![]() My PTSD is triggered in the battle of being Black in this country. Then I reached the end… Walt’s brother is displaying PTSD, reminding me of the men in my family suffering from PTSD post-war. It felt like I was reading a story playout from my childhood about my slugger big brother and his baseball-loving friends. My initial reaction to Swing was that it felt like home. Personal Connection with Text- Reader Response Strategy We have a responsibility to educate our youth on the realities of societal issues that each citizen plays a role in and is responsible for helping to improve. There is an undeniably evident need for these controversial topics to be confronted in our classrooms. ![]() By the end of the unit, students will create an argumentative essay based on the research of systems that contribute to the inequities we face in today’s society. We are exploring, specifically, societal issues as they appear throughout the text. The novel is used in the curriculum as an anchor text for a unit on tradition and progress. I went into the novel with little background information after having not researched in an effort to maintain my anticipation and element of surprise. The text, which I highly anticipated reading, was introduced to me as part of what I’d be teaching in class this semester. Themes such as love, race, politics, and violence appear throughout the novel that is written in poetic form. Swing by Kwame Alexander showcases the story of high schoolers, Noah and Walt, as they search to find their cool while juggling to understand major aspects of life. ![]()
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