The Book Was Better? – John Green Book/Movie trailers. Indie read.  Discussion w/ notes from last quickwrites (listen patiently, listen actively, police your own voice).

Important Reminder:  You need a book club selection for Tuesday, Sept. 4th. Find one by bookstore, library, Amazon, etc.  Tomorrow is last day to order through Mrs. C.

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #7:  N-word (watch these videos first, then share your own thoughts on it) ‘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 Watched an excerpt from Dear White People S1:E5.

For tomorrow:  Check your quickwrites from yesterday and today – do you want to add on?  do they say what you mean to say?  what if you were asked to share what you’ve written?  We WILL BE DISCUSSING tomorrow.

Important Reminder:  You need a book club selection for Tuesday, Sept. 4th. Find one by bookstore, library, Amazon, etc.  Tomorrow is last day to order through Mrs. C.

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #6: 10 Things You Sound Like When You Say All Lives Matter – T. Miller  More from YouthRadio.org – My First Encounter with Racism. Quickwrite #7:  Beginnings or ideas about YOUR first (memorable) encounter with racism.

Reminders:

• Recommend books by @-ing @ReadWarriors #warriorsread to keep our twitter going (or fill out a “tweet sheet” in the classroom).
• Read for a Lifetime sign-ups
• Suggest names for the “discussion ducky”

Monday:

Indie read.  Discussion – Souls, “American Dream,” & “This Far:”

Tuesday:

Book talk x 2.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #5:  “Talking ‘Bout a Revolution” – Tracy Chapman

Indie read.  Study:  “This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution” by Daniel Jose Older – read and annotate according to directions (continued from yesterday).

Check out the videos on the Book Club #1 post to help you decide on your book club read(s).  You can start ordering books from Mrs. C next week if needed.

Upcoming:  Class discussion on Monday – Souls of Black Folk excerpt, “The American Dream and the American Negro,” “This Far:  Notes on Love and Revolution.”

Indie read.  Study:  “This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution” by Daniel Jose Older – read and annotate according to directions. (More time to work on this together tomorrow).

Check out the videos on the Book Club #1 post to help you decide on your book club read(s).

Upcoming:  Class discussion on Monday – Souls of Black Folk excerpt, “The American Dream and the American Negro,” “This Far:  Notes on Love and Revolution.”

Choose your read for book club #1 – book needed by Tuesday, Sept 4th.  (You can find your book of choice on your own or order through Mrs. C. next week.  See prices below).  I encourage you to choose what “calls” to you, talk it up with classmates, too.  No lone-wolf reading.

 The Color Purple by Alice Walker $11 Author Interview – Alice Walker Movie Trailer – The Color Purple

 Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon $9 Author Interview – Nicola Yoon  Movie Trailer – Everything Everything 

 Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward $12  Author Interview – Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones

 The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas $12 Author Interview – Angie Thomas  Movie Trailer – The Hate U Give

 All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely $7 Authors Interview – Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely

 Dear Martin by Nic Stone $13 Author Interview/Booktalk – Nic Stone

Indie read.  Baseline evaluation (Read Like a Writer). Check out the videos on the Book Club #1 post to help you decide on your book club read(s).

Read something awesome!

Book talk x 3 – choices for upcoming book clubs (more info tomorrow).  Indie read.  Quickwrite #4:  American Dream (what do those words mean to you?) Read & Study:  James Baldwin “The American Dream and the American Negro”

Read something awesome!

Upcoming:

• Baseline evaluation critical “read like a writer” on Wednesday
• Work on Daniel Jose Older’s “This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution” Thursday & Friday

Book talk x 3 – choices for upcoming book clubs (more info tomorrow).  Indie read.  Quickwrite #3:  Looking back at the Chapter 1 excerpt of Souls of Black Folk, pick one of the highlighted spots/thoughts and copy it into your notebook – then, expand:  relate, explain, respond, react, what do YOU think?

Reminder:  If you want homework late passes, bring your tissues/post-its by Tuesday, August 21st (limit 2 per student). THAT’S TOMORROW!