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October Unit: A Writing Teacher's Guide to IT'S TREVOR NOAH: BORN A CRIME

October Unit: A Writing Teacher's Guide to IT'S TREVOR NOAH: BORN A CRIME

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Oct 07, 2023
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You guys. I am so excited about this. More excited than I’ve been about a project in a long time.

I’m currently teaching It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime for the first time. And, to save time and energy and maximize learning, I’m using it as the foundation of my personal essay unit.

Which made me think: what if there were teacher’s guides (like the teacher’s guides you find online with discussion questions + comprehension activities) for writing.

And thus I began a little experiment: could I write a writing teacher’s guide to It’s Trevor Noah: Born A Crime. You’re getting that 17-page document today — full of lessons, writing activities, and reproducibles!

“But I don’t teach Born a Crime…”

Here’s what makes me the happiest about this guide: it’s for anyone who teaches personal narrative. You can use it at any one of three levels:

Are you ready for it?

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