The 57 Bus Lesson Plan

Blogging

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will record their reactions, questions, and make and evaluate predictions throughout the duration of the book

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.10

Structure:

The 57 Bus recounts scenes with violence (the fire, gang violence, and murder), gender non-conforming and transgender people, and U.S incarceration practices. Suicidal thoughts are briefly depicted as are conversational swearing such as "s--t" and "f--k." This material may be triggering to some students and the teacher should warn the class ahead of time about each of these occurrences. Emphasize to the...