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  • Garinger High School
  • Charlotte, NC
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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All students deserve to see themselves in the high-quality literature that we engage in during AP courses. Through the novel "Beloved", we will not only appreciate the beauty of Toni Morrison's writing, but be able to discuss perspective and the unimaginable hardships of slavery and the legacy it has left in our country. We will connect this novel to a Poetry Portfolio project where students will be exposed to poems from all over the world, building independence and perspective by selecting their own poems to analyze from a large list that represents a wide variety of cultures. This unit is extremely powerful (I was amazed by the conversations of my AP students last year during this project), and I know it will be even more so when the students have the physical copies of "Beloved" in their hands. Survey results from my students show that having the actual book is their preference! And we do not have enough hard-copy books for all students in my class. "Like Water for Chocolate", written by Laura Esquivel lets students learn about life during the Mexican Revolution through something we can all relate to and enjoy- food! This unique novel shows students the creativity that can be incorporated into writing, and brings the unique genre of magical realism to life in an AP-quality work. We end the year with this delightful book, but again, last year many students had to use PDFs because we do not have hard copies available at our school- but they love to hold a book in their hands, and I want them to have that opportunity this year, especially if we should have to transition back to remote learning to cope with the pandemic.

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All students deserve to see themselves in the high-quality literature that we engage in during AP courses. Through the novel "Beloved", we will not only appreciate the beauty of Toni Morrison's writing, but be able to discuss perspective and the unimaginable hardships of slavery and the legacy it has left in our country. We will connect this novel to a Poetry Portfolio project where students will be exposed to poems from all over the world, building independence and perspective by selecting their own poems to analyze from a large list that represents a wide variety of cultures. This unit is extremely powerful (I was amazed by the conversations of my AP students last year during this project), and I know it will be even more so when the students have the physical copies of "Beloved" in their hands. Survey results from my students show that having the actual book is their preference! And we do not have enough hard-copy books for all students in my class. "Like Water for Chocolate", written by Laura Esquivel lets students learn about life during the Mexican Revolution through something we can all relate to and enjoy- food! This unique novel shows students the creativity that can be incorporated into writing, and brings the unique genre of magical realism to life in an AP-quality work. We end the year with this delightful book, but again, last year many students had to use PDFs because we do not have hard copies available at our school- but they love to hold a book in their hands, and I want them to have that opportunity this year, especially if we should have to transition back to remote learning to cope with the pandemic.

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