Read Aloud – Review: Get Out by Brian Tallerico https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/get-out-2017
Indie Read w/ rate calculation & goal set
STUDY: Anatomy of a review – read and dissect the pitchfork.com review of Bad Bunny’s album Un Verano Sin Ti
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti/
PREVIEW: Writing #3 – where you review an album, movie, or restaurant (with a BIPOC creator)
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CONTINUE/READ: Every Day by David Levithan (with audio) p. 461 – 510
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Quickwrite #22: 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 (if you have Netflix it’s from 17:17 – 23:32)
Quickwrite: revisit & add on any additional/new thoughts. . . .
Jordan Peele’s Get Out
UPCOMING: the anatomy of a review (and we’ll be writing reviews)
VIDEO: “Why Is Being Scared So Fun?” TED Talk by Margee Kerr
Quickwrite #19: BEST/WORST Halloween Memory
CONTINUE/READ: Every Day by David Levithan (with audio) p. 415 – 461
Read Aloud: “The Scariest Story Ever Told” by Colin Nissan
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STUDY/WATCH: “Why is Being Scared So Fun?” TED Talk by Margee Kerr
Quickwrite #21: What does “Thriller” have to say about the thriller? Discuss and/or annotate using the lyrics to this iconic Michael Jackson song (after watching the video).
ASSIGNMENT: Submission #2 due in BOTH Dropbox & Flip no later than end of day Monday 11/7
Jordan Peele’s Get Out
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CONTINUE/READ: Every Day by David Levithan (with audio) p. 374 – 414
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Quickwrite #20: Fears – What are you afraid of? Create a list. Then, choose one and expand.
STUDY/NOTES: Rhetorical Analysis + add to this by reading textbook chapter 6 (available on GClassroom as pdf)
READ/ANNOTATE: “Afterword” by Simon Pegg from The Walking Dead Vol.2 by Robert Kirkman (as practice for rhetorical analysis)
ASSIGN: Read & take a few notes on Everything’s an Argument chapter 6
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Quickwrite #26: Fears – What are you afraid of? Create a list. Then, choose one and expand.
READ/STUDY: “Jordan Peele Made a Woke Horror Film” – Bethonie Butler The Washington Post
FILM: Get Out (we’ll continue watching this next week)
Mrs. Connolly's Class 