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=Speaking Up for A Cause =

== **My unit, //The Importance of Speaking Up,// is geared towards an Eleventh grade classroom. I choose an older grade level because the book Speak deals with an adolescent who gets raped. Since the content might be hard for students to understand, I need my students to be mature. I will send home a permission slip home with my students so their parents are aware about the topics I will be openly discussing. If any student feels uncomfortable about reading Speak or talking about abuse, I will have a separate book for them to read. The separate book would have to do with bullying, since it is a form of abuse. Although I do not recommend students choosing to read a different book, I feel that there needs to be a backup book because the topics being discussed in this unit might be hard for a student to listen to or discuss.** ==