#Btr news
jump roping for literarcy
April, 2019 - In partnership with #Brown Teens Read, Giving Keys of Hope sponsored a Jump Roping Literacy Challenge. For every 15 minutes that the teens jumped rope, the African American Environmentalist Association would plant two trees and donate a small library to a classroom. The challenge lasted 12 hours. After, #BTR sponsored dinner and dancing.
musings & mayhem
April, 2019 - Brown teens had a blast at the play, Twelfth Night. Students had to take a scene and recreate it as a rap, song, monologue, or other creative piece!
late night literature circles
April, 2019 - Brown teens gathered at a local high school to read, discuss, reflect and make connections on culturally responsive literature using Common Core aligned, but fun, curriculum as a guide. These sponsor-led literature circles are engaging, interactive and fun! Oh yeah, almost forgot...there's snacks!
happy birthday dr. seuss!
March, 2019 - #BrownTeensRead Advocates had a blast hosting a birthday party event for Dr. Seuss. Teens visited a local after school care center to read, eat Dr. Seuss books-themed cupcakes, dance and socialize with elementary and middle school youth. They also got a chance to read with The Cat in the Hat and participate in contests and prizes to celebrate Dr. Seuss's 95th birthday!
#BTR's ice cream social kick-off event
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February, 2019 - In order to introduce #BrownTeensRead and announce the name and some concept changes, #BTR hosted a kickoff Ice Cream Social event! Teens had a blast networking, winning prizes, playing book-themed games and of course, eating traditional and dairy-free ice cream!
#brownteensread wins LEF Grant opportunity
October, 2018 - #BrownTeensRead Wins Again! For the second year in a row, #BrownTeensRead has won the LEF Educators Grant, first as English Fury, now as #BrownTeensRead! With the funds received, it will possible for #BTR to host a kickoff event and other events that introduces #BTR to the community and help them transition from the notion that we are no longer English Fury.
english fury is now #brownteensread
September, 2018 - Some things just make sense. And the renaming of English Fury did in this case. Here's why. The #BrownTeensRead Reading Awareness Project started as an online literary resource for high school Advanced Academics classes called English Fury. But, as we shuffled along, we detected a problem: many teens of color admit that they do not read, and even more disheartening, do not like to read! It was making our English Fury cause difficult, even with Advanced Academics students. They just did not like reading. Then, after consulting with other educators of on-level English classes inclusively, we learned that it is not just Advanced Academics teens who do not enjoy reading, many teens across the board do not like reading! Tragic! So, to address that problem, we created a solution! We created #BrownTeensRead. While many of our initial concepts for English Fury remain the same, our focus has bent toward getting teens to read more, and to get educators to be more culturally responsive when choosing reading material for their English classes--on-level and Advanced Academics.
Now, as advocates for a balanced narrative of teens who do love reading and writing, we aim to appeal to more teens of color to read, and write, not just for the classroom, but for their own enjoyment!
Now, as advocates for a balanced narrative of teens who do love reading and writing, we aim to appeal to more teens of color to read, and write, not just for the classroom, but for their own enjoyment!