Curricular Resources > 2007 Volume I > Unit 7 (07.01.07) > Section 9

American Voices: Listening to Fiction, Poetry, and Prose

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.01.07

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Poetry and Prose to Increase Literacy and Writing Skills

Carlos A. Lawrence

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Alvarez, A. (2005). The Writer's Voice . New York: W. W. Norton & Company. This book offers insight on author's voice with regard to what it is, how it develops, and why it should matter. It also gives examples on how a reader hears and responds to voice.

American Rhetoric, (2007), Retrieved May 15, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/>. This website is excellent for teachers and students who want to access famous speeches. American Rhetoric is an index of thousands of speeches. The database includes audio, video, and text versions of speeches.

Author Unknown. Literary Terms (For I Have a Dream speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) . Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/Speech/literaryterms.htm>. This website provides an excerpt of the "I Have a Dream" speech color-coded to show how parts of the speech can be used to analyze literary terms.

Author Unknown. Student Instructions (for)Writing a Persuasive Speech. Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/Speech/speech.htm >. This website provides a great guide for writing persuasive speeches. It includes a pre-test, persuasive speech outline, and a scoring rubric.

Author Unknown. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream (Video). Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMXaTktUfA >. You Tube is a popular website were users can upload self-created web casts. Though more known for its outrageous video footage, You Tube also is an excellent source for educational broadcasts. This site Allows teachers and students to view a video of the "I Have a Dream" speech.

Author Unknown . (2007). Dr. Nina Simone. Retrieved May 2, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.ninasimone.com/>. This is the official Nina Simone web site. The site provides biographical information about Dr. Nina Simone.

Author unknown. Misery. (2007). Retrieved May 2, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.horrorking.com/misery.html >.This website has a description, and character lists for Misrey.

Author Unknown. (2005). First 1100 characters of Analysis of Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes. Retrieved May 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=99890 >. This website provides a partial analysis of "A Dream Deferred."

Author Unknown. (2001). Tools to use when creating GO's. Retrieved May 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://edtech.tennessee.edu/~anonis/USES/uses.html>. This website is useful for teachers who would like to use graphic organizers. The site provides guidelines for creating graphic organizers.

Author Unknown. The Constitution of the United States of America. Retrieved May 15, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#amendments >. This website provided by Cornell University makes available digital versions of the United States Constitution and its Amendments.

Brown, G. (1915). The Imagining Ear. Browne and Nichols School Lecture . This is from lecture notes taken during a speech by Robert Frost. It is collected in the Library of America. This lecture gives insight into how we visualize what we listen to.

Cable News Network. (2007). King papers part of movement's past, future. Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/mlk.papers/index.html>. CNN has provided access to parts of the "I Have a Dream" speech with a focus on revisions made in its formulation.

Education World. (2007). National Standards. Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.education-world.com/standards/national/lang_arts/english/k_12.shtml>. This site provides listings of national standards for language arts.

GEAR UP Inland Empire. (2005). Historical Role Models. Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.gearupinlandempire.org/cd-rom/historical_role_models.htm >. This site provides links to information about historical role models. Also included is a checklist of characteristics of each which is useful for students who have trouble connecting to a text.

Henning,K. (2001). For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time . Retrieved May 2, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=840371>. This article provides insight into the rigors of the writing process.

Laker, F. (2007). New insights into mind of MLK . Retrieved May 2, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://digg.com/world_news/New_insights_into_mind_of_MLK >. This site is a collection of Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers. It features drafts of famous speeches as well as documents from his college days.

Library of Congress. The Construction of the Proclamation. (2002). Retrieved May 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt028.html >. This website has copies of drafts of the Emancipation Proclamation. This site is useful for revision exercises.

Leander Independent School District. (2007). Instructional Strategies That Work. Retrieved May 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://classroom.leanderisd.org/webs/marzano/identifying_similarities_and_differences.htm >. This website has instructional strategies for analyzing similarities and differences and examples of comparison matrix's.

McLuhan, M. (1976). Marshall McLuhan Quote. Retrieved May 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marshall_mcluhan.html>. This web site provides quotes about advertising.

National Resource Center on AD/HD. (2007) IDEA (The Individual with Disabilities Education Act. Retrieved May 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.help4adhd.org/en/education/rights/idea>. This site provides information about laws that apply to special needs students.

Philbrick,R. (2001). Freak the Mighty. New York: Blue Sky Press. This book is a story about the friendship between to special needs children.

Sitomer, A. (2006). Tupac Shakur in Language Arts Class? Real-World Teaching Tools, 27, 66-67. This article provides a guideline for integrating poetry and Hip Hop songs into language arts lessons.

Sunnemark, F. (2004). Ring Out Freedom!: The Voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the

Making of the Civil Rights Movement. Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0253216591&id=8bJ8SrMf9-wC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&ots=iuMukCIOfk&dq=published+works+on+using+speeches+to+find+voice&sig=eWfs7RakpyPDEx3-gHjrigUGjhE>. This website provides exerpts from the book Ring Out Freedom. It includes insight into how Dr. King became the voice of the Civil rights Movement.

Thomas C. & Mary L. O'Haver. (1997). I Have A Dream. Retrieved April 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/StudentProjects/IHaveADream/Ihaveadream.html>. This website provides examples, procedures, and evaluation criteria for creating a five paragraph essay.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Langston Hughes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes>.Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about Langston Hughes and links to his literary works.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). The Notorious B.I.G. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notorious_B.I.G.#_note-allmusic-rtd>. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about Notorious B.I.G. and links to his literary works.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Zion I . Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_I>. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about Zion I and links to their literary works.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Hip hop music. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about the history of Hip Hop music.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). If--. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E2%80%94 >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about "If" by Rudyard Kipling.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Rudyard Kipling. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about Rudyard Kipling and links to his literary works.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Dylan Thomas. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about Dylan Thomas and links to his literary works.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Tupac Shakur. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shaku r >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about Tupac Shakur and links to his literary works.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Zion I - 'How Many (Audio)'. Retrieved May 15, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/detail.asp?ID=4392 >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about "How Many" by Zion I and links to a audio version of the song.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). Emancipation Proclamation. Retrieved May 15, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation >. Wikipedia is a free on-line dictionary that is helpful for teachers and students. This search provides information about the Emancipation Proclamation and links to exerpts of drafts of the document.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2007). No Child Left Behind Act. Retrieved May 12, 2007 from the World Wide Web:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind#Student_testing>. This site provides information about the No Child Left behind Act.

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