Anchor Text: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woods
Woodson, Jacqueline. (2014). Brown Girl Dreaming. Penguin Book New York.
The audience for this text set: The target audience for this text set is 3rd grade in elementary school. The Brown Girl Dreaming has a 5th grade reading level with a lexile of 990. This book would hit anyone in 3rd grade that reads above the level. . The majority of texts in this Text Set aim to hit right at the 3rd grade reading level, however, it should be noted that some of the items are flexible, and could be adjusted to fit just below or above the target reading level (for example, the poetry and the movie wonder could be for above the 3rd grade, while the list of books is for the average or below the 3rd grade level. ) Since diversity is a subject that need to be address, it can be taught
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.
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Purpose for Text:
The purpose of this text set is to explore the many facets of identity, particularly as it related to Diversity. It will be used to help stop the hate that comes from looking different and to tease out myths related to culture. Standards The purpose of my text set is to explicate on the difficult theme of diversity that is presented in Brown Girl Dreaming, as well as have students practice critical thinking skills on topics revolving around the theme. |
Hansen, Joe. (2014). Teaching Tolerances. Issue 47. Retrieved 11/16/17
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2014/beautiful-differences Alex Fidler, age eight, remembers a lot of things about Joel Blecha’s first-grade class at Chicago’s Francis W. Parker School—but mostly she remembers becoming friends with a man with dwarfism. Her year in Blecha’s class included rides on mass transit, field trips to the zoo and a visit to a job site where Mr. Blecha got squirted by water from a broken pipe. But Alex most vividly recalls a visit to the nonprofit Access Living, where she met some friendly people who happened to have disabilities. |