READING DAY!

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

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #24: Mid-Term Reflection – How’s It Going?

NOTEBOOK: Passage/Quote Search – Find a passage that you think is IMPORTANT to your group novel. Note the page # and explain why it matters.

DISCUSSION: Novel #3 by group (at target #2) – What’s worth talking about? Use today’s notebook passage search to push you when conversation stalls or you don’t know what to share.

ASSIGNMENT: Submit QW #24 in GClassroom today. A picture will do nicely – you’ve already done the writing.

TO-DO: Keep reading! Target #3 – endgame is next Thursday 10/27.

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #23: “This Land” by Gary Clark, Jr.

Read Reviews:

Texas Monthly: Review: Gary Clark Jr.’s New Music Video, “This Land,” Is a Furious, Beautiful Statement https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/gary-clark-jr-this-land-music-video/

NPR Interview: Racism In American South Inspired Gary Clark Jr.’s ‘This Land’ https://www.npr.org/2019/02/23/697005120/racism-in-american-south-inspired-gary-clark-jr-s-this-land

Downbeat: Gary Clark, Jr. This Land https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/this-land

Revisit QW#23 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #22: “I’m Not Racist” by Joyner Lucas

Read Reviews:

CNN: ‘I’m Not Racist’ is the brutal race conversation nobody wants to have https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/entertainment/joyner-lucas-not-racist-video-trnd/index.html

Vulture: Joyner Lucas’s Viral Hit ‘I’m Not Racist’ Is Exhausting https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/joyner-lucas-viral-hit-im-not-racist-is-exhausting.html

Revisit QW#22 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

DEADLINE: DEADLINE: Target #2 for Novel 3 extended to Thursday 10/20. Keep reading.

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #21: “This Is America” by Childish Gambino / Donald Glover

Read Reviews:

Rolling Stone: Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’ Is a Nightmare We Can’t Afford to Look Away From https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/donald-glovers-this-is-america-is-a-nightmare-we-cant-afford-to-look-away-from-630177/

Pitchfork: Childish Gambino “This Is America” https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/childish-gambino-this-is-america/

Spin: The Cynicism Of Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” https://www.spin.com/2018/05/donald-glover-this-is-america-review/

Revisit QW#21 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

DEADLINE: Target #2 for Novel 3 is Wednesday 10/19. Keep reading.

Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Chapter 7 of The Black Friend – On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph

DEADLINE: Target #2 for Novel 3 (Everything Everything, Dear Martin, American Street, or Monday’s Not Coming) Wednesday 10/19 in class

Book Talk & Indie Read

Quickwrite #20: n-word (your thoughts and opinions)

STUDY: Examining the conversation around use of the n-word. Watch videos below + scene from Dear White People V1:Ch5

Quickwrite: revisit & add on any additional/new thoughts. . . .

TO-DO: Stay on target for Novel #3.

Book Talk

Reading Day! Stay on schedule to reach target #2 of our 3rd novel by Wednesday 10/19.

PAST DUE: Writing #2 (& Writing #1) – If you haven’t turned these in, do it ASAP!!

Book Trailers & Indie Read

Quickwrite #19: Table Talk ?s (Novel #3 so far)

DISCUSSION: Novel #3 by group – What’s worth talking about? Use today’s Quickwrite to push you when conversation stalls or you don’t know what to share.

TO-DO: Keep reading – Next target is Wednesday 10/19