Enjoy your snow day!

Indie read.  Lab time for work on multi-genre social justice paper (do the design template, do research, write pieces) and flipgrid videos (check out the two new questions to answer).

Deadlines:

• new Flipgrid answers by Tuesday 11/20
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (next date Nov. 30 for last names H – O)
• draft of multi-genre paper due in Dropbox by classtime Tuesday, November 27th

 

Student book talk & Indie read.   Multi-genre Social Justice paper assignment & overview.  MCMG overview  MCMG overviewpdf

Deadlines:

• Flipgrid intro video deadline is past but PLEASE upload a video!!!
• read book club #2 selection heading for final target date Thursday 11/15
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (next date Nov. 30 for last names H – O)

Upcoming:  Lab time for work on multi-genre project – check the timeline/checklist & use it wisely!

Student book talk & Indie read.   Multi-genre Social Justice paper assignment & overview.  MCMG overview  MCMG overviewpdf

Deadlines:

• Flipgrid intro video deadline is past but PLEASE upload a video!!!
• read book club #2 selection heading for final target date Thursday 11/15
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (next date Nov. 30 for last names H – O)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Video:  Danger of a Single Story – Chimanda Ngozi Adichie  Book Club #2 target 3 – notebook response & group discussion.

Deadlines:

• Flipgrid intro video deadline is past but PLEASE upload a video!!!
• read book club #2 selection heading for final target date Thursday 11/15
• collecting “BEFORE” “AFTER” and annotated rap lyrics on Tuesday 11/13
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (next date Nov. 30 for last names H – O)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Video:  Crash Course #40 – Justice  Slides & notes:  Social Justice 101 – Prezi by John McKnight  Bonus video:  What is Privilege? (a Buzzfeed video) 

Deadlines:

• Flipgrid intro video by Friday 11/9 – that’s TOMORROW!
• read book club #2 selection heading for target date Friday 11/9
• rap analysis papers due “teacher-ready” in Dropbox folders by end of Monday 11/12
• collecting “BEFORE” “AFTER” and annotated rap lyrics on Tuesday 11/13
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (first date Nov. 9 for last names A – G)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Lab time for finalizing rap analysis paper.  “AFTER” sheet.  Details on submitting rap analysis.

Deadlines:

• Flipgrid intro video by Friday 11/9
• read book club #2 selection heading for target date Friday 11/9
• rap analysis papers due “teacher-ready” in Dropbox folders by end of Monday 11/12
• collecting “BEFORE” “AFTER” and annotated rap lyrics on Tuesday 11/13
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (first date Nov. 9 for last names A – G)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Poetry watch day.  Quickwrite #25: respond/connect the poem that goes with your book club choice.

• Poem Postmarked for the Middle East – Usman Hameedi – The Kite Runner
• Afro-Latina – Elizabeth Acevedo – Shadowshaper
• What Kind of Asian Are You? – Alex Dang – The Young Elites
• My Spanish – Melissa Lozado-Oliva – Mexican WhiteBoy
• To My People: Spoken Word – Deborah Kim – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
• Love You Some Indians – Rowie Shebala – Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Assignment:  Log in to Flipgrid – (flipcode given in class then use google and your SCHOOL email address) & upload your 90 second video introducing yourself and why you chose the book you did for book club #2.

Deadlines:

• read book club #2 selection heading for target date Friday 11/9
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (first date Nov. 9 for last names A – G)

Indie read.  Reminders and demo – Flipgrid & Quotable Mentions.  Notebook: Book club 2 target #2 day – choose a line & answer context questions (we’ll share these tomorrow).

Assignment:  Log in to Flipgrid – (flipcode given in class then use google and your SCHOOL email address) & upload your 90 second video introducing yourself and why you chose the book you did for book club #2.

Deadlines:

• read book club #2 selection heading for target date Friday 11/9
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (first date Nov. 9 for last names A – G)

Student book talk & Indie read.  Read:  The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson.  Group discussion practice.  Flipgrid demo.

Assignment:  Log in to Flipgrid – (flipcode given in class then use google and your SCHOOL email address) & upload your 90 second video introducing yourself and why you chose the book you did for book club #2.

Deadlines:

• read book club #2 selection heading for target date 11/5
• student book talks – NOW thru Dec. 14th
• quotable mention – see due dates (by alphabet) on the QM page above  (first date Nov. 9 for last names A – G)