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Encouraging my students to read becomes more difficult with every passing year, yet as I introduced "Long Way Down" to them, their eyes lit up and their ears perked. These kids don't read much beyond the latest gossip or text message that comes across their phone. We're having to incorporate the latest video games into our classes just to get the tiniest of response- with a book talk about Jason Reynold's novel, I was able to get students in my class to ask me to read the book themselves. This book will introduce different perspectives on violence, loyalties, snitching, and more- whilst also exposing the students to the power of punctuation, sentences structure, word choice, and even the power of verse. Gifting "Long Way Down" to this classroom, will allow my students to see the strong connections that can be found between novels and their own lives alongside understanding the way they can use their words to promote emotions and actions beyond their usual joking, being judgmental (they are teenagers), and latest game lingo and song verses. This novel will hopefully challenge them, inspire them, and encourage them to do more with their words and their experiences and to read and write when doing so.

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Encouraging my students to read becomes more difficult with every passing year, yet as I introduced "Long Way Down" to them, their eyes lit up and their ears perked. These kids don't read much beyond the latest gossip or text message that comes across their phone. We're having to incorporate the latest video games into our classes just to get the tiniest of response- with a book talk about Jason Reynold's novel, I was able to get students in my class to ask me to read the book themselves. This book will introduce different perspectives on violence, loyalties, snitching, and more- whilst also exposing the students to the power of punctuation, sentences structure, word choice, and even the power of verse. Gifting "Long Way Down" to this classroom, will allow my students to see the strong connections that can be found between novels and their own lives alongside understanding the way they can use their words to promote emotions and actions beyond their usual joking, being judgmental (they are teenagers), and latest game lingo and song verses. This novel will hopefully challenge them, inspire them, and encourage them to do more with their words and their experiences and to read and write when doing so.

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