Publications

Books

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (Forthcoming, 2008).  Understanding Language and Literacy Acquisition:  Learning and Teaching.  Boston, MA:  Allyn & Bacon. (75% authorship).

Dunn, R. & Blake, B.E., (Eds). (In Press, 2007).  Teaching All Children to Read.  Latham, MD: Rowan/Littlefield.  (50% editorship).

Sinatra, R., Blake, B.E., Guastello, F. & Robertson, J. (2006).  Engaging Readers and Writers in Reflective and Authentic Literacy Practices.  Norwood, MA:  Christopher-Gordon Publishers.  (25% authorship).

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2005).  Literacy Primer.  New York:  Peter Lang Publishing.
(75% authorship).

Blake, B.E. (2004). A Culture of Refusal: The Lives and Literacies of Out of School Adolescents. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2002).  Literacy Learning:  A Reference Handbook.  Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO.  (75% authorship).

Blake, B.E. (1997). She Say, He Say:  Urban Girls Write Their Lives.  Albany, NY: State University at New York Press.

Refereed Articles

Blake, B.E. & Sinatra, R.C. (2005).  The 6Rs Approach:  Developing Critical Writers Among Poor, Urban Students in a Summer Literacy Program. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 15, 62-79.

Blake, B.E. (2001). Fruit of the Devil: Writing and English Language Learners.  Language Arts, 78, 5, 435-441. 

Blake, B.E (1998). 'Critical' Reader Response in an Urban Classroom: Creating Cultural Texts to Engage Diverse Readers. Theory into Practice, 37, 238-243.

Blake, B.E. (1995). Doing Number 5: From process to cultural texts in an urban writing classroom. Language Arts, 72, 396-404.

Blake, B.E. (1995). Broken Silences: Writing and the construction of cultural texts' by urban, pre-adolescent girls. Journal of Educational Thought, 29, 165-180.

Blake, B.E. (1995). Women's Literature and Voice: Implications for girls' writing in the classroom. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 5, 57-60.

Blake, B.E. (1992). Talk in Non-native and Native English Speakers' Peer Writing Conferences: What's the difference? Language Arts, 69, 604-610.

Book Chapters/Book Features Contributors/Guest Editorships

Blake, B.E. (2007).  Discourse(s) of Local Literacy Practices in Adolescent Jail Classrooms:  Cultural mediation through critical race theory. In Brown, II, M. Christopher, (Ed.).  Still not equal:  Expanding educational opportunity in society.  Peter Lang Publishing:  New York.

Blake, B.E.  (2007) Disabilities in Juvenile Correction Facilities.  Reading and Writing Quarterly:  Overcoming Learning Difficulties.  (Guest Editorship)

Blake, B.E. ( 2007). Getting to Know ELLs.  In Reutzel & Cooter (2007, 5th edition).  Teaching children to read.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson/Prentice Hall. (Features Contributor).

Blake, B.E. Using portfolios with English language learners. (2002). In Cohen, J. & Weiner, R.   Literacy portfolios: Using assessment to guide instruction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Blake, B.E. (1990). Whole Language at Work in an Urban ESL Classroom. In: Blake, R.W. Whole language: Positions and pedagogy. Urbana, IL: NCTE.