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I do not have these sorted into theme or grade-level. Several people just sent their suggestions. I also have not read all these titles. I hope this helps in some way! Thank you, Gregory. (Alicia Mooney-Flynt)
Culturally Responsive Books:

"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi

"Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas   (3 people recommended)

“Let Me Hear A Rhyme” by Tiffany D. Jackson (absolute fav of our Media Specialist)

“Born A Crime” by Trevor Noah

“The Poet X” by Elizabeth Acevedo  (2 people recommended)

“Dear Martin” by Nic Stone

"The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

"Citizen" by Claudia Rankine

"Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

“Stamped: racism, antiracism, and you” by Jason Reynolds  (2 people recommended)

Pachinko

Monster

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Fiction

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

Piecing Me Together by Rene Watson

Dear Martin by  Nic Stone

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Punching the Air cowritten by Ibi Zoboi

Americana by Chimamandia Ngozi Adichie

500 Words or Less Juleah del Rosairo

Graphic Novels

Almost American Girl - Robin Ha

They Called Us Enemy - George Takei

March Books 1,2, 3 - John Lewis

I am Alfonzo Jones - Michael Berry

Non-Fiction

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzi

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Stamped from the Beginning YA Edition - Jason Reynolds & Ibram Xendi

It’s Trevor Noah - YA Edition - Trevor Noah

Collections

Fresh Ink: An Anthology  c 2018

Flying Lessons C 2001

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America - Ed. Ibi Zoboi

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race - Jesmyn Ward

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Substitute for (or pair with) The Great Gatsby

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Things Fall Apart

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Need more details about how much time is required and what the job entails. For example, is it self-paced or will it require guided meetings.

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The Absolute True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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The Absolute True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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Citizen Illegal - Jose Olivarez
If They Come for Us - Fatimah Asghar
Water & Salt - Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
How to Love a Country - Richard Blanco
An American Sunrise - Joy Harjo (Native American! Poet laureate!)

Also, the TeachLivingPoets website has hyperdoc lessons/units for a lot of poetry that might pair well with 11th and 12th grade texts.

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Interactive hyperdocs are one way to provide relevant and engaging poetry instruction for your students whether you are in the classroom or at home! All hyperdocs are appropriate for both middle school and high school.

Click on the name of the poet to access their hyperdoc. It will ask you to make a copy, which is then free for you to edit as you wish and share with your students. Teaching poetry has never been easier. I kindly ask that you please give credit to TeachLivingPoets & the creator as noted if sharing beyond your students.

Created by Kristin Runyon

Created by Melissa Smith

Created by Ann Cox

Created by Kelly Lawlor

Created by Brian Hannon

Created by Jennifer Stuckey

More hyperdoc lessons:
Mini-lesson for "Tea" by Leila Chatti - created by Kristin Runyon Joy Harjo - created by Ann Cox Food Poem Unit for Online Learning - created by Melissa Smith Distance Learning Podcast Unit - created by Melissa Smith
Short story and longer works Hyperdocs at aplithelp.com

We hope that sharing these interactive hyperdocs and hyperslides will help make the teaching of poetry easier for you. We think all students, elementary, middle school, and high school deserve to read relevant, engaging, and empowering poetry!

Thank you for reading! Do you have a story, lesson, activity, or something else to share with TeachLivingPoets.com? Be a guest author! Email me at msmith@lncharter.org.

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Interactive hyperdocs are one way to provide relevant and engaging poetry instruction for your students whether you are in the classroom or at home! All hyperdocs are appropriate for both middle school and high school. Click on the name of the poet to access their hyperdoc.

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I have this idea about pairing it with To Kill a Mockingbird to talk about white saviorism, centering white voices in stories about race, etc. Also super enjoyable to read.

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by Adichie

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A young black, trans girl comes to terms with the monstrosities of the world.

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Out of My Mind
Forged By Fire

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Loving this idea lately. It's our plan for our summer reading project. Easy to scaffold, fun to grade.

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The 2021 Inaugural poem with an introduction by Oprah Winfrey

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This blog is a great source for up and coming YA books.

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Can I customize an assessment and then add it to Canvas?

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Can I customize an assessment and then add it to Canvas?

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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams- Garcia

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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams- Garcia

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This is the list of books I'm currently vetting for our summer reading choice list. (Theme this year is coming of age.) There are a lot of #ownvoices selections. I'm specifically prioritizing books by/about people of color, LGBTQ+, diversity of ability levels, etc.

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Afro- Latino Trans high school student coming to terms with who he is.

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Ensuring that the External tool feature works

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Ensuring that the External tool feature works

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When I went into the assignment to create the external tool, I clicked everything I was suppose to. However, when I was finished it exited me and didn't save my selections.

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Functionality of the integration vs. myPerspective accounts

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Functionality of the integration vs. myPerspective accounts

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Can we do everything through Canvas with myPerspective that they can do in their accounts?

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When assigning an assessment, is it possible to edit the assessment? (For example, I remove some of the questions from the diagnostic tests.) Not sure if I'm unable to select my edited version of the test because it's not linked with my Savvas account, or if it's just not an option at all, but it needs to be an option.

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Are the responses to the myPerspective work generated in the Canvas Speed grader?

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While working in some of the assignment boxes (not notebooks), the work doesn't save.

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Many Hip Hop lyrics are culturally relevant.

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Not often done with fidelity over the summer. I would be wary of making a mandatory summer project.

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What is the process for the approval of texts in regards to community/parent reception?

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Use what the kiddos are watching/listening to
-Bartlett

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Being able to type/annotate directly on the passages that are imported into canvas.

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Text but can we do more than one thing to it?