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Table of Contents

Unit Texts

Grade 12, Unit 4 Student Reader
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Writing Tasks

S-7: Interpretive Assignment #1: Being and Unbeing in The Roots
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S-9: Writing Like The Roots
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S-15: Writing Like E. E. Cummings
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S-17: Interpretive Assignment #2: Being and Unbeing in E. E. Cummings
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S-21: Hip-Hop and E. E. Cummings
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S-29: Interpretive Assignment #3: Being and Unbeing in Sonia Sanchez
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S-32: Writing Like Sonia Sanchez
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S-38: Interpretive Assignment #4: Being in Unbeing in Carolyn Forché
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S-42-43: The Retrospective Essay
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Charts for Discussion

S-1: Introducing The Roots
S-7: Small-Group Work: Problems and Solutions
S-8: Being and Unbeing in The Roots
S-8: During Interpretive Discussions…
S-14: Techniques Used By Cummings
S-18: Being and Unbeing in E. E. Cummings
S-21: Hip-Hop and E. E. Cummings: Similarities
S-30: Being and Unbeing in Sonia Sanchez
S-39: Being and Unbeing in Forché
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