Exploring Contemporary Social Issues
This handout asks students to choose a contemporary social issue and identify key scenes where the author explores this issue.
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Exploring Contemporary Social Issues (en español)
This handout asks students to choose a contemporary social issue and identify key scenes where the author explores this issue in Spanish.
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Reading for Empathy Sketch to Stretch
This handout asks students to create a sketch that reflects their ideas about a quotation on reading and empathy.
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Reading for Empathy Sketch to Stretch (en español)
This handout asks students to create a sketch that reflects their ideas about a quotation on reading and empathy in Spanish.
![Two female students engage in classroom discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/San_Francisco_California_Classroom_2017_%20FH152796.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=hd8COz_6)
Spoken Word Mind Map
Help students generate ideas as they prepare to write their own spoken word poem.
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Exploring the Purpose of Poetry
This handout supports students to complete a close reading of a section of Amanda Gorman's TED Talk.
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Exploring the Purpose of Poetry (en español)
This handout supports students to complete a close reading of a section of Amanda Gorman's TED Talk in Spanish.
![Female students engage in classroom discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/Chicago_Classroom_2019_FH2101399.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=bEMoBUXd)