YA Lit Engl 318/518
Dr. Miller Social Action Project
Due: April 7, 2009
Total: ____/75
Objective: Based on our reading of Speak, in groups, please consider a SAP that could be employed in a
secondary school setting. Consider an issue that surfaced for you and how you could be proactive about
interrupting any cycle of oppression. The goal of this is to create a SAP that works toward disrupting harm
or injury (whether it be emotional, psychological, or physical) of another, the self, an animal, or the
environment.
Please include the following when designing your project.
I. Provide a detailed description of the SAP that includes a rationale for the project (explains the reason for
the project and how you hope it can benefit students), include theories that support the rationale (e.g.,
critical literacy, constructivism, etc), cite properly (in APA or MLA), and any obstacles you foresee in its
execution. ____/50
II. Create a rubric that contains ____/25
• project name
• procedures, details, specifics, etc.
• points
• a due date
See samples below (part 1 is missing, that’s up to you):
