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  • East Middle School
  • Aurora, CO
  • Nearly all 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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One of the books we read with our students to support learning the grade-level content is "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. The book is about a high school freshman who is sexually assaulted. Her journey through depression and how she finds her voice to speak up about this important issue is beautifully revealed through important and fundamental narrative techniques such as conflict, figurative language, symbolism, and the character's relationship to setting. This book hooks students over and over each time they open the book. I teach two general education classes, and one class with basic and developing English Language Learners. While students learn the same content in my ELL class, it is usually with a different book or text than the text my general classes read. Because of the language gap, the texts for my ELL class aren't quite as engaging as the texts used in my general education classes. Engaged students are students who learn, and the "Speak" graphic novel will help bridge a language gap for my English Language Learner students and allow them the same engagement and learning opportunities as my students without those same language needs. I always feel like the students in this class are missing out on connections to life that my general education classes get to experience because of how different the texts can be. I believe in creating students who want to see change in our world and are inspired to manifest positive societal movement. I want this for all of my students, regardless of where they are in their English language skills. This graphic novel about the critical issue it tackles allows me actually reach all of my students- not just some.

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One of the books we read with our students to support learning the grade-level content is "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. The book is about a high school freshman who is sexually assaulted. Her journey through depression and how she finds her voice to speak up about this important issue is beautifully revealed through important and fundamental narrative techniques such as conflict, figurative language, symbolism, and the character's relationship to setting. This book hooks students over and over each time they open the book. I teach two general education classes, and one class with basic and developing English Language Learners. While students learn the same content in my ELL class, it is usually with a different book or text than the text my general classes read. Because of the language gap, the texts for my ELL class aren't quite as engaging as the texts used in my general education classes. Engaged students are students who learn, and the "Speak" graphic novel will help bridge a language gap for my English Language Learner students and allow them the same engagement and learning opportunities as my students without those same language needs. I always feel like the students in this class are missing out on connections to life that my general education classes get to experience because of how different the texts can be. I believe in creating students who want to see change in our world and are inspired to manifest positive societal movement. I want this for all of my students, regardless of where they are in their English language skills. This graphic novel about the critical issue it tackles allows me actually reach all of my students- not just some.

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