Va vertical alignment notes

1. Reminders:
●Changesand/oradditionswillbeimplementedATTHE
SOONEST,September2020
●NOfinaldecisionswillbemadetoday.Thefullvertical
alignmentskeletonwillbecompletedandwillneed
consensusfromtheteambeforemovingtoCabinet
approval.
●ThoughcontentandskillareveryweldedinL&L,ourgoal
forthisyearistoaligncontent.Anydiscussionofskillswill
benotedforfurtherinvestigation.
Norms:
●OneMic
●Stepup,stepback
●Takebreakswhenneeded
Lenses(onPosters&typedindocumenteventually):
Themes/Topics:
Love
Disability/Different
Abilities
Family
Friendship
Survival
Power
Immigration
HumanRights
Identity
Gender/Sexual
Identity
Gentrification
Coming-of-Age
Race
Class
Oppression
Resistance
Wilderness/Wild
Places
Geography(What
regionisthefocus
on?):
MiddleEast
Asia(Russia-
USSR,China,India)
PuertoRico
Mexico
Americas
Europe(France,
England,N.Ireland,
Baltics,Ireland,
Scotland)
Africa
Extreme
Geographies
DP:3countrieson2
continents
AuthorIdentities:
Matchthekids
QueerAuthors
NativeAmerican
Authors(alive,dead,
female,male,etc)
AsianAmericans
Arabic
LGBTQ
Women
AfricanAmericans
notaboutslaveryor
oppression
Latin-American
Caribbean
BlackAmerican
African
Whiteauthorswriting
aboutwhiteness
Whiteauthors
First-generation
TextTypes:
ReadingWriting
CollageEssay
Songs/Music
Non-verbal
information
Teleplay
Script
Screenplay
Photoessay
GraphicNovels
Film
Novel
Op-ed
Speeches
Letters
ShortStory
Documentary
Photography
Propagandaposters
Genres:
ReadingWriting
Satire
Memoir
Poetry
MagicalRealism
CreativeNF
HistoricalFiction
Drama
Play
Protest
Survivalstories
Philosophy
Speculative
Horror
Sci-Fi
Dystopian
Fantasy
GraphicNovel
RealisticFiction
TimePeriods:
AmericanNon-
American
DP:Requiredto
teachtextfrom3
differentcenturies.It
wouldbeniceifthey
HarlemRenaissance
AmericanBlack
authorLate60s/Civil
Rights
AIDSCrisis
IndustrialRevolution
somewhere

2. BuildingBridges
Individual&The
System
Home
Intersectionality
Hate
Chronic/Mental
Illness
UrbanStreetLit
Poverty
Invention/Reinventio
n
Revolution
Intertextuality
Intersexuality
ToxicMasculinity/
Patriarchy
Capitalism
Beauty
ArtasaWeapon
Languageasa
Weapon
Society
Utopia
Dystopia
Adolescence
PrisonIndustrial
Complex
Hope
Size-ism
TheJoyofBeauty
Trust
Fairness
Storiesand
Storytelling(DP)
Readers,Writers,
immigrants
Teenauthors
Spanishspeaking/
Mexico
BHSStudents
American
NYC
DifferentVoicesfrom
USStates
Advertisements
InformationalTexts
NewspaperArticle
FeatureArticle
Reviews(movies,
films,etc)
Interviews
SportsStories
Diaryentries
Obituaries
Multimedia
Manual(howto-do
something)
FineArts
PersuasiveEssay
Event
SocialMedia
Cartoon(Political)
Stand-upComedy
Animation
Improv
Manifesto
SketchComedy
Manifesto
PerformanceArt
ScientificArticle
SMSmessage
Email
Emoji
Meme
Cookbooks
YoungAdult
Coming-of-age
Noir
SouthernGothic
Slavenarratives
Music
Adventure
Mystery
LGBTQ+
Biography
Mythology
Religious/Sacred
Texts
Spoken
Word/Folklore
Romance/Love/Sex
Manga/Anime
Foodwriting
TravelWriting
SportsFiction
Children’sLiterature
TotalitarianGovts
Chile1980s
NaziGermany
1940s
1920s1970sMexico
City
USSR
CivilWarinAmerica
CivilRights
TheGreat
Depressioninthe
US
Socialism
Women’sRights/
ADA
AncientTexts
(Homer,etc)BCE
13thCenturyWest
Africa
1400-1500GBritain
Present
MacCartheyism/