Transformative Text Set by Manuela Pendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4 en-us 2018-11-01 23:41:13 UTC 2018-11-02 15:42:40 UTC hello@padlet.com 13 Reasons Why manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299628461 Author: Jay Asher
Plot: Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker his former crush and classmate who has just committed suicide two weeks prior. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why he made the list. Hannah tells her listeners that she holds each of them responsible in some way for her death, and that the tapes will explain why. After listening, each person must give the tapes to the next person on the list. She says that if anybody fails to pass them along, a copy of the recordings will be made public. The tapes also come with a map that listeners are meant to physically follow as they listen to her story. The story is told by switching from Hannah's to Clay's perspective throughout the entire novel.
Transformative: 13 reasons why is transformative for multiple reasons. It touches on the sensitive subject of teen suicide. This novel is a great way to show students what bullying can really do. As educators it is important to look for signs of bullying or depression that might be happening in our students lives. This novel is also great to talk about to teen sexuality and other topics that might be uncomfortable to touch on. It shows that there are a lot of factors that can be involved when a student is depressed and as educators we should always be looking for warning signs. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299628461 The Outsiders manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629376 Author: S. E. Hinton
Plot:  Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a lower-class group of Oklahoma youths who call themselves greasers because of their greasy long hair. Walking home from a movie, Ponyboy is attacked by a group of Socs, the greasers’ rivals, who are upper-class youths from the West Side of town. The Socs, short for Socials, gang up on Ponyboy and threaten to slit his throat. A group of greasers comes and chases the bullies away, saving Ponyboy. Ponyboy’s rescuers include his brother Sodapop, a charming, handsome high-school dropout, and Darry, Ponyboy’s oldest brother (Darry assumed responsibility for his brothers when their parents were killed in a car crash). The rest of the greasers who come to Ponyboy’s rescue are Johnny, a sensitive sixteen-year-old; Dally, a hardened street hood with a long criminal record; Steve, Sodapop’s best friend; and Two-Bit, the oldest and funniest group member. The next night, Ponyboy and Johnny go to a movie with Dally. 
Transformative: The outsiders talks about the social class issues faced in America today. The lower class society is often looked as less and unimportant members in our community. This book is a good way to show that even students who have good intentions can be lead down the wrong path because of the opportunities they think it might bring. It deals with the sturggles of not having a parent figure or money to put food on the table, something that some students might face in their daily reality.
]]> 2018-11-02 00:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629376 To Kill A Mockingbird manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629528 Author: Harper Lee
Plot: The story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama and revolves around Scout Finch who lives with her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression, but Atticus is a successful lawyer. So the Finch family is better off in comparison to the rest of their neighbors and society during this time in history. One summer, Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer. Soon the three of them begin to act out stories together. Eventually, Dill becomes fascinated with the creepy house on the end of their street called that is known as Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, whose brother, Arthur (nicknamed Boo), has lived there for years without venturing outside. Scout and Jem at first mimic and make fun of Boo Radley but soon they came to experience and get to meet the real Boo. Tom Robinson, is a poor African-American field attendant who is accused and put on trial for rape. He is charged with trying to rape a white woman by name of Mayella Ewell. Atticus is the appointed lawyer by Judge Taylor as Robinson’s defense. Many people in the community protested and were upset at Atticus for defending Tom in court. Despite the apparent evidence that proves Tom’s innocence, the jury convicts him.  After being humiliated in court, Bob Ewell sets out on a revenge mission against the Finch’s as he spits into Atticus’ face; he then attempts to break into Judge Taylor’s house; he menaces Robinson’s widow, and he later attacks Scout and her brother as they walk home at night. Boo comes to the rescue of the children where Jem is injured, a fight erupts, and Bob is killed.
Transformative: To kill a mockingbird is transformative for multiple reasons. First off Boo Radley while not directly stating, does have special needs and emotional issues. Society has had a long history of oppressing and trying to lock away those with special needs. This novel is a great window into what happens when you oppress those individuals and how they suffer the consequences. It also shows the blatant racism that is still happening in America today. It talks about the inequality African Americans face and the stereotypes that surround them. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629528 Just Mercy manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629610 Author: Bryan Stevenson
Plot: This story is written by the activist lawyer who founded the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based organization responsible for freeing or reducing the sentences of scores of wrongfully convicted individuals as a memoir. In this memoir Stevenson talks about his personal stories from his years as a lawyer into a strong statement against racial and legal injustice. Between the 1970s and 2014, when Stevenson’s memoir was published, the U.S. prison population increased from 300,000 to 2,300,000 – the highest incarceration rate in the world. Of those incarcerated, 58 percent identify as Black or Hispanic. There is such injustice and blatant racism when it comes to our prison system. The War on Drugs and “Tough on Crime” policies tent to target specific races and unfairly incarcerates them. Among the targeted are juveniles, women, people of color, the poor, and individuals with mental health issues, who tend to be wrongfully convicted and sometimes resulting in the death penalty. 
Transformative: Just mercy is transformative for multiple reasons. As educators we will have multiple students who may have a parent or loved one who are incarcerated. This text helps shine a window onto a growing problem in our community and can help us as teachers be understanding of students and their home life. It reflects on society's attitude towards those incarcerated and how they are viewed as inferior members of society even after paying their dues or being proven innocent. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629610 The Fire Next Time manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629661 Author: James Baldwin
Plot: The Fire Next Time is not actually a novel but instead it contains two essays. The first essay, is titled “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation,” and the second, “Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind,” Both essays talk about the rising the racial tension in America. Baldwin represents a new wave of thinking, in the novel he was not a particularly religious man and represented a new way of thinking. The first essay is a letter to Baldwin's nephew, where he gives him a lot of advice on the past both historically and in their own family. At the end of this letter, Baldwin turns to the term integration, explaining that it is the kind of patient understanding, the display of acceptance and love from blacks to whites. Baldwin believes that is the only hope of convincing the white countrymen to “see themselves as they are” and only then they will be able to start changing the structures of inequality built into the United States in order to begin the process of true racial integration In the second essay Baldwin discuses the harsh realities he faced growing up as an African American boy. He said he first noticed around the age of fourteen when he was living in Harlem. He witnessed many of his peers get involved in crime and that made him start attending the church more. Baldwin's own father urged him to drop out of school and turn to a life of crime. Baldwin observed that most if not all of his peers never became more successful than their fathers. 
Transformative: The fire next time is transformative for multiple reasons. This book speaks to how white privilege is real and how African Americans are still being oppressed in American society today. This book is perfect to help students realize why the Black Lives Matter movement started and how this has been an ongoing issue for most of American history. It is a good way to show how the African American community feels and the struggles they have been going through for the last 100 years in America.  
]]> 2018-11-02 00:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629661 The Servant manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629728 Author: Fatima Sharafeddine 
Plot: Faten is a young lady who struggles as she negotiates and learns about the role girls play in her Lebanese society. While Faten wishes to earn an education, the only way she can do it is by keeping it a secret. The people around her don't believe she can succeed but Faten works to prove them wrong. Faten's happy life in her village comes to an end when her father arranges for her to work as a servant for a wealthy Beirut family who have two very spoiled daughters.Marwan is a an engineering student who is also trying to become a musician. Finally Faten is able to reach Marwan. The two of them try to figure out a way for Faten to earn her education in secret. Soon they both fall in love with each other and must figure out how they can be together. Marwan's mom wants him to have an arranged marriage so Faten tries to move on with her life. Faten attempts to gain her education and get a job even though her society doesn't agree with it.  
Transformative: The servant is transformative for multiple reasons. Arranged marriages or women not being able to work or gain an education is not something most students or readers can relate to. But it is the harsh reality for many women around the world, this novel creates a window into the struggles women are still currently facing in order to have equal rights and opportunities. This novel represents shows how different cultures place their lives on their members of society, its important as a future educator to realize how different cultures view their citizens. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299629728 The Wandering Son (Series) manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299630220 Author: Shimura Takako
Plot: This Japanese comic book is about two teenagers who realize they are not cisgender: Shuichi, born as a boy, identifies as a girl; Yoshino, a girl, wishes people would recognize her as a boy. In the book a young student named Shuichi Nitori, who is a transgender girl, and Shuichi's friend Yoshino Takatsuki, who is a transgender boy. In the series they go over issues such as being transgender, gender identity, and the beginning of puberty and how society views that. It follows these two young people as they go through a journey of finding who they are and how to live their life while being in this restrictive society that does not agree with their beliefs.
Transformative: The wandering son series is transformative for multiple reasons. LGBT rights and the community have had a stronger presence than ever in society within the last couple years. It is important as both educators and students to not be judge mental and understanding of those who have different sexualities than us. While it may sound simple it is something that the LGBT community deals with daily. This is a good way to explain to other students how a transgender individual may feel and that can help connect and understand more with those individuals. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299630220 All the Bright Places manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299630317 Author: Jennifer Niven
Plot: This book talks about the serious results that mental illness can have not only on an individual but also those surrounding them. Finch and Violet meet on top of the bell tower at school. They were both there with the intent of committing suicide but save each other from jumping. Finch is suicidal while Violet suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Finch begs Violet to be his partner for their U.S. Geography ‘Wander Indiana’ school project, which exposed Violet to other groups of people outside of her comfort zone. They explore every inch of Indiana and try to appreciate and explore as much as they can before graduation.  Finch teaches Violet how to live when all he wants to do is die. The chapters switch off from Violet's to Finch's point of view. 
Transformative: All the bright places is transformative for many reasons. Mental illness is a serious topic that most students can and will relate to at some point in their lives. This text is transformative because it shows the readers that there doesn't need to be a fear for admitting you need help or might have a mental illness. It is a way to show readers to show readers what can happen if you get the help you need and find a supportive group of people to surround yourself with. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299630317 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299632197 Author: Mark Twain
Plot: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn opens by explaining to us with the events of the novel that preceded it, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Both novels are set in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, which lies on the banks of the Mississippi River. At the end of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, a poor boy that a drunk as a father, and his friend Tom Sawyer, a middle-class boy that always seemed to get into trouble, found a robber’s stash of gold. After they found the gold, Huck was able to keep the large sum of money which the bank held for him in trust. Huck was then adopted by  Widow Douglas, a kind but stifling woman who lives with her sister, the terribly self-righteous Miss Watson. Miss Watson is the definition of racism and elitism. 
Transformative: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn is transformative for multiple reasons. This shows how poverty and not having an education can affect individuals. Huck is a smart boy but because of his limited opportunities he is forced to result to a life of crime. This novel is a great way to show that people who are good may do bad things in order to survive or because that is all they know. ]]> 2018-11-02 00:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299632197 This is Where it Ends manipendle https://padlet.com/manipendle/vw0iigl66ng4/wish/299632614 Author: Marieke Nijkamp
Plot: At the annual first-day-of-spring-semester speech at Alabama’s Opportunity High School, as the Principal was dismissing the students, one student Tyler Browne locks all his peers inside the auditorium. Tyler then proceeds to commit a school shooting that leaves thirty-nine people dead. The story is told by four different seniors Autumn, Sylv, Tomas, and Claire. The book is only told in a fifty-five minute, from 10:00 to 10:55 a.m. time frame. Although so much was surrounding the moments before, during, and after the shooting. Autumn, the shooter’s brother, and Sylv, her girlfriend, are among those who were locked inside the auditorium. Tomas and Fareed hear gunshots while they attempt to break into Principal Trenton’s office in order to find and look through Tyler Browne’s records. Meanwhile Claire is safely away at track practice during the time of the shooting. Both Autumn and Sylv tried to intervene while Tyler was onstage. Tomas then confronts Tyler in the hallway which results in both Tyler and Tomas ending up dead.
Transformative: This is where it ends is transformative for multiple reasons. First off the story is told from the perspective of a family member of the shooter, something we do not get to see often. Gun control and school shootings is a hotly debated topic in America right now. This text is transformative because its allows us to get into the mind of the shooter and see how we can try to prevent a reoccuring theme in American society today. This text gives readers a glimpse into the harsh reality of what is like to be inside a school shooting, truly showing how these events impact these students and teachers lives forever.
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