Noticing Sentences

Quotes But as Zora Neale Hurston famously warned, "If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." p2 Poems I Saved Self/ Care p16-17 Panther p18-19 We Shall Overcome p22 Mermaids p26-27 Tsunami p28-29 We Are Wise p33 We Can't Breathe p34 "On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley p49 Blessing p72 Lines I Loved "Boy," she demanded, "who taught you to hate your source?" p35

Quotes You don't have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. - John Ciardi Parents Protecting parents' feelings can be a full-time job. p59 Representation "Phoebe, you know all those novels about divorce? They're mostly for the kids who are just starting it. There should one about a kid who's lived with it for a long time. Then you'd see that we all survive it." p72-73 Nope He talks about Kilmer school spirit and how we should stand behind the school, no matter what. p118

Interesting Facts and Quotes Even unmarried women between the ages of seventeen and forty were called to serve [in Japan]. p17 Sachiko by Caren Stelson "The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage... we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable." [message to the people of Japan from the emperor] p44 Sachiko by Caren Stelson The new constitution guaranteed freedom of expression, but in practice, the heavy hand of censorship banned articles, reports, passages in school textbooks, movies, or any text that questioned General Headquarters authority or informed the public about the atomic bomb. p59 Sachiko by Caren Stelson Any criticism of, or information about, or photos of the use and impact of the atomic bomb were deleted or blackened out. Even the Japanese characters for genshi bakudan, "atomic bomb," could not be printed. p63 Sachi...

Lists-- no commas I hate it when she does this, makes me feel young and obvious and stupid. p 40 All We Have Left by Wendy Mills Confidence/ Strength "Yes," she says. "What I wanted to say is this: you are stronger than you think you are. We all are." p76 All We Have Left by Wendy Mills "The more I discovered the more I want to know." p291 All We Have Left by Wendy Mills Religion/ Faith Eventually my father intervened, telling me gently that faith was a road map to happiness, God willing, not a roadblock to fun , and asked me to go to my room to calm down. p92 All We Have Left by Wendy Mills While I'm on this topic for a moment, I live in a rural area with not a lot of diversity of race, ethnicity, or religion. For my students, this book gives them one point of view that they can use to start opening up their minds to more than the very limited point of view they may witness in popular culture and news. I found the discussions of ...