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The role of sequential art, graphic novels, and comics in the English Language Arts classroom is an important one. Different students in an ELA classroom need different things. Some students need more than just a traditional text, some students need help interpreting texts, which can be supported with pictures such as those in a graphic novel, andContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #5”

Were your views and opinions challenged or changed by this text?  Do any of the ideas clash with your views? If so, explain what you are rethinking as a result of the ideas presented in the text.  Give examples of how your views might have challenged or changed.  For the most part, my views andContinue reading “YAL Blog Post #4”

Name of character: Quinn  Your age and physical appearance:  17, white, basketball player, athletic  Your house, city/area, favorite place:  West side of Springfield, MA; multi-family buildings—I live on the second floor above Mr. And Mrs. Langone. The neighborhood used to be a good one, but apparently has gone to shit, as in they don’t fix streetlights anymore andContinue reading “Quinn Collins Character Sketch”

While there were many different strategies provided to incorporate into my teaching of All American Boys, especially strategies that are grade-specific to what I plan to teach (grades 6-12), the one I found most interesting was “Text Graffiti,” which is when the students explore specific quotes and excerpts, picked by me, from the novel and try to predict whatContinue reading “Teaching Strategies from Teaching Tolerance”

WHO: Jill  WHAT: Jill’s loss of some relationships and gaining of others  WHEN: The march  WHERE: Police Plaza 1  WHY: Jill is one of the leaders of the organization of the march and is white, which causes a shift in her as a person.  The view of the sea of people in front of Police Plaza 1 was more overwhelmingContinue reading “In the Eyes of Jill”

Relatable books Young Adult Literature Appealing to all