Educator's Award from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society.

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