BHS ELA Instructional Guide

and resources we have? ●​ How can writing influence change or increase awareness?

Literary Texts

Informational Texts

Novels ●​ Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beales ●​ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ●​ American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang ●​ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

●​ “What is activism?” by Gale, Cengage Learning (Newsela) ●​ “King's granddaughter, 10, is finding her own way as an activist” by Shayna Orens (Newsela) ●​ “For teens, big problems may lead to meaningful research” by Caolyn Wilke (Newsela) ●​ “Opinion: Diversity produces better results” by Katherine W. Phillips, Scientific American (Newsela) Media Texts ●​ “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED Talk ●​ “Stories of Young Changemakers”

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