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09/11/2026

Question:

What would change if your Black students saw themselves in the short stories, articles, poetry, and essays they read... all the time?

Would these texts change their perspective? Their attitude? Their engagement?

We at Blk CITRUS say that everything changes when the curriculum changes. We say that you can have standards-based curriculum using authors that look just like your students and get the same (or better) results as you can with "the classics." We say that what we do... works. We tried it and we know it does.

This is our goal in curriculum writing. We want you to experience the growth and engagement that Sinita Maria Scott and other Blk CITRUS customers see on a daily basis. We want your students to love your English class (at least a little bit)!

If this sounds like the type of curriculum you want, please visit our website!

If you are an ELA teacher and want to delve more deeply into these discussions, please join our group Curriculum 4 The Culture✊🏾: Creative ELA Curricula 4 Black Students, 7-12

And don't forget to follow for more!

Are you an English teacher? Would you like to chat with other ELA teachers from time to time about ELA related things, s...
09/04/2026

Are you an English teacher?

Would you like to chat with other ELA teachers from time to time about ELA related things, school, and teacher life?

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, please join our Facebook group!

Curriculum 4 The Culture✊🏾: Creative ELA Curricula 4 Black Students, 7-12

Hey all!Have you visited the website? There are three complete units, and you can choose to buy an entire quarter, just ...
09/04/2026

Hey all!

Have you visited the website? There are three complete units, and you can choose to buy an entire quarter, just the novel and the questions, or something in between.

There is also multiple choice test prep available, based on stories written by Black authors!

Please mosey over at your convenience and see what Blk CITRUS has to offer!

08/08/2026

Should we teach graphic novels in our ELA classes?

I say... yes! I am not a huge graphic novel person myself, but I do read them specifically so that I can identify the ones that fit the topics/themes that I am covering in my classroom so that I can try my best to work them into the school year at some point.

Here's why:

Graphic novels are short. They are creative. They have pictures... and students can read most graphic novels from start to finish in 2 hours or so (if they want to). If choose such a novel and you add some standards-based, comprehension questions, class discussions, interactive activities, and a lesson or two on something that is mentioned in the book or some background information students need prior to reading the book, you have a whole week (or so) of assignments for a picture book.

I think that's a win!

Also, we have to think about the students. We teach English because we probably loved English in K-12 and college, and we have probably loved reading our entire lives.

Some of our kids DON'T like reading... 🫨😱😮😲🤯

I know! It's blasphemy, right? But I mean it's reality. So... we need to try to reach those kids, too. Some kids may never want to read a book but they are EXCITED when they are given what they consider to be a comicBOOK (we can address the irony of this in some other post at some other time) and suddenly they are engaged, answering questions, and maybe even reading aloud!

I say all that to say: there are some GREAT graphic novels written and illustrated by Black creatives that are just WAITING to be introduced to your classroom.

Blk CITRUS is here to help you find them! We got you!

07/29/2026

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