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Blog Post #6: CCSS Writing and Language
I wanted to examine the different language CCSS between 6th grade and 12th grade to see how far a student would come from learning the supposed basics of secondary English ed language requirements, to what allows them to graduate. Looking at 6th grade, it’s pretty basic and they should have a good foundation just from, you know, being alive for a little over a decade. Using proper pronouns, intensive pronouns (myself, ourselves), and using punctuation in their writing and proper conventions of standard English, such as spelling correctly. These are traits that teachers can typically expect their students to already be at, but it’s the deeper stuff that we have to focus on, or if some students aren’t at the level, we have to work on to catch them up or go over it all again so that the students that are slightly behind don’t feel like their so behind it’d be impossible to catch up. THe more intense standards look really interesting to teach and i didn’t realize that they were a common co...
BRAZEN: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World
What is Brazen? Brazen by Penelope Bagieu, is a collection of short biographies encompassing the lives of powerful women and their careers, as well as their fight against social injustice and fight for social change. This book highlights powerful women who aren’t inherently famous or known for their academic or sociopolitical activism, and how each woman had a hand in changing the world for the better-whether it be by stopping coastal erosion in Montauk, Long Island, or being the first openly transitioned woman in America, to being a spy during WWII against the Nazi’s. Why did I choose this text? I chose this text because it offers a different perspective on history and those that influence it. In graphic novel form, it provides a really cool way to learn about such an interesting facet of world history and the whistle blower and “world-saving” effects that these women had throughout history- from the first woman OBGYN in Ancient Greece, to the firs...