Masters of the Nine Gates

About the Book

Concisely written, The Masters of the Nine Gates is a synthesis of Language Arts instruction designed to enhance literary capacity and comprehension, academic motivation, and defi nitive levels of test strategies and applications. The text sheds light on the urban middle school dynamic. It is user-friendly and offers various techniques, insights, and exercises created to connect emergent readers and writers to their ever expanding worlds of literature. The Masters of the Nine Gates, as a supplementary text-manual, provides an over-all view of the obstacles and opponents that inner-city students encounter in their educational arenas. The text helps them to overcome these hurdles and gain greater confi dence, technique, and skill recognition as a result. The unique implementation of time-honored methodologies and teaching-learning strategies highlighted throughout the Masters of the Nine Gates is a plus. Students consistently demonstrate that they are better able to formulate their thoughts and correctly communicate them in the school (as well as homeschool) environmental settings when this text is utilized. Clearly, this ability develops a strong foundation for both academic and professional accomplishments. Mastery, for their future success, is ultimately the goal.

About the Author

Oloye Karade is a New Jersey state certified teacher (K-8) with over three decades of urban teaching experience. He has authored four books and has copy-written a series of poems, songs, and plays reflecting his global travels and insights. Mr. Karade also lectures and conducts workshops sharing his experiences and offering assistance to multi-cultural educational environs. He has twice been awarded Teacher of the Year (1998-9) and (2006-7) along with that of Motivational Teacher of the Year (2005-6). Mr. Karade was presented the Life-Time Achievement Award for his dedicated work and influence (2003). He currently resides in East Orange, NJ with his wife and children.