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  • Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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The traditional high school curriculum includes texts that address race, class, gender, and other social constructs. When we consider that illness is an inextricable part of being, it is concerning that our students aren't asked to critically think about this unfortunate aspect of existence. All of us will either be sick or watch another combat illness.Literature provides our students the space to ask questions and offer insight concerning what it means to struggle with conditions that can often challenge the way we think of self. A Monster Calls is the poignant story of Connor O'Malley, a young boy who's coping with his mother's cancer diagnosis. Haunted by a reoccurring nightmare, Connor is visited one night by a monster. Though he believes this monster is the one from his nightmare, he quickly realizes that this being is here for an entirely different reason. I want to use this text to introduce my students to important literary concepts:mood,theme, diction, symbolism, etc. More importantly, I want to use this text as a kind of anchor text. Itself a story about the power of stories, Ness' book would be a great way to grab my students' attention at the beginning of the year.

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The traditional high school curriculum includes texts that address race, class, gender, and other social constructs. When we consider that illness is an inextricable part of being, it is concerning that our students aren't asked to critically think about this unfortunate aspect of existence. All of us will either be sick or watch another combat illness.Literature provides our students the space to ask questions and offer insight concerning what it means to struggle with conditions that can often challenge the way we think of self. A Monster Calls is the poignant story of Connor O'Malley, a young boy who's coping with his mother's cancer diagnosis. Haunted by a reoccurring nightmare, Connor is visited one night by a monster. Though he believes this monster is the one from his nightmare, he quickly realizes that this being is here for an entirely different reason. I want to use this text to introduce my students to important literary concepts:mood,theme, diction, symbolism, etc. More importantly, I want to use this text as a kind of anchor text. Itself a story about the power of stories, Ness' book would be a great way to grab my students' attention at the beginning of the year.

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