Here's the link to a writing unit that focuses on multicultural literature. The unit has students reading poems and short stories from writers of color. It then has students creating their own poems, editing peers' work, writing analytically about the pieces of literature, and they will write creatively with similar themes from the literature read in the unit.
The unit is fairly thorough. It seems like it would be engaging, and has a nice variety of reading a writing. There's a nice balance of teacher led class time, individual time to work on material, and group/partner work to help with editing and revision. The themes of the unit, I believe, would speak to the lives of all students, not just students in an urban environment.
This is not the kind of unit plan I would like to create for my writing unit, but I could see myself implementing all or part of this in the future. It has rigor, and I think students would be engaged throughout.
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