Centering Voices Through Memoirs: Sophomore English
…memoir was able to really comprehend the complex journey and payoff that comes with using voice. Memoir Vignettes: This unit is ending with students writing their own memoir vignettes. We…
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A Community of Writers
…At the beginning of our memoir unit, to study the structure of a memoir, we read an excerpt of Sy Montgomery’s memoir, How to Be a Good Creature. The seventh…
Build Your Stack: Graphic Novel Nonfiction
…Almost American Girl by Robin Ha In this honest memoir, Robin shares her experience growing up in Korea and then unexpectedly moving to Alabama with a new stepfamily. In her…
Build Your Stack®: Diversity Is Intersectional Teaching
…[All My Rage recommended by Arham Piracha] In the memoir, They Call Us Enemy, George Takei depicts the traumatic experience of Japanese incarceration by crafting a graphic novel forged…
“Are You Pleased with This?”
…notebook drafts of kids’ memoirs. As each kid showed me the pages, pointing to where they wanted a teacher spot check, I quietly asked, “Are you pleased with this piece?…
Why Students Should Read This Book
I just finished reading—actually listening to Sherman Alexie read—You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir. Not a YA book like The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time…
Build Your Stack®: Preparing Students to Engage in a Global World: Reading the World in ELA Classrooms
…for over 75 years. Other stories I recommend for Palestine are They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takrur, a memoir written for adolescents that elevates the…
A Turning Point for Pennsylvania’s Book Bans
…A Memoir, are powerful tools to allow those without support for their identities to find empowerment. According to PEN America’s “2023 Banned Books Update: Banned in the USA,” “Overwhelmingly, book…
Valuing Little Javiers: Reflections from NCTE 2022
…about his inspiring and gripping migration journey chronicled in his memoir, Solito. In a nutshell, Solito is Javier’s nine-year-old self narrating his story about not having a choice but to…
What Can Comics Do? Tapping Into Empathy and Flexibility
…of any genre—from memoir to Western to science fiction—include the possibility for thinking about characterization and character development, themes, plot development, vocabulary knowledge, engagement with challenging text, thinking about ideas…
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