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11.15.17
Write a Poem that is inspired by your text.
What makes a person to be considered disabled?

Who creates these labels?

Ableism

What is Ableism?

Who demonstrates Ableism?

Prejudice by able-bodied and able-minded people

Discrimination, labeling, biases

Who created this label of ADD or ADHD?

The aftermath of being labeled or stigmatized

Abuse, physically, mentally, and emotionally

Beatings, name calling, maltreatment

Parents abandoning you

Alcoholics

Parents without an education

Performing actions to hurt oneself

Swallowing random objects

Acting like a chicken without a head

Injuring classmates, and himself

Sedation, medications to perform like “normal” people

Sedation only thing that works

Societies perception is to stereotype why?

Poor, crippled, confined, victim

Eyes always looking and staring

Can a disabled person be successful?

They have a disease

How successful can you be?

Incurable but treatable

Medication equals performing like a normal student

Gantos, J.(1998). Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key. USA: McIntyre Ltd.

Myers, C., Bersani, H.(2009). Ten Quick Ways to analyze Children’s Books for Ableism. Rethinking Schools, 23(2), 1.

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LGBT Post

Summary of the text

Rainbow Boys is the story of three gay, teenage boys struggling to balance their true identities with the expectations of society around them. Rainbow boys are recounted from different perspectives of three gay teenagers in various stages of sexual realization. For example, Nelson is out and proud everyone knows that he is gay. Then Kyle he is the star swimmer at school he knows he’s gay but he hasn’t come out to his parents or his friends. Lastly, Jason realizes that he is gay but is too afraid to admit this even to himself.

The story focuses on the development of the relationship of the three boys. Nelson and Kyle are best friends, but it is very obvious that Nelson is in love with Kyle.  Kyle is in love with Jason, who hasn’t realized that he’s gay.  As Kyle and Jason’s relationship progresses, Nelson sinks further and further into depression.  He is in love with Kyle, but Kyle only sees him as a friend. Kyle turns to Nelson for support when he feels vulnerable about his relationship with Jason.  As time passes, as his love for Kyle grows, Jason begins to rely on his family and friends for support as he comes out to his family and friends.

In the article Watch what you teach: A First- Year Teacher Refuses to play it Safe a first year teach pushes her boundaries and educates her students about the challenge of a hegemonic social norming.  First, she implemented queer issues into her curriculum. Then, she implemented three types of statements Diversity in America, Sexual Diversity in America, and Options for sexual diversity in America.  The teacher allowed for students to free write on how they felt towards these statements.  This teacher enlightened her students she made them aware of ant homophobia,   and heteronormativity.

Sanchez, A.(2001).  Rainbow Boys.  New York: Simon Pulse.

Sieben, N., Wallowitz, L., Gardner, T.(2009). Watch What you teach: a first – year teacher refuses to play it safe. Teacher Journals, (4), 44.

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10/14/17
See-Think-Wonder

This routine helps stimulate curiosity and sets the stage for inquiry. Ask students to make observations about an object, image, or event, answering these three questions:

·      What do you see?

·      What do you think about that?

·      What does it make you wonder?

Connect-Extend-Challenge

This routine helps students make connections from real life to content . The students will be asked   these three questions:

·      How are the ideas and information presented connected to what you know  and have studied?

·      What new ideas extended or pushed your thinking in new directions?

·      What is still challenging or confusing for you? What questions, wonderings, or puzzles do you have?

The purpose of these questions are to ensure students become engaged with the tasks and content in order for them to be able to perform at a higher level in class. By connecting the content to what they know and real life situations the students will have a higher chance of understanding the content which will allow for them to remain focused and engaged throughout the lessons and actually leave class with newly acquired knowledge that they can use throughout their lives.  In addition, by asking these question the teacher can receive feedback from  the students that will allow the teacher to create instruction tailored to meet the needs of the students to help improve student achievement.

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Story Board 9/24/17

Holloway, M. (2007). Driving with Dead People. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment

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Informal Text ResponseFound Poem 9/17/17Who are the Taliban’s?Do they have the same ideologies as me?Freedom of SpeechEqualityDemocracyNo it’s all a lie The Taliban’s have their own beliefsFemales are the lowest Man are considered to be the highest in the hierarchyTheirs no Feminist lens“Interrogate rather than simply acknowledge the texts that constitute our cultural heritage”We die if we questionedWe die if we just acknowledge what ever is told to usShould we be the ones to questioned the Taliban’s authorityWho are we?I am the 11-year-old girl that will rescue my fatherI will go defeat all the stereotypesI will change myself in order to help my familyShould I be a coward and run?The Taliban’s have taken over everythingMy life, my education, my family“Different ways of telling stories have consequences”The Taliban’s are saving us and protecting usFrom what ? Themselves?My country was beautiful Once Upon a TimeShould we let the story change us?Marxist and Feminist readings expose and critique the ideologiesWhat are the ideologies?Can we create and form our own ideologiesCan we be taught how to create our own ideologies?Or should we just follow the Taliban’s ideologies?What are the Taliban’s ideologies?Do they have any?KillingTorturingManipulatingDestroyingAbusingKidnappingCan we socially construct our own Marxist theory?What are our Marxist theory?Would the Taliban’s let us create it?Appleman, D. (2000). Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. Language and Literacy Series. Vermont: Teachers College Press.Ellis, D. (2001). The Breadwinner. Ontario: Group West.

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Informal Text ResponseFound Poem 9/17/17Who are the Taliban’s?Do they have the same ideologies as me?Freedom of SpeechEqualityDemocracyNo it’s all a lie The Taliban’s have their own beliefsFemales are the lowest Man are considered to be the highest in the hierarchyTheirs no Feminist lens“Interrogate rather than simply acknowledge the texts that constitute our cultural heritage”We die if we questionedWe die if we just acknowledge what ever is told to usShould we be the ones to questioned the Taliban’s authorityWho are we?I am the 11-year-old girl that will rescue my fatherI will go defeat all the stereotypesI will change myself in order to help my familyShould I be a coward and run?The Taliban’s have taken over everythingMy life, my education, my family“Different ways of telling stories have consequences”The Taliban’s are saving us and protecting usFrom what ? Themselves?My country was beautiful Once Upon a TimeShould we let the story change us?Marxist and Feminist readings expose and critique the ideologiesWhat are the ideologies?Can we create and form our own ideologiesCan we be taught how to create our own ideologies?Or should we just follow the Taliban’s ideologies?What are the Taliban’s ideologies?Do they have any?KillingTorturingManipulatingDestroyingAbusingKidnappingCan we socially construct our own Marxist theory?What are our Marxist theory?Would the Taliban’s let us create it?Appleman, D. (2000). Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. Language and Literacy Series. Vermont: Teachers College Press.Ellis, D. (2001). The Breadwinner. Ontario: Group West.

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Informal Textual Response         			 			  9/9/2017Write a letter to a character…	Hi, Melinda, it’s Thalia how are you?  Are you still not speaking? Your silent period has to come to an end! Can you trust me and tell me what happened to you that day at the party. Everyone from our middle school, including our friends is blaming you for calling the police. Additionally, calling the police required a significant amount of strength and power; I’m aware that if you called the police it was for a legitimate reason. Speak to me, I promise I won't say anything to your parents or your so-called Hannah.  Remember how close we were before this incident happened, we would always tell each other everything.Melinda a little bird alerted that you are not performing to the best of your abilities, especially in school. The little bird was your mother; you are aware that I am unable to keep a secret.  In addition to being silent and ditching school, you are also failing majority of all your, classes except art. Additionally, using art to express yourself is astonishing, and marvelous, but you are scaring everyone by not speaking. According to Ms. Connor, you and Nicole were having an intense match of tennis. Who would have believed that you would challenge Nicole?Lastly, living in Manhattan is incomparable to living in Syracuse. Living in Manhattan offers numerous and endless possibilities such as walking outside at any time and finding a place to eat.  Even the weather is different I don’t know how is that even possible but it is.  We actually have a fall and spring season and as for summer and winter they are brutal. Winters in New York City are nothing compared to winters in Syracuse; people actually organize activities here. The city manages not to stop or die out teenagers meet up and socialize, even with a blizzard alert there is still traffic. Can you believe that? Love,Thalia Anderson, H. L. (1999). Speak. New York, New York: Penguin.  

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Informal Textual Response         			 			  9/9/2017Write a letter to a character…	Hi, Melinda, it’s Thalia how are you?  Are you still not speaking? Your silent period has to come to an end! Can you trust me and tell me what happened to you that day at the party. Everyone from our middle school, including our friends is blaming you for calling the police. Additionally, calling the police required a significant amount of strength and power; I’m aware that if you called the police it was for a legitimate reason. Speak to me, I promise I won't say anything to your parents or your so-called Hannah.  Remember how close we were before this incident happened, we would always tell each other everything.Melinda a little bird alerted that you are not performing to the best of your abilities, especially in school. The little bird was your mother; you are aware that I am unable to keep a secret.  In addition to being silent and ditching school, you are also failing majority of all your, classes except art. Additionally, using art to express yourself is astonishing, and marvelous, but you are scaring everyone by not speaking. According to Ms. Connor, you and Nicole were having an intense match of tennis. Who would have believed that you would challenge Nicole?Lastly, living in Manhattan is incomparable to living in Syracuse. Living in Manhattan offers numerous and endless possibilities such as walking outside at any time and finding a place to eat.  Even the weather is different I don’t know how is that even possible but it is.  We actually have a fall and spring season and as for summer and winter they are brutal. Winters in New York City are nothing compared to winters in Syracuse; people actually organize activities here. The city manages not to stop or die out teenagers meet up and socialize, even with a blizzard alert there is still traffic. Can you believe that? Love,Thalia Anderson, H. L. (1999). Speak. New York, New York: Penguin.  