This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students attend a large diverse public high school in a big city. We are part of a STEMM (Science Technology Engineering Math Medicine) magnet. English Language Arts is a place where students can explore how the arts intersect with all that science. In our classrooms, they have the opportunity to be surrounded by many different people with unique stories.
My students are intelligent, inquisitive, and enthusiastic about their studies.
They get excited when we use project-based learning to deepen connections between literature, current events, history, and STEMM-related issues. They care deeply about the future they are charged with shaping, and I am continually impressed with how eager they are to learn about ways to improve our world.
My Project
In AP Literature, students are often exposed to British and American literature, but other cultures are underrepresented. This collection of three of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novellas will enrich our AP Literature study with the work of one of our most influential writers.
This collection of novellas, including the iconic pseudo-journalistic account, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, offers students a journey into magical realism, led by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the masters of the form.
Marquez influenced countless other writers, including the great Toni Morrison, whom we will also study. With this collection, students will engage in teacher-led study, and then independent study to compare Marquez's works, and learn the elements of both compelling fiction and magical realism.
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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