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Unit Title:The Power of Language,How Words Change Our World
Level: Grades 6-8
Level: Grades 6-8
Teacher Objectives:
Define and explore transformative literacy
Provide critical framework for integrating new and diverse literacies in secondary classrooms
Promote community, national, global, digital citizenship
Turn the writing over to students
Publish/share student writing in an anthology
Extend colleague collaboration,connect to other schools/teachers around the country & allow students to sharework
Student Objectives:
Write expressively and develope unique voice
Raise awareness by setting social change in motion
Write about problems inschool/neighborhood
Explore political power of the written word
Research topics such as racism, poverty, segregation, and human rights violations
Guiding Question:How does poetry function as a vehicle for social change?
Define and explore transformative literacy
Provide critical framework for integrating new and diverse literacies in secondary classrooms
Promote community, national, global, digital citizenship
Turn the writing over to students
Publish/share student writing in an anthology
Extend colleague collaboration,connect to other schools/teachers around the country & allow students to sharework
Student Objectives:
Write expressively and develope unique voice
Raise awareness by setting social change in motion
Write about problems inschool/neighborhood
Explore political power of the written word
Research topics such as racism, poverty, segregation, and human rights violations
Guiding Question:How does poetry function as a vehicle for social change?
Final Product: Poem & pamphlet
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NTH_Poetryproject.doc (Word Document - 89k)
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Unit_TEKS_Daily_Work.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 23k)
posted by alinagasolina Jun 22 2008, 2:52 PM EDT
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Unit_Supplement.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 6k)
posted by alinagasolina Jun 22 2008, 2:51 PM EDT
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Unit_Poem.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 20k)
posted by alinagasolina Jun 22 2008, 2:51 PM EDT
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Unit_packet_overview.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 140k)
posted by alinagasolina Jun 22 2008, 2:50 PM EDT
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