Finding our voices
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- 1. Finding Our Voices:Creating Place and Space for Student Voice Teresa Bunner Academic Specialist Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate
- 2. Blue Ribbon Mentor- Advocate Who are we? What is our goal? Who are our students? blueribbonmentors.org
- 3. Research Behind SWI “There is sufficient evidence to argue that both culturally responsive pedagogy and positive racial identity promote academic achievement and resilience... “ Mary Stone Hanley and George Noblit. 2009. Cultural Responsiveness, Racial Idenity, and Academic Success: A Review of the Literature. “Historically, African American reading and writing were collaborative acts involving a wide range of texts that held social, economic, personal, political or spiritual significance.” Alfred W. Tatum.2009. Reading for Their Life:Rebuilding the Textual Lineages of African American Males.
- 4. Dr. Tatum’s AAAMSLI 5 weeks Various genres Explicit discussion of race Application process Stipend, lunch, transportation http://aaamsli5.blogspot.com/
- 5. BRSWI 4 days 10 students Stipend, lunch Required to submit at least one final piece Author Skype visit http://brswi.weebly.com/
- 6. Blue Ribbon Summer Writing Institute July 17, 2012 Day 1- Finding Our Voices Sign in/ Writing Survey 10min Read: 20min Group Agreements Mango Street 10min Harlem Write: A place I know Writer’s Notebooks/Tools 10min Our Website WH Graffiti Writing: Autobiography 15min 60min poem, prose, graphic- you choose TED video- Sarah Kay 20min Share out/Line cards 15min Read: 25min Read: You Don’t Know Me “Where I’m From” Share Sharon’s books Write: words, phrases about where I am from My Name “Names/Nombres” Write: my name ideas LUNCH
- 7. A-Ha’s And Reflections Day 1- Worksheet Moment Text is more than written word on the page “Real” authors are important I have more to learn from my students at times than they have to learn from me Time to write, time to write, time to write
- 8. Its seeing the universe open up right before your eyes, As the stars and planets swirl into one. Make a wish, There it is, Flying through the night’s sky, A shooting star come to bless us as it passes by. (rest of student work deleted by Teresa Bunner. You Do not have permission to copy or reprint this work)
- 9. My slim hands are not meant to hold the whole world. So, when you ask me what would I become? I cannot tell you what I don’t see. So, when you ask me questions that even I can’t see clear. But I’ll tell you what I have imagined already. (sample of student work only. No permission granted to copy or reprint)
- 10. Yo soy de miles de plantas hermosas De limonada fresca Yo soy de el jardín hermosa de mi abuelita Lleno de flores I am from hundreds of beautiful plants. From fresh lemonade coloridas I am from Nana’s beautiful garden, Full of colorful flowers Que regabamos con agua todos los dias We watered every day. Yo soy de un arbol de limones I am from a lemon tree Decorado con limones grandes, verdes y jugosos Todos listos Decorated by big, green, juicy lemons Ready to be picked. para ser deshilachados (Sample only of student work. No permission granted to reprint or copy for use)
- 11. Student Feedback What activity did you find most helpful? “...getting feedback from the group.” “Talking to wriers and sharing our stories” What suggestions do you have for improvement? “Make it longer” “More time” “Recruit more people”
- 12. This Summer... 3 weeks Credit recovery or stipend Lunch, better access to technology Kelly Starling Lyons and Matt de la Pena as writers in residence Required reading Min. of 2 pieces submitted
- 13. Possible mentor texts: “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes Ellen’s Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons “Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth “Inside Out” from The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez “Discovering Books” from Black Boy by Richard Wright “Learning to Read and Write” from Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Night by Elie Wiesel ‘IU” by Tavis Smiley “Behind Bars” an excerpt from Monster by Walter Dean Myers Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford “Learning to Read” from The Autobiograhy of Malcolm X “If” by Rudyard Kipling “Miss Rosie” by Lucille Clifton “Federico’s Ghost” by Martín Espada Books by Matt de la Peña