TEACH NO LIFE IN OLYMPIC GARDENS  - FIRST IN THE RODERICK BRISSETT LITERACY SERIES
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No Life in Olympic Gardens is a coming-of-age story about an abandoned boy of African heritage, denied an education, and turned into a houseboy. Under these adverse circumstances, he must develop resilience to survive in an environment that is becoming more dangerous.
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​The Teaching Guide is a genre-centered, student-centered and standards aligned literary roadmap that supplements the lessons a teacher intends for the novel. Some key features include
  • Close Reading
  • Discussion Questions
  • Non-Fiction Connections
  • Grammar
  • Arts and Science Integration
  • Digital Literacy 
  • Social Emotional Learning Activities
  • Journal, Essay and Creative Writing
  • Research
  • Answer keys  
SECOND IN THE RODERICK BRISSETT LITERACY SERIES
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It is 1968. Kingston. An emerging garrison community. Roderick Brissett, an abandoned, adolescent boy, finds himself marooned in a world of child labor and cruelty. His main nemesis, Aunt Hope threatens to destroy his youth. It would be his friend Chloe, herself an adolescent, who expands his world with the irresistible gift of books. Roderick finds other allies in the elders, Rastafarians and a Warner Woman. A powerful examination of education, class, culture, kinship care and their effects on the adolescent.​

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