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 – Thursday, November 3rd
Book Talk & Indie Read
STUDY: Anatomy of a review – read and dissect the rogerebert.com review of The Hate U Give
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-hate-u-give-2018
ASSIGN: 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 – Tuesday, November 1st
Jordan Peele’s Get Out
UPCOMING: the anatomy of a review (and we’ll be writing reviews)
Multi-Cultural Lit – Monday, October 31st
Jordan Peele’s Get Out
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
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 – Wednesday, October 26th
READING DAY! Read either your book club read or, if you’ve finished it already, anything you’d like.
DEADLINE: Target #3 (the end of your book club novel) is TOMORROW 10/27 so keep reading!
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!