Category: English 9/10

English 9/10 – Thursday, September 15th

Quickwrite #9: “Cuz He’s Black” by Javon Johnson

CONTINUE/READ: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely (with audio) p. 102 – 120

TO DO: If you have missed days and feel lost, see the pdf in GClassroom to fill in the parts of the novel you missed. Use the ENG 9/10 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST tab at the top of this site to complete any missing notebook entries.

English 9/10 – Wednesday, September 14th

Book Talk & Indie Read

CONTINUE/READ: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely (with audio) p. 85 – 101

NOTEBOOK: Read Like a Writer at p. 94 & 95 of All American Boys (What do we notice about the writing in this excerpt?)

TO DO: If you have missed days and feel lost, see the pdf in GClassroom to fill in the parts of the novel you missed. Use the ENG 9/10 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST tab at the top of this site to complete any missing notebook entries.

English 9/10 – Thursday, September 8th

Book Talk & Indie Read

CONTINUE/READ: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely (with audio) p. 24 – 40

Quickwrite #7 (Continued): 1st Impressions – skip a line and write your thoughts about Quinn

PAST DUE:  Letter was due in GClassroom no later than end of day Monday 9/5 (but you can STILL turn it in)

English 9/10 – Wednesday, September 7th

Book Talk & Indie Read

START/READ: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely (with audio) to p. 23

Quickwrite #7: 1st Impressions – STOP after p. 15 & write your first impressions of Rashad

PAST DUE:  Letter due in GClassroom no later than end of day Monday 9/5 (but you can STILL turn it in)

English 9/10 – Tuesday, September 6th

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ rate calculation

Quickwrite #6: Cartoon Police Images (write wherever they take you – find this on GClassroom in today’s stream if you missed class)

WATCH: All American Boys MSNBC Author Interview with Brendan Kiely & Jason Reynolds (click the link below to watch the video)

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/writing-about-race-new-book-all-american-boys-encourages-honest-conversation-557844547657

PAST DUE:  Letter due in GClassroom no later than end of day Monday 9/5 (but you can STILL turn it in 🙂 )

UPCOMING: Reading All American Boys