English 9/10 – Friday, September 10th

Book Talk & Indie Read – w/ a padlet board check-in (see GClassroom if you need more detailed instructions).

Quickwrite #9: Identify? (In All American Boys who do you more strongly identify with – Quinn or Rashad? Why? What connections do you have? If you don’t know, explore that in your writing.)

Read: More All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. If you missed class, you can find a pdf to help you catch up posted as material in GClassroom). We read to the middle of page 70.

REMINDER: Stay caught up on work in your notebooks. If you have missed class, be sure to check previous posts on the website (just the ones labeled “English 9/10” to figure out the entries you haven’t done yet). Or check out the English 9/10 Notebook Checklist tab above.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Friday, September 10th

Book Talk & Indie Read – w/ a padlet board check-in (see GClassroom if you need more detailed instructions).

Review of Writing #2 assignment & time to get started, ask quesitons, etc.

Assignments & Deadlines:

WRITING #2 – one-page commentary & response due no later than end of day Sunday 9/12 (Be sure to add your thoughts, not just summary).

Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, September 9th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #9: College App Essay “Stories” & What they reveal about YOU

WRITE CLUB: Read example college app essays that got students accepted at Johns Hopkins University. Notice & Note what made them interesting, what they “did,” what admissions might have liked about them. . .

Assignments & Deadlines: WRITING #2 – College App Essay due no later than end of day Wednesday 9/15

Writing #2 College App EssayDownload

English 9/10 – Thursday, September 9th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Read: More All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. If you missed class, you can find a pdf to help you catch up posted as material in GClassroom). We read to the middle of page 57

REMINDER: Stay caught up on work in your notebooks. If you have missed class, be sure to check previous posts on the website (just the ones labeled “English 9/10” to figure out the entries you haven’t done yet). Or check out the English 9/10 Notebook Checklist tab above.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Thursday, September 9th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #9: “Colorblind” by Joseph Capehart – watch and then respond in your notebook – whatever you need to say. . .

Read: W.E.B. DuBois’ opening to The Souls of Black Folk (you can find a pdf on the GClassroom) – pay attention to terms “the Veil” and “double-consciousness” as these are foundational ideas of DuBois

Assignments & Deadlines: WRITING #2 – one-page commentary & response due no later than end of day Sunday 9/12

writing-2-commentary-responseDownload

Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, September 8th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #8: College App Listing – complete as many as you can in 5 minutes

Recap: “Essayification” from Tuesday. What was is about? Hit the high spots.

Read example college application essays by Brittany Stinson and Nichole Perry.

wonders-of-costco-stanford-acceptedDownload
zen-of-clams-harvard-acceptedDownload

Quick NOTES (in your writer’s notebook) – College App Essay Tips

English 9/10 – Wednesday, September 8th

Indie Read.

Quickwrite #8: 1st Impressions of All American Boys – a quick dive into how you feel about the book so far… liking it? predictions? what are you thinking 15 pages in?

Read: More All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. If you missed class, you can find a pdf to help you catch up posted as material in GClassroom). We read to the bottom of page 34.

REMINDER: Stay caught up on work in your notebooks. If you have missed class, be sure to check previous posts on the website (just the ones labeled “English 9/10” to figure out the entries you haven’t done yet). Or check out the English 9/10 Notebook Checklist tab above.

Multi-Cultural Lit – Wednesday, September 8th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Read: James Baldwin’s “Letter to My Nephew” (1962) – You can watch Chris Rock recite it here

Quickwrite #8: Choose a Line – choose a line (or two) from the Baldwin piece (pdf below) and do the following 1) copy it into your notebook page 2) explain what it says and/or why you chose it 3) expand your thinking – what are you thinking now?

A Letter to My Nephew – BaldwinDownload

TO DO: Read something awesome! And finish up any notebook writing that needs attention.

Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, September 7th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite # 7: 5 Things You Can Do to Improve Your _______________

Notes: Some Truths About Writing (add these as a page in your writer’s notebook). If you missed class, you can find them on today’s GClassroom announcement).

Read: “The Essayification of Everything” by Christy Wampole – annotate (if you want) but at the least, make a notepage for what seems important here.

Essayification of Everything – CONDENSEDDownload

English 9/10 – Tuesday, September 7th

Book Talk & Indie Read.

Quickwrite #7: Cartoon Cop Images (you can find this slide on today’s GClassroom) – choose any image and see where it takes you. Write something real or make something up = you can’t be wrong; it’s YOUR notebook.

Watch the video below as an intro for the book we’ll be reading in class over the next couple of weeks.

Start All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely. If you missed class, you can find a pdf to help you catch up posted as material in GClassroom). We read to the break on page 15.

REMINDER: Stay caught up on work in your notebooks. If you have missed class, be sure to check previous posts on the website (just the ones labeled “English 9/10” to figure out the entries you haven’t done yet).