Our first unit will focus on teaching literature though a literature circles approach. We will not, however, be using a traditional roles-based model. Instead, we will be exploring how to encourage students to engage in authentic conversations within and across books. Below, you will find the titles you will choose from.

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Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes                                        Fast Pitch by Nic Stone

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Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya                                                     Maritza Moulite

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A Snake Falls to the Earth by Darcie Little Badger                      On the Hook by Francisco X Stork

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Indivisible by Daniel Aleman                                                              Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Cole      

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                                                                                                                       Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds by              Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew                                         Samira Ahmed

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From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin

and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

by Paula Yoo

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