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  • Alexander B Bruce Elementary School
  • Lawrence, MA
  • More than three‑quarters 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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Children struggle finding their place in society. It is even more difficult for my English Learning students to assimilate into society and fit in with their peers. Exposing children to literature with culturally diverse characters is a way to make children feel connected to others like them and also gives them someone they can look to as a role model. The popular superheroes we see today have little connection with children of color. I have chosen Miles Morale: Spider-Man as the book of the week. By day Miles Morales is your average Puerto Rican/African American boy who must deal with his family, school, friends, and fighting crime. Reading this novel will help my students make a connection to a popular character. During Acceleration Academy in February 2022, we will be working on creating a hero. Students will also read some excerpt from former President Barack Obama's speech, Malala Yousafzai, and "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", by Joseph Campbell. The goal is for them to create a superhero that is like them. Write a backstory, and hopefully draw some sketches, or even their own comic strip. This class will also help prepare them for the MCAS, by making comparison with different forms of literature.

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Children struggle finding their place in society. It is even more difficult for my English Learning students to assimilate into society and fit in with their peers. Exposing children to literature with culturally diverse characters is a way to make children feel connected to others like them and also gives them someone they can look to as a role model. The popular superheroes we see today have little connection with children of color. I have chosen Miles Morale: Spider-Man as the book of the week. By day Miles Morales is your average Puerto Rican/African American boy who must deal with his family, school, friends, and fighting crime. Reading this novel will help my students make a connection to a popular character. During Acceleration Academy in February 2022, we will be working on creating a hero. Students will also read some excerpt from former President Barack Obama's speech, Malala Yousafzai, and "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", by Joseph Campbell. The goal is for them to create a superhero that is like them. Write a backstory, and hopefully draw some sketches, or even their own comic strip. This class will also help prepare them for the MCAS, by making comparison with different forms of literature.

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