WRITER'S NOTEBOOKS
Complete three WN assignments.
TEACHER CONFERENCE
Meet with me to finalize your grade.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
May 19 & 20
READING LOGS are due today.
LATE WORK is due today.
BLACK LIKE ME--group presentations (10 points)
"Dream Variations," Langston Hughes.
How does the story end?
Civil Rights picture captions.
Langston Hughes biography timeline.
Cause/Effect charts.
Read selected passages.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT...
1. Write a one paragraph response to this Langston Hughes poem on which the title Black Like Me is based.
2. Write a page describing what you think happens to Griffin after he reenters white life--anticipate how the story ends?
3. Write a caption that could accompany this Civil Rights era picture.
LATE WORK is due today.
BLACK LIKE ME--group presentations (10 points)
"Dream Variations," Langston Hughes.
How does the story end?
Civil Rights picture captions.
Langston Hughes biography timeline.
Cause/Effect charts.
Read selected passages.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT...
1. Write a one paragraph response to this Langston Hughes poem on which the title Black Like Me is based.
2. Write a page describing what you think happens to Griffin after he reenters white life--anticipate how the story ends?
3. Write a caption that could accompany this Civil Rights era picture.
May 17 & 18
READING LOGS are due (500 pages--get parent/guardian signature)
BLACK LIKE ME
What would you do in this situation?
DVD: The Long Road to Freedom
NOTES: Methods of Change
BLACK LIKE ME
What would you do in this situation?
DVD: The Long Road to Freedom
NOTES: Methods of Change
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
May 11 & 12
BOOK REPORTS are due next time. See last post for a link to the Book Report assignment.
BLACK LIKE ME
The Trial of Allen Iverson (1993). We watched some video clips on this website.
The Mack Parker case (1959). Read this article and complete Unsolved Mystery: The Mack Parker Lynching.
Bus Segregation assignment and link.
BLACK LIKE ME
The Trial of Allen Iverson (1993). We watched some video clips on this website.
The Mack Parker case (1959). Read this article and complete Unsolved Mystery: The Mack Parker Lynching.
Bus Segregation assignment and link.
May 7 & 10
BLACK LIKE ME
If I could walk six weeks in another's shoes... (10 points)
Reading Quiz, pp. 1-16. (5 points)
Reading Guide, pp. 17-37. (10 points)
HOMEWORK
Postcard Book Report due May 13 (A-day) or May 14 (B-day)
Reading Log (500 pages)due May 19 (A-day) or May 20 (B-day)
If I could walk six weeks in another's shoes... (10 points)
Reading Quiz, pp. 1-16. (5 points)
Reading Guide, pp. 17-37. (10 points)
HOMEWORK
Postcard Book Report due May 13 (A-day) or May 14 (B-day)
Reading Log (500 pages)due May 19 (A-day) or May 20 (B-day)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
May 5 & 6
HOMEWORK
Book Report postcard
Reading Log (500 pages this term)
Go to Google Books and read Black Like Me through page 19. Reading quiz next time.
BLACK LIKE ME
Chain of Privilege
Writer's Notebook:
Which of the Chain of Privilege questions made you think the most about how people are judged by others?
Read to page 12 in class. Read through page 19 at home.
Book Report postcard
Reading Log (500 pages this term)
Go to Google Books and read Black Like Me through page 19. Reading quiz next time.
BLACK LIKE ME
Chain of Privilege
Writer's Notebook:
Which of the Chain of Privilege questions made you think the most about how people are judged by others?
Read to page 12 in class. Read through page 19 at home.
Field Trip canceled
Not enough students signed up for the field trip, so I canceled it. If you paid to go, return to the Finance Office and Mrs. Montgomery will refund your money. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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