Blog #4: Text Sets
Blog 4 The Anchor text that I have chose to use for my text set is the novel All American Boys by authors Jason Reynolds and Brandon Kiely. I chose this novel because it A) is the novel I am currently teaching in my field placement and b) is not given any supporting texts by my co-op teacher. I think this provides me with a unique opportunity to come up with a text set for an anchor text that I am familiar with and allows me the opportunity to possibly incorporate some of the texts into a real classroom setting and to structure/design the unit in my own way for class periods after Thanksgiving break. "All American Boys" is a story from two different perspectives (one black and one white) on police brutality and its effects on an individual and on a community. The structure is that of alternating 1st person narratives from each main character one per day. The story lasts for 8 days (Friday to Friday). Each book day would receive two class periods, one ...