Therefore, the students are given adapted English instruction at their functioning level instead of actual grade level. Each student's educational team has determined that they will not be successful in a regular education English class with their non-disabled peers. Included in the class are students with learning and/or emotional disabilities as determined by a psychological report and Individualized Education Plan (IEP). This unit will be implemented in a mixed grade level (9-12) special education resource English class. We are a Title I school with monies allocated to our school based on the high percentage of student applications for free and reduced lunches. Over sixty-percent of our students are minorities. Langley High School is one of ten Pittsburgh Public High Schools. It will center on the whole class reading of Devil in a Blue Dress, with the possibility of exploring other Easy Rawlins stories and/or other detective fiction written by African American authors.Ī description of the target student audience follows. This curriculum unit will focus on the writings of Walter Mosley. Using Walter Mosley Detective Novels (Devil in a Blue Dress) to Motivate Reluctant High School Readers by Jessica L.
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