Category: Multi-Cultural Lit.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, October 21st

Indie Read

Quickwrite #25: Mid-term Reflection – think about the things we do (quickwrites, drafts, group/class novels, independent reading, learning about writing/rhetoric) and how you do them (are you thorough? on time? responsive? committed? engaged?) where do you excel? fall short? how can/will you be better?

Reading Day!!

DEADLINES:

  • Sumbit your QW #25 as a scan or photo on GClassroom no later than end of day TODAY 10/21
  • Target #3 (the end) of Novel #3 (Dear Martin, All American Boys, or Everything Everything) TOMORROW 10/22

Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, October 20th

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #24: “This Land” by Gary Clark, Jr.

Read Reviews:

Rolling Stone: Review: Gary Clark Jr. Fights for Freedom on ‘This Land’ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/gary-clark-jr-this-land-review-799001/

BluesRockReview: Gary Clark Jr: This Land Review https://bluesrockreview.com/2019/02/gary-clark-jr-this-land-review.html

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

Revisit QW#24 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Multi-Cultural Lit – Tuesday, October 19th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #23: “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#23 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Multi-Cultural Lit – Monday, October 18th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #22: “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#22 and add other thoughts. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, October 14th

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #21: Novel #2 (target 2) What surprised you? What’s worth talking about?

Group Discussions Novel #2 – Everything Everything or Dear Martin or All American Boys.

DEADLINES:

  • Read to target #3 (the end) in your novel no later than classtime Thursday 10/21.
  • Turn in ANY past due writing assignments (and then email Mrs. C that you submitted)

Multi-Cultural Lit – Tuesday, October 12th

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #20: Your thoughts on the n-word

Watch these videos about/from Blackish season 2: ‘Blackish’ Cast Tackles Using the ‘N-Word’ in Season Premiere Dre Debates The Word at Work – Black-ish Dre & Bow Discuss The Word – Black-ish 

In-Class excerpt/scene from Dear White People Volume I: Chapter V

& Ta Nehisi Coates on “When Words Don’t Belong to Everyone”

Revisit Quickwrite #20 with additional thoughts considering the videos we watched.4

UPCOMING: SAT for Seniors and reading day tomorrow for those in class.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, October 7th

Book Talk & Indie Read w/ Padlet check-in.

Group Discussions Novel #2 – Everything Everything or Dear Martin or All American Boys.

DEADLINE/TARGET: Read to target #2 in your new novel no later than classtime Thursday 10/14. (Remember, you have a long weekend, so be sure to read or you might run out of time Tues – Thurs.)