Category: Multi-Cultural Lit.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Monday, November 14th

Read Aloud – A Different Pond by Bao Phi & Thi Bui

Indie Read

Quickwrite #27: “A Conversation with Asian Americans on Race” – New York Times

STUDY/READ: “What Did My Mother the Chemist See in Betty Crocker?” by Celeste Ng

REVIEW: Features of a Review (notes page on GClassroom) if you need it

DEADLINE: Writing #3 due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 11/20

Multi-Cultural Lit – Friday, November 4th

Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in

STUDY: Anatomy of a review – read and dissect the saucemagazine.com review of Mai Lee in Brentwood

https://saucemagazine.com/a/524/280-choices-await-you-at-mai-lee

TO-DO: Check out the writing assignment and DO THE RESEARCH over the week off (That means choose an album, movie, or restaurant to review and spend some time with it. Be sure the creator(s)/owner(s) are BIPOC.)

DEADLINE: Writing #3 due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 11/20 (that’s after we come back from the week off)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, November 2nd

Read Aloud – Review: Get Out by Brian Tallerico https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/get-out-2017

Indie Read w/ rate calculation & goal set

STUDY: Anatomy of a review – read and dissect the pitchfork.com review of Bad Bunny’s album Un Verano Sin Ti

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti/

PREVIEW: Writing #3 – where you review an album, movie, or restaurant (with a BIPOC creator)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Friday, October 28th

Indie Read with clipboard check-in

Quickwrite #26: Fears – What are you afraid of? Create a list. Then, choose one and expand.

READ/STUDY: “Jordan Peele Made a Woke Horror Film” – Bethonie Butler The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jordan-peele-made-a-woke-horror-film/2017/02/22/5162f21e-f549-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html

FILM: Get Out (we’ll continue watching this next week)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, October 27th

Book Talk & Indie Read

NOTEBOOK: Return to the Predictions & Outcomes spread we started on 10/4 Complete the Outcomes/After section by taking a look at your predictions and commenting now on how it realy turned out

DISCUSSION: Novel #3 by group ENDGAME 🙂 – Use today’s BIG Book ?s to drive your conversation when it stalls.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Tuesday, October 25th

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #25: Author interview videos with Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nicola Yoon, & Ibi Zoboi – take a few notes during the videosand then add a few thoughts of your own about the interviews, the books, or the authors

DEADLINE: Target #3 (the end of your book club novel) is Thursday 10/27 so keep reading!