An anthology of educators from Fremont HS (LAUSD) reading their favorite literary quotes then explaining their personal significance in support of the Fremont Reads Initiative. #EmpoweredByITI

Fremont Reads: Our Favorite Quotes

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AP Mr. Navarro reads the last lines of John Donne's poem "No Man Is an Island"

Ms. Gates shares her favorite quote from Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

Ms. Patel reads from Mox by John Moxley

Ms. Jefferson shares a favorite passage from Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi

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Ms. D. Jones reads a passage from The House of Sand and Fog written by Andre Dubus III

Ms. Averiette shares a passage from Soul Food by LaJoyce Brookshire

Mr. Poe reads Shel Silverstein's poem "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too"

Principal Ms. Esquivel reads a passage from So Far from God by Ana Castillo

Ms. Schryn shares her favorite passage from Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West written by Gregory Maguire

Mr. Swanson shares his favorite quote from The Stand by Stephen King

Mr. Trinidad shares a favorite passage from I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Mr. Hernandez reads a poem found in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Mr. Juarez shares his favorite quote from Toni Morrison's Beloved

AP Mr. Mike shares a quote from X: A Biography of Malcolm X by Jessica Gunderson

Ms. Carter reads from Tyler Perry's Higher is Waiting

Mr. Dunsmore shares his favorite quote from For One More Day by Mitch Albom

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The Faculty of John C. Fremont High School

Los Angeles Unified School District Local District South Practitioner 6.0 School

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Mr. Avila reads from Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Ms. Goehring shares her favorite quote from The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak

Mrs. Touceda shares her favorite quote from the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe

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Mr. Jessel reads the opening passage of Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury

Ms. Torres reads a favorite passage from Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

Ms. Vaia reads a favorite passage from the short story "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes

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An anthology compiled by Michelle Touceda, ITF, as part of Fremont Reads at Fremont High School, a Practioner 6.0 School.

Thanks to KQED for the push to try incorporating more audio, to Soundtrap for making it easy to get started, to BookCreator for the platform to house it all together, to Ms. Goerhing for her desire to get more of our students reading, and to all the amazing educators who took part in this project. #EmpoweredByITI December 2021

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Ms. P. Nguyen reads from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Ms. Michael reads a passage from Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea

Mr. Debaca reads from Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes

Ms. Monugian reads the opening of Sleeping Beauty from The Brothers Grimm

AP Ms. Hoback reads the Langston Hughes poem "Mother to Son"

Ms. Arroyo reads a favorite passage found in Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm

Ms. Aguilera shares a passage from Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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