I loved creating my digital book review. I chose a simpler route of just discussing my thoughts about the book in a video, rather than creating a book movie trailer. In order to organize my thoughts, I created a sort of “script” of what I would say during the video so I wouldn’t blank outContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #7: Digital Book Review”
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YAL Blog Post #6: The Youth Lens
Themes in The Sun is Also a Star: What are the themes of the text? The themes of the text are love, fate, immigration, deportation, and racism. What values, beliefs, or ideas about youth are conveyed through the themes in the text? The ideas about youth that are conveyed through the themes in the textContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #6: The Youth Lens”
YAL Blog Post #5: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics
What is the role of sequential art, graphic novels, and comics in the English Language Arts (ELA) classroom? The role of sequential art, graphic novels, and comics in the English Language Arts (ELA) classroom is to encourage all types of readers to engage with the text in a visual way. Reading graphic novels can enticeContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #5: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics”
YAL Blog Post #4
Option 1: Sentence Starters Three important points/ideas are… discrimination, hope, and forgiveness. Sasha was the victim of a horrible hate crime caused by Richard flicking his lighter on and setting their skirt on fire. Richard discriminated against them and wanted to cause them some type of pain, be it through making fun of them orContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #4”
YAL Blog Post #3
Brown Girl Dreaming Mini Text Set Pairings: “We Real Cool” by Gwendolynn Brooks Youtube Video: Lessons from Lucy Laney: African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
All American Boys Character Sketch
Title of Assigned Reading: All American Boys Name of character: Paul Galluzzo Your age and physical appearance: Late 20’s, early 30’s. Large, white, muscular, and fit man. Your house, city/area, favorite place: My house- down the block from Quinn Springfield Park Basketball Courts Your passions, “soap box topics,” deepest desires (which may not be mentionedContinue reading “All American Boys Character Sketch”
YAL Blog Post #2
I believe the strategy of “shared reading” would be beneficial when teaching the text, All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Shared reading “combines aspects of guided reading and read-aloud strategies. During shared reading, a teacher or proficient student reads the text aloud, pausing at pre-selected moments to discuss content and analyze theContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #2”
All American Boys
By Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely YAL Blog Post #1 Dear Diary, I remember this like it was yesterday. Paul, Quinn, and I were practicing for basketball tryouts at the park. The courts were made of huge black asphalt, and it was well loved. The pavement had started to crack, the paint had faded away,Continue reading “All American Boys”
In-Class Response
The main idea I took away from the three assigned readings was that Young Adult novels provide young readers with different perspectives than they are exposed to in everyday life. When adolescents read books they are interested in, they gain new ideas and become aware of their own prejudices. “In this country, where racism isContinue reading “In-Class Response”
Haiku
Picking up a book Young Adult Literature Opens a new door
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