Text Set for Memoir Unit by Monica Blake

Harlem by Walter Dean Myers (From Bad Boy)

monicablake1 — 2021-09-13 17:07:31 UTC

Hair by Elizabeth Acevedo, Hands by Sarah Kay, and Trading Places by Jacqueline Woodson (excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming)

monicablake1 — 2021-09-13 17:07:52 UTC

My Name by Sandra Cisneros (from The House on Mango Street)

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Names/Nombres by Julia Alvarez

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Black Like Me by Renee Watson

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Dear Basketball by Kobe Bryant

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Emily SC (Library, Reading, & Grandfather)

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Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan

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Hello My Name Is by Jason Kim

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How to Be Black (excerpt) by Baratunde Thurston

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Humans of NY Stories

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Born a Crime (excerpt) by Trevor Noah

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Just Me by Erick Carmona

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How I Found Poetry in Childhood Prayer by Kaveh Akbar

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Little Things Are Big by Jesus Colon

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Mrs. Flowers by Maya Angelou (excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)

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My Grandmother's Hair by Cynthia Rylant

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Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (excerpt from The House on Mango Street)

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Why Not Me? (excerpt) by Mindy Kaling

monicablake1 — 2021-09-13 17:19:17 UTC

In My Mom's Shoes by Kat Chow

monicablake1 — 2021-09-14 12:22:59 UTC

Video: Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty

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Video: Hair by Elizabeth Acevedo

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Video: Hands by Sarah Kay

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Video: Sarah Kay Mrs. Ribeiro

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The Danger of a Single Story

monicablake1 — 2021-09-17 12:12:33 UTC

Hair Love

monicablake1 — 2021-09-17 12:13:07 UTC

Scouts Honor by Avi

monicablake1 — 2021-09-21 16:48:25 UTC

Funny in Farsi Excerpts by Firoozeh Dumas

monicablake1 — 2021-09-21 23:42:08 UTC

Renee Watson's poem Where You From?

monicablake1 — 2021-09-22 01:25:17 UTC

Renee Watson text "Where I'm (You) From?"

monicablake1 — 2021-09-22 01:26:00 UTC

There's No Recipe for Growing Up by Scaachi Koul

monicablake1 — 2021-09-26 23:42:06 UTC

Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty

monicablake1 — 2021-10-06 17:47:55 UTC

Mrs. Ribeiro by Sarah Kay

monicablake1 — 2021-10-06 17:48:14 UTC

Memoir: "Where I'm From" by Misa Sugiura

monicablake1 — 2023-01-11 20:06:54 UTC

Snow by Julia Alvarez

monicablake1 — 2023-05-19 16:26:51 UTC

Two Kinds by Amy Tan

monicablake1 — 2023-05-19 16:29:21 UTC

Unusual Normality by Ishmael Beah

monicablake1 — 2023-05-19 16:33:49 UTC

Listen to at least 6 minutes, but I'd recommend the entire thing. :)

"Theme for English B"

monicablake1 — 2023-05-23 14:25:37 UTC

Theme for English B by Langston Hughes

monicablake1 — 2023-05-23 14:25:53 UTC

George Ella Lyon "Where I'm From"

monicablake1 — 2023-05-23 14:27:18 UTC

"Chanclas" from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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The Terror by Junot Diaz

monicablake1 — 2024-05-27 22:34:43 UTC