How can schools make use of the Annotated Bibliography?
Schools may use the document as a resource for: • course and curriculum development for NLA programs • revision of curricula, to include new options for introducing literature and/or making literature more accessible to students, particularly those at the early or lower levels of NLA • grouping of literary works by theme, e.g., rites of passage, issues of identity, discrimination, acculturation, and assimilation (U.S. Latino authors especially) • creation of a school library collection for independent reading/assigned book reports While the selections in this Annotated Bibliography are recommended for the beginning levels of Spanish Language Arts instruction, including literacy, in many cases they may also be used for intermediate and even higher level classes. At these higher levels, it is suggested that the teacher introduce more challenging works, increasing the amount of Spanish and Latin American classical and contemporary literature. Acknowledgments Sara Maddox, Spanish Native La
