Participant J in the Literature-N-Living class presents his thoughts to an audience of peers and their family members. He talks about how Tunes for Bears to Dance To highlighted the role of peer pressure in doing wrong and maintaining secrecy to isolate people so they think they are without options. The participant-writer vows to talk to people he trusts.
John Richter's letter to Robert Cormier
Constance Cormier's reply to John Richter
John Richter's response to Constance Cormier
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation A - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation B - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
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Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation K - Tunes for Bears to Dance ToA participant in the Literature-N-Living class presents his lessons learned from We All Fall Down to an audience of peers and their family members. He speaks to the psychological and mental damage that a victim of crime might suffer. He also talks about how it's better to commit crimes alone so no one can turn you in.
John Richter's letter to Robert Cormier
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation I - We All Fall Down
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John Richter's letter to Robert Cormier
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation I - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation B - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation D - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation G - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation H - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation A - We All Fall Down
John Richter, the Youthful Offender Program Coordinator at the Orange County Corrections Department in Florida, writes to Robert Cormier about his Literature-N-Living class. He describes the class and the work students do including discussion, essay writing, and reading comprehension quizzes.
Richter also describes the value of We All Fall Down to this population's need to understand the victim's perspective. He states the students also learned about trust, thoughtful communication, perseverance, and leadership. Leadership was particularly important to Richter because many of the inmates were incarcerated because they are followers that bend to peer pressure.
The class also read Tunes for Bears to Dance To, and in their study, they focused on racism, prejudice, false testimony, and forgiveness. Richter states the book helped inmates think about how they will be perceived upon release and how they will have to present themselves in the face of prejudice.
Constance Cormier's reply to John Richter
John Richter's response to Constance Cormier
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation A - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation B - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation I - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation C - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation J - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation F - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation D - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation E - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation G - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation H - Tunes for Bears To Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation K - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation I - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation B - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation D - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation G - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation F - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation H - We All Fall Down
Literature-N-Living Oral Presentation A - We All Fall Down