Speak

= Unit Plans: =
 * Speak unit plan, complete with activities, handouts and lesson plans: []
 * Discussion Q's, projects, writing ideas and activities: []
 * Unit plan (with connections to "Elephant in the room" and "I'm Nobody" poems + interior monologue sample "But the One on the Right" : http://www.writerlady.com/LeeBrownCurrUnit.html
 * [[file:unit-speak.doc]] - activities, including a culminating project: "Watercolor of trees that have been hit by lightening"
 * Great discussion & writing prompts: http://www.sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/cyberenglish9/Speak/speak.htm

= = = Activities & Handouts: =
 * Poem written by Laurie Anderson + discussion Q's: []
 * Writing activity - students keep a week-long journal of sexual harassment (school, work, cafeteria, halls, etc.), who commits the harassment (including its nature), and the response of person being harassed: []
 * Double-Entry Journal - while reading to engage more deeply with the book: http://bit.ly/JeCX2 + blank template: http://bit.ly/uDE72 + log grading rubric: http://bit.ly/10nwLq
 * Anticipation Guide (before and after reading __Speak__): [[file:Anticipation_Guide_for_Speak.doc]]
 * Book talks about __Speak__ for introducing the book: http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/anderson_speak.htm
 * Webquest. Conducted in groups of 3, members study: 1) types of self defense, 2) providing counseling to assault victims, 3) prevention. Links to helpful sites are attached. Students present research by creating a brochure in MS Publisher (publishing method can be varied) http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/crc/webquest/SPEAK/
 * [[file:Speak Anticipation Guide.doc]]

= Project Ideas: =
 * Response to __Speak__ - students choose a project from a list of choices that include technological applications. Site includes several student samples (art, slideshow, rap song): http://www.schools.manatee.k12.fl.us/181SGARROTT/speak/intro.html
 * Teacher selects key words in the book and asks each student to "draw out a word" (somewhat similar to the art teacher's assignment in the book) and make a collage that reflects the relationship of the word to the book. Students can create through artistic or technological media. (suggested by Sheri from EC Ning)

= Tests/ Quizzes: =



=** Artistic Connections: **=
 * Comparing Kahlo's "Roots" to __Speak__: http://www.schools.manatee.k12.fl.us/webdisk/181SGARROTT/pdfs/Kahlo-Speak.pdf

= = =** Helpful Websites: **=
 * Laurie Halse Anderson's website http://www.writerlady.com
 * Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-anderson-laurie.asp
 * Facts about the Suffregettes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragettes
 * Statistics about sexual assault victims, rapists, and assaults http://www.rainn.org/statistics
 * Texas Sex Offender Registry https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/DPS_WEB/SorNew/index.aspx
 * Cliffnotes version of the plot & literary elements: []
 * Blog where readers have posted their reactions to Speak, and how it affected them (or not): http://speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com/2009/04/speaking-up-about-speak.html#comments
 * My English Companion posting about __Speak__: http://bit.ly/euY99
 * A HS teacher's //Speak// blog discussion questions - http://lhshonorsla9.ning.com/group/speak
 * Anderson's "WFMAD" or "Write Fifteen Minutes a Day" challenge - http://halseanderson.livejournal.com/254140.html