Ghost Boys by Ariel Mobley https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a en-us 2020-09-23 19:52:48 UTC 2026-01-07 23:25:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Overview of Informational Text (Anchor Text) Ghost Boys arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/773651840 The novel Ghost Boys is deemed an informational text because all informational text have to be nonfiction. This novel focuses on Jerome a twelve-year-old who is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun as a real one.

 As Jerome wanders as a ghost and sees how his death has affected his community and family. He meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have contributed to his ultimate demise.

The novel “Ghost Boys” written by Jewell Parker Rhodes exemplifies appropriateness of text for our middle school students because of the Lexile score this novel is scored as HL360. We are focusing on the main
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Students will be exposed to the horrendous fate of Emmett Till, and gather a better understanding of historical racism and brutality against African-Americans in the United States during the 1950s. Scholars can create a Venn diagram and compare and contrast Emmett Till and Jerome. The  Flesch Reading Ease score: 62.6 (text scale) and it rated my overall text as standard / average. This is a great resource for my 7th grade students to grasp and encourage them to learn more about one of our characters within the novel Ghost Boys.

]]> 2020-09-23 19:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/773664081 Book Sell arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789021289 Let's dive in to our novel Ghost Boys for the semester. We will discuss the key themes surrounding racial bias, injustice, justice, and much more.

]]> 2020-09-29 17:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789021289 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789042195 Viewers discretion is advised, but this will allow students to compare and contrast Jerome and Emmett Till with being profiled for being an African-American boy. The rationale behind the reason why students will watch this video is discuss a pinnacle moment within history, and to understand why in the novel Emmet Till's ghost tells Jerome he needs to understand historical racism has impacted the reason why he is no longer alive.

]]> 2020-09-29 17:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789042195 Building resilience among black boys - This is a challenging article but it's great for students arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789053306 In this article, psychologists are helping black boys capitalize on their strengths, in part by giving them strategies to recognize and respond to racism. The key rationale behind this article allows black students and students of color to understand key issues surrounding the Black Live Matter Movement. ]]> 2020-09-29 18:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789053306 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789096663 The reason why I choose to focus on this quote from Mandela is that it aligns with the theme of racism. Racism in the novel is exemplified from the ghost boys that tell their tale to the living. The quote below is pulled straight from the text.

“Only the living can make the world better.”]]> 2020-09-29 18:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789096663 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789169055 2020-09-29 18:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789169055 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789195506 Let's meet the author of Ghost Boys and listen to what inspired her to create this novel!]]> 2020-09-29 18:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789195506 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789299999 Students need to understand the various vocabulary words within the novel. This is an additional resource to expand upon their learning throughout our class. ]]> 2020-09-29 18:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789299999 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789305570 2020-09-29 18:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/789305570 Text Set #1 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/808215087 Emmett Till's death really pushed the Civil Rights Movement and motivated Rosa Parks to start her pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.  The quantitative analysis for this text is a Lexile score of 920. This would be a great article for 7th grade students. This is an informational text. I choose this text because my students are currently learning and working on standards related to informational text. ]]> 2020-10-06 19:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/808215087 Essential Question arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/815191708 How does the prominent role of Emmett Till, who was murdered in 1955, and the African-American lives that ended due to police brutality and Jerome's death allow the reader to understand racial bias?

]]> 2020-10-08 19:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/815191708 Text Set #3 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/815678579  An ideal companion resource to Ghost Boys, this book takes a balanced look at issues such as democracy, justice, fairness, prejudice and discrimination and encourages young readers to come to their own decisions. ]]> 2020-10-08 23:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/815678579 Text Set #4 arimobley1 https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/815854410 Tamir Rice resembles Jerome's death in many ways. This is a challenging read, but students will model annotations with their teacher, and understand a deeper concept of racial bias and how young black boys are seen as a threat.]]> 2020-10-09 02:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arimobley1/vjg5uo2s2ocoa36a/wish/815854410