This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
The entire student population of my school receives a free or reduced-price lunch. Most do not have money for simple things like basic school supplies, book bags and clothes.
If we're being honest: as a whole urban public school children are largely overlooked, dismissed and underestimated.
Despite these obstacles, most of my students are, admirably, college-bound. It is my goal to get 100% of my students to college, but without preparation, which they achieve through completion of my projects and assignments, they will be ill-equipped for the expectations and stipulations of college coursework.
My Project
I try to teach, and stock my classroom library, with texts that will not only entertain and engage my students, but will impart to them a wonderful sense of both classic and contemporary culture.
All of my students are familiar with the story of THE EXORCIST, but none have read, and few are aware of, the literature behind the story.
Most have seen the film. And a few are familiar with the story's St. Louis ties.
I am seeking a class set of THE EXORCIST so that I might teach this novel (and all of the rich layers and literary devices at work within it) to my students.
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