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I need If You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition to help lift voices of color in my curriculum and teaching practice.
This book aligns to our goals of equity and 9th grade year.
Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” (Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only . . ."
This book is a lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author addresses topics like race and belonging. Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. This book will provide a curriculum that will help students see themselves in my curriculum and classroom.
I strive to have more inclusive classroom materials to drive me to a more equitable, just, and kind teacher. This book will affirm and reflect students’ identities and to help facilitate important conversations about equity, racism, and belonging. Fighting racism and injustice is a lifelong journey of understanding ourselves, our power, our history and the role we play in perpetuating it.
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I need If You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition to help lift voices of color in my curriculum and teaching practice.
This book aligns to our goals of equity and 9th grade year.
Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” (Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only . . ."
This book is a lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author addresses topics like race and belonging. Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. This book will provide a curriculum that will help students see themselves in my curriculum and classroom.
I strive to have more inclusive classroom materials to drive me to a more equitable, just, and kind teacher. This book will affirm and reflect students’ identities and to help facilitate important conversations about equity, racism, and belonging. Fighting racism and injustice is a lifelong journey of understanding ourselves, our power, our history and the role we play in perpetuating it.