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Samantha Villella Julie Coiro EDC 448 TTh 2 PM 25 March 2014

I have selected a unit exploring the dangers of sexual violence for my ninth grade students- namely, something that each and every young adult should be aware of. Students will focus on the novel //Speak// by Laurie Halse Anderson for the bulk of the unit, which introduces a fourteen year old girl (approximately ninth-grade aged) secluding herself from others due to sexual violence. Students will be given the opportunity to review materials that will educate and intrigue them through multiple mediums. Resources outside of //Speak// will include poetry, articles, and videos, among other things. The classroom is generally varied, which is beneficial to the context of the material because sexual violence can happen to anyone regardless of diversity. I will monitor student engagement and reactions to make sure that the resources are being properly executed and are not too heavy for certain students. The goal is to keep my students interested and informed through an effective text set.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
 * Content Area Learning Objective **: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
 * Reading Objective **: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1

Text #1:
 * Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Anderson, Laurie Halse. //Speak//. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This novel tells the story of a freshman girl Melinda Sordino’s process of recovery following being raped at a party by a senior boy in her high school. She is shunned and hated by her peers because she calls the cops as a cry for help, resulting in the party being broken up and students getting in trouble. The effect is Melinda withdrawing from her classmates in the form of limiting her verbalization because she cannot bring herself to explain what had happened. Eventually, the truth is revealed through Melinda finding her voice through art.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This novel will act as the backbone for the intended discussion of multiple coinciding themes that I would like my students to consider, as sexual violence results in a multitude of emotions//. Speak// is raw and powerful, as Melinda is a freshman in high school like my students. Not all students will have experiences similar to Melinda, but they will understand and relate to her story. Additionally, there is symbolism and a unique style to the writing that I believe would help my students access their higher level thinking.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Students will utilize this text to explore the major theme of the unit, which is sexual violence and the emotions that are connected to traumatic situations. I will expect students to read the entire novel. We will read the mass of the novel as a class, though some excerpts can be read independently at home.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: The text is more than 150 pages.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #2
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Heldman, Caroline. “A Cheerleader’s Rape in a Small Texas Town”. //Ms. Magazine//. New York. May 2011. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This article tells the story of a high school cheerleader named Hillaire who was raped at a house party by a boy on her school’s football team. Hillaire was belligerent and unable to resist her attacker Rahkeem’s advances. There were witnesses on the scene and investigations regarding the incident took place in a heightened manner. Rahkeem was charged for the rape, but returned to school to play football. Those who attended school with Rahkeem and Hillaire began to doubt that the encounter had actually happened due to Hillaire’s nonchalance of the retelling of the story. Hillaire was regarding as a liar, a tramp, and later kicked off of the cheerleading squad for refusing to cheer for her attacker.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Not only is this a true event, students will be able to draw the correlation between this story and //Speak//. I find that this story provides shock value in the same context of //Speak//. Hillaire’s story will get students thinking, as nonfiction is able to provide that kind of hesitation towards any particular issue.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: I will provide this article for students to read and prompt them to write a response to it through a journal. It will address the multiple sides of the issue- questions w do you think Hillaire is lying, do you believe that she should have cheered for Rahkeem, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: []

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #3 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">A free bird leaps <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">on the back of the wind <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and floats downstream <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">till the current ends <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and dips his wing <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">in the orange sun rays <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and dares to claim the sky.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Angelou, Maya. “Caged Bird”. //I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings//. New York: Random House, 1970. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This poem expresses Angelou’s description of encountering rape as an eight year old girl.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: There is a reference to this particular text in //Speak//. A poster of //I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings// is present in Melinda’s room, which provides symbolism within the story. The theme is isolation is also relevant within this poem, which is a central idea of //Speak// and something that I would like the students to expand on. This will provide the opportunity for students with matchup assets to expand more on their academic knowledge of poetry.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Students will read “Caged Bird” in groups in class. They will connect the poem to Melinda and identify its symbolism in //Speak//.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">:

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">But a bird that stalks <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">down his narrow cage <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">can seldom see through <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his bars of rage <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his wings are clipped and <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his feet are tied <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">so he opens his throat to sing.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The caged bird sings <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">with a fearful trill <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of things unknown <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">but longed for still <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and his tune is heard <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">on the distant hill <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">for the caged bird <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">sings of freedom.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The free bird thinks of another breeze <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and he names the sky his own

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his wings are clipped and his feet are tied <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">so he opens his throat to sing.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The caged bird sings <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">with a fearful trill <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of things unknown <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">but longed for still <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and his tune is heard <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">on the distant hill <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">for the caged bird <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">sings of freedom.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #4
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Thicke, Robin. “Blurred Lines”. //Blurred Lines.// Virginia: Star Trak Recordings. March 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This song is about a man’s attempt in wooing a girl who is already in a relationship and resisting his advances.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Sexual violence consists of many illusions and misconceptions. ”Blurred Lines” does not appear to be an aggressive song on the surface, which is exactly the purpose of selecting this song. Rapists may not seem to be dangerous- most of the time, the victim knows the attacker. This tactic will be efficient for students with matchup gaps, as some will be able to adapt to the musical undertone of the song and others will work well with reading the lyrics.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Students will read the lyrics to “Blurred Lines” as a class and we will pick apart the lyrics to detect anything that could be considerably “suspicious” or “threatening”. Students will later be asked to respond to “Blurred Lines” verbally. This song will be utilized at the beginning of the unit- we will listen to it together before reading it and coming up with a reaction. Additionally, the class could look into the controversy that this song had caused as a way of looking to see if it was intended to be offensive.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Intro: Pharrell] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Everybody get up <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Everybody get up <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">:

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Verse 1: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> If you can't hear what I'm trying to say <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> If you can't read from the same page <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Maybe I'm going deaf, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Maybe I'm going blind <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Maybe I'm out of my mind <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Pharrell:] Everybody get up

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Pre-chorus: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> OK now he was close, tried to domesticate you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> But you're an animal, baby, it's in your nature <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Just let me liberate you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> You don't need no papers <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> That man is not your maker

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Chorus: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I know you want it <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I know you want it <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I know you want it <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> You're a good girl <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Can't let it get past me <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> You're far from plastic <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Talk about getting blasted <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I hate these blurred lines <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I know you want it <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I know you want it <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I know you want it <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> But you're a good girl <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> The way you grab me <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Must wanna get nasty <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Go ahead, get at me <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Pharrell:] Everybody get up

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Verse 2: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> What do they make dreams for <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> When you got them jeans on <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> What do we need steam for <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> You the hottest bitch in this place <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I feel so lucky <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> You wanna hug me <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> What rhymes with hug me? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Pre-chorus: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> OK now he was close, tried to domesticate you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> But you're an animal, baby it's in your nature <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Just let me liberate you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> You don't need no papers <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> That man is not your maker <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Chorus]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Verse 3: T.I.] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> One thing I ask of you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Let me be the one you back that ass to <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Go, from Malibu, to Paris, boo <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Yeah, I had a bitch, but she ain't bad as you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> So hit me up when you pass through <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Swag on, even when you dress casual <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I mean it's almost unbearable <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> In a hundred years not dare, would I <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Pull a Pharside let you pass me by <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Nothing like your last guy, he too square for you <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> So I just watch and wait for you to salute <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> But you didn't pick <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Not many women can refuse this pimpin' <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I'm a nice guy, but don't get it if you get with me

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Bridge: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Shake the vibe, get down, get up <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Do it like it hurt, like it hurt <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> What you don't like work?

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Pre-chorus: Robin Thicke] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Baby can you breathe? I got this from Jamaica <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> It always works for me, Dakota to Decatur, uh huh <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> No more pretending <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Cause now you winning <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Here's our beginning

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Chorus]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[Outro: Pharrell] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Everybody get up <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Everybody get up <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Hey, hey, hey

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #5
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: PartySmartNB. “Date Rape Safety Video”. YouTube. May 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This video follows a girl who is drugged and sexually assaulted at a party. “Date Rape Safety Video” acts as PSA for those who do not use their best judgment while partying.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: I had selected this video because there is very little dialogue, making it accessible for a diverse group of students (including ELL students who will be able to make their own interpretations without having to decipher what is explicitly being said). Additionally, students with mismatches will be able to absorb the material easier, as there is not much difficult vocabulary.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This text will be used to zero in on how there are multiple steps that we can take to prevent someone else getting taken advantage of, in addition to protecting ourselves. We will watch the video in class and come up with a number of strategies that could be been taken to avoid encountering the dangers of partying (rather than discouraging them from partying altogether).
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: []

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #6:
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: “Raising Awareness about Sexual Abuse: Facts, Myths and Statistics”. //The U.S. Department of Justice NSOPW//. 2012.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: These are recent statistics gathered from 2010-2012 concerning sexual violence with middle school, high school, and college students. It includes updated and relevant details, such as technology’s place in these situations.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Some students retain more information when it is presented in numerical form. Statistics and facts will also bring realism to the situation, as most students are under the belief that sexual violence would never happen to them.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: We will overview these statistics and facts at the end of class. For homework, students will be expected to select one fact that was “shocking” to them and explain why in a one-page response.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">:[]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #7
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: “What It Is: A Digital Game Challenging Sexual Violence”. //Challenge Sexual Violence//.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: “What It Is” is a resource intended to inform young adults on how to respond to uncomfortable situations that may have a dangerous underlie. This website revolves around a digital game that makes the user navigate a character to answer questions involving sexual violence when placed in realistic settings. There is also an introduction that describes the intention of the game, community resources, and definitions.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This activity is intended to educate students on what sexual violence truly consists of, as the lines are often blurred. This interactive game would help students reflect on their own experiences or events that have occurred to people that they know. In addition, this activity would help them get into the right mindset concerning what is right and wrong.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: I expect my students to overview Melinda’s behavior regarding her assault. She is clearly a victim, but I know that people respond differently when they are placed in a situation themselves. I would assign a small essay reviewing what sexual violence consists of and what its effects are on everyone involved.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Attachment **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: <” http://challengesexualviolence.org/index.php/challenge-sexual-violence-the-game-english/”>

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text #8
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Rose, Becca. “#Speak4RAINN- An Interview with Author Laurie Halse Anderson”. //Hello Giggles//. April 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Writer Becca Rose interviewed author Laurie Halse Anderson for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month of April. She talks about what she is doing today to help victims, in addition to reflecting on her experience writing //Speak.//
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: I think that it is important for students to get to know the author sometimes- whether the purpose is to identify the author’s intention of writing a book or the experience following the completion of a novel.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: We will read this in class after concluding //Speak// to get an idea on how this impacted Anderson’s life, in addition to examining the ways that her text had affected society. Students will be asked to form groups and draw educated inferences from the interview.
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 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: McGee, Theresa. “Online Art Games”. //Live Binders//. 2008.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: This website offers several online art games for students, for both educational -and entertainment purposes. McGee arranged a number of activities categorized within one website for all ages.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Art is a large part of the story in //Speak//. It is Melinda’s outlet for communication, as limited as it is within the progression of the novel. I find that it is important to incorporate the concept of finding oneself through art somehow within the lesson.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Students would visit this website for homework and write a reflection regarding what they had chosen to work on.
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 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Citation **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Smith, Grant T. “Lesson Plan for //Speak// by Laurie Halse Anderson”.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Text Summary **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Ph.D. Grant T. Smith from Viterbo University has compiled a summary of //Speak//, list of awards that the novel had obtained, a number of activities to implement into the classroom, identify unit objectives, and activities that correlate to the main ideas and themes of the novel.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Rationale **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Many of Smith’s ideas correspond to the unit plan objectives that I had established. For example, the discussion questions would fit in well with the concept of sexual violence. Additionally, the assignments are relevant and age-appropriate, as this lesson plan is also intended for a ninth-grade group.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Use of Text **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">: Smith’s lesson plan for //Speak// can generate several creative ideas and class discussions. I would plan on directly utilizing some of the activities and questions in class to get my students thinking.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Certain texts and the activities that correlate to them would guide the application of other texts and activities. //Speak,// of course, would be the focal point of the unit. All texts are designed around //Speak// to create a greater understanding of the novel and the concepts that follow the novel. For example, I would frontload information concerning the general background knowledge of sexual violence prior to jumping into the text of //Speak,// such as the history of sexual violence for high school students. Some texts would be used simultaneously along with selected chapters of //Speak// to expand on ideas and to encourage students to pay attention to a particular passage in the novel. I would expected all students to read everything, whether this means in class, in groups, or independently (depending on the text).
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