"Jamie : A Literacy Story"

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The paper discusses how "Jamie: A Literacy Story" is a touching book about teaching others to enjoy reading, and to live life through literacy. The paper examines how the story is about three years in the life of an elementary school teacher who, by chance, has a physically handicapped girl in her kindergarten class, named Jamie. The paper further examines how the teacher takes on the challenge of having Jamie in her classroom, not knowing what to expect, but realizes very early on that Jamie is only physically, but not mentally handicapped. The paper concludes that the writer feels that by applying the methods employed in the story, she believes that her teaching career will undoubtedly help others in learning the value of reading and writing.

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"The story reflects on how many other students, parents and the teacher herself were touched by Jamie and her writing. This book will have several impacts on my teaching career. First, it provided numerous real-life examples of teaching activities that can be implemented in the classroom, to instill a true love of reading in the classroom. I also like the journal idea, where the children immediately recorded their thoughts on paper after reading a book or story. This is something that I plan to implement in my teaching career as well."

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