Stepping Out of the Shade – East Tech High School, Ms. German & Ms. Clement
Click here to see the full anthology!
Most of the work in this anthology was written during weekly workshops from February
through May in six sections of English at East Tech High school.
Inspired by the poetry of Amanda Gorman, students explored poetry and poetic devices
both independently and as a creative collaboration.
They explored point of view through ekphrastic writing (writing in response to or inspired
by other artistic forms) and through speculative second person flash fictions.
They wrote descriptively about the people and places in their lives.
They also wrote individual and collaborative dramatic dialogues, which led us to our
final project, the choose your own adventure stories at the back of this anthology.
Students were encouraged to choose their favorite pieces to submit for the anthology,
which meant that they could also choose poems and personal essays written during our
fall residency, which was supported by the Maltz Museum, and in which they wrote and
shared powerful poems and stories about hate, discrimination, bias, and standing up.
We hope you enjoy and are inspired by the way they have stepped out of the shade by
using their voices and their imaginations this year.