Assignments for Week of December 15-19, 2014

Mon, 12/15              RCG          Read the article at this link.
                                                   Give 4 examples of how culture interferes with sexual agency.
                                                   Give 4 examples of how sexual agency can be achieved.
                                                   Write 3 essential questions based on this article.

                                 WTG         Idea in a paragraph for 10-page play.

Tues, 12/16              RCG           Find a current news article about gender.
                                                    Turn in a short summary of the article along with the link.
                                                     Be prepared to share with the class.

                                 WTG          List of characters and summaries of scenes for 10-page play.
                                                    Set up an account at Celtx.com.

Wed, 12/17              WTG          5 pages freewriting.

                                                    Bring in card for your KK.

Thurs, 12/18                               Self-evaluations due.

                                                    Bring in snack for your KK.

Fri, 12/19                   RCG          Read "Coming Out in Middle School," pp 101-109 in Gender Book.
                                                     Write a response.

                                   WTG         10-page play due.
      
                                                     Bring gift for your KK.

Assignments for Week of December 8 - 12, 2014

Mon, 12/8               RCG          Read pages 61-65 and pages 88-90 in the Gender Textbook.
                                                  Answer these questions:
                                                    1.  How did Hurt internalize what he saw in his home in childhood?
                                                    2.  How does he believe feminism helps men?
                                                    3.  How do women lead differently than men?
                                                    4.  How is gender equality smart economics?

Tues, 12/9               RCG          Research 3 sources on Rianne Eisler and write a 1/2 report.
                                                  Read Eisler's article page 32 in the Gender Textbook and write a
                                                         response.
                                                  Read the U. N. Report on the World's Women at the link on page 33.
                                                  Briefly summarize the issues women face worldwide.

Wed, 12/10             RCG          Read "Beyond Mean Girls' Stereotypes" at this link.
                                                  Write a response.

                               WTG         5 pages freewriting. Choose a selection to read aloud.

Thurs, 12/11           RCG          Response to Tough Guise.

Fri, 12/12                RCG         Completed statistics from pages 34-40 in the Gender Textbook.

Assignments for Week of December 1 - 5, 2015

Mon, 12/1               No homework due!

Tues, 12/2               RCG          Read pages 3 - 13 in Gender Book.
                                                  Response to Straight-Laced.

                                LIT           Bring in 3 points to discuss for the story, "Baby X" at this link.
                                                 Be prepared for a reading quiz.

Wed, 12/3               WTG         5 pages free writing due.
                                                  Choose a selection to read aloud to the class.

Thurs, 12/4              LIT          Read the short story "Am I Blue?" by Bruce Coville at this link.
                                                Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                                                Bring in three points to discuss.

Fri, 12/5                   RCG         Read pages 17 - 21 in Gender Book.
                                                 Answer the following questions:
                                                  1.  Describe the "double bind" of oppression women face.  Give 3
                                                       examples.
                                                  2.  What does the author use the metaphor of a bird cage to describe?
                                                  3.  What did the study at Northwestern University find about
                                                        categories of self thought?
                                                  4. When students were primed to think of their gender identity before
                                                       taking a test, what were the results?  Why do think these results
                                                       occurred?

Assignments for Week of November 24-25, 2014

Mon, Nov 24          WTG          Story idea in a paragraph due.

Tues, Nov 25          SYMPOSIUM

Assignments for Week of November 17 - 21, 2014

Mon, 11/17    LIT                    Read pages 133-167 in Bronx Masquerade twice.
                                               Be prepared for a 5-question quiz.
                                               Write an original poem in response to the reading.

                      GRAMMAR    Compose 3 sentences using introductory subordinate (adverb) clauses.
                                               Compose 3 compound sentences.
                                               Compose 3 compound complex sentences.
                                               Underline the subjects and verbs in each sentence. Punctuate correctly.


Tues, 11/18     RCG                Outline for presentation due.  Post it on your Wiki.

                        GRAMMAR   Compose 3 sentences using introductory words, phrases and clauses.
                                                Compose 3 sentences using interrupting words, phrases and clauses.
                                                Punctuate correctly.


Wed, 11/19       LIT                 Test on Bronx Masquerade.
                                                Character grid due.
                                                Poetry terms due.


Thurs, 11/20     RCG             Peoples' Histories Projects Presentations.


Fri, 11/21          RCG             Peoples' Histories' Projects Presentations.

Assignments for Week of November 10 - 14, 2014

Mon, Nov 10         LIT          Read pages 34 - 64 in Bronx Masquerade twice.
                                               Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.
                                               Write an original poem in response to the reading.

                               RCG       Choose a topic for your Peoples' Histories Project.


Tues, Nov 11         LIT           Read "Food that Pleases, Food to Take Home" by Anthony Grooms.
                                                Bring in 3 points for the discussion.

                               RCG         Set up Wiki for People's History Project.
                                                Post your project planner.


Wed, Nov 12         LIT           Read pages 65 - 100 in Bronx Masquerade twice.
                                                Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.
                                                Write an original poem in response to the reading.
                                 
                              LIT           Write 3 questions for Tony Grooms.

                              LIT           Essay revisions due.


Thurs, Nov 13      RCG          Annotated sources for history project due (5 or more).


Fri, Nov 14            LIT          Read pages 100 - 132 in Bronx Masquerade twice.
                                               Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.
                                               Write an original poem in response to the reading.

                              RB           Reading Bowl Question Sheet: Book #1.

Assignments for Week of November 4-7, 2014

Tues, Nov 4          LIT            Review "Sweat" and your 3 points for discussion.
                                                (Happy Halloween)

                              RCG           Read Article 2 of the U. S. Constitution at this link.
                                                 Answer the study questions sent via email.

Wed, Nov 5           RCG          Listen to the interview at this link. Write a review of the film A Day                                                       without a Mexican.

                                                 Prepare for quiz on Article 2 of the U. S. Constitution.

Thurs, Nov 6          LIT            Read pages 3-33 in Bronx Masquerade.
                                                 Write an original poem based on the reading.

Fri, Nov 7               RCG          Read cards 1-7 on President Obama's executive action on                                                                       immigration at this link.  Write a 1-page summary describing how and                                                   why President Obama is using his executive power in this situation.

Assignments for Week of October 27 - 31

Mon, Oct 27            LIT          5 citations with annotations for Harlem Renaissance Project

                                RCG         Read Aldo Urquiza's piece on his immigration experience.

                                                 Read pages 120-122 (Race Book). Complete exercise on page 122.


Tues, Oct 28            RCG         Read "Georgia Gives Police Added Power to Seek Out
                                                  Illegal Immigrants" and "The Law of Unintended
                                                  Consequences: Georgia's Immigration Law Backfires" in
                                                  the Race Reader.  Answer these questions:

                                                          1. Why is Georgia’s immigration law controversial?

                                                                                           2.  On what basis has it been challenged legally?

                                                                                           3.  How has the law affected immigration?

                                                                                           4. How has the law affected immigrants?

                                                                                           5. What are some of the unintended consequences?

                                                  Watch the slide show at the bottom of the page at
                                                   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/13/the-daily-
                                                   show-aasif-mandvi_n_4094427.html about state
                                                   immigration laws.

                                                  Review the chart "U.S. Immigration by Region and
                                                  Decade" at http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center
                                                  /push-pull/chart_w_events.html


 Wed, Oct 29          LIT             Read "Incident," " Yet I Do Marvel," and "From the Dark Tower" by
                                                  Countee Cullen (sent via email) twice.
                                                  Bring in three points and identify three poetic devices (metaphor,
                                                  simile, allusion, personification, hyperbole, alliteration).


Thurs, Oct 30          LIT             Harlem Renaissance Presentations


Fri, Oct 31               LIT             Read "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston.
                                                    Bring in three points to discuss in class.
                                                    Be prepared for a 5 question quiz.
                                                    Here is the link to the story.
                                                    http://lists.wsu.edu/pipermail/english/attachments/20130206
                                                    /4fdc96a6/HurstonSweat.pdf

Assignments for Week of October 20 - 24, 2014

Mon, 10/20            LIT             Presentation on The Secret Life of Bees creative projects.

Tues, 10/21            RCG            Read pages 73 - 78 in the Race Book.
                                                   Answer questions 1 - 6 on page 78.

                               LIT              Choose a Harlem Renaissance artist to research for your project.            

Wed, 10/22             LIT             Read the 3 poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar in your lit handout.
                                                   Answer the questions on the handout.

                               RCG           Response to Family Histories.

Thurs, 10/23           RCG          Read pages 79-89 in the Race Book.
                                                  Email me links to three examples of how race is used in advertising.
                                                  (Your examples can be stereotypical or fair representations, just be
                                                   prepared to explain why you chose them.)

Fri, 10/24               RCG         Read the New York Times review of The Visitor at this link.
                                                Answer the following questions:
                                                   1.  How does Walter's character represent whiteness?
                                                   2.  The title (The Visitor) refers as much to Walter as it does Tarek.
                                                        Describe how the title could relate to each man's characters.
                                                   3.  How is Walter transformed by his relationship with Tarek and
                                                        Zainab?
                                                    4.  Who is your favorite character and why?
                                                    5.  What message does this film covey about immigration issues in
                                                          the United States?
                                                    6.  In your opinion, how should the nation respond?

                                 LIT         List of sources for your Harlem Renaissance project due.

Assignments for Week of October 13 - 17, 2014

Mon, 10/13          LIT          Creative project for Secret Life of Bees.

Tues, 10/14          RCG        Response to Family History Projects.

Wed, 10/15          LIT          Essay on Secret Life of Bees.

Assignments for Week of October 6 - 10

Mon, Oct 6          LIT          Read chapter 14 twice.
                                            Be prepared for a quiz.
                                            Bring 3 points to discuss in class.

                            RCG        Read Paideia alum Rembert Browne's article "The Front Lines of
                                            Ferguson" at this link.
                                            Write a 1-page response. 
                                           

Tues, Oct 7          LIT         Thesis sentence for essay due.

                            RBC        List the themes in Red Badge of Courage and briefly explain each one.


Wed, Oct 8           RBC        Discuss one of the themes in Red Badge of Courage.


Thurs, Oct 9         RCG        Read the New York Times review of The Visitor at this link.
                                             Answer the following questions:
                                                   1.  How does Walter's character represent whiteness?
                                                   2.  The title (The Visitor) refers as much to Walter as it does Tarek.
                                                        Describe how the title could relate to each man's characters.
                                                   3.  How is Walter transformed by his relationship with Tarek and
                                                        Zainab?
                                                    4.  Who is your favorite character and why?
                                                    5.  What message does this film covey about immigration issues in
                                                          the United States?
                                                    6.  In your opinion, how should the nation respond?


Fri, Oct 10           RCG           Family History Projects due.

                            LIT              Outline for essay on Secret Life of Bees due.

Assignments for Week of Sept 29 - October 3

Mon, Sept 29            LIT                     Read chapter 11 twice.
                                                             Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                                                             Bring 3 points for discussion.

                                 READING          Journal response to Red Badge of Courage.



Tues, Sept 30            IOWAS               Second and third periods
                                                             Get a good night's sleep.
                                                             Eat a good breakfast.

                                  READING          Research the Battle of Chancellorsville and relate it to material
                                                              in the Red Badge of Courage.

                                  RCG                    Read "The Cost of Racism for White People" in Race Book.
                                                              Complete "The Checklist."

                                  RCG                    Work on Family History Project.



Wed, Oct 1                LIT                      Read chapter 12 twice.
                                                              Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                                                              Bring 3 points for discussion.

                                 IOWAS                Fourth and fifth periods
                                                              Get a good night's sleep.
                                                              Eat a good breakfast.

                                  READING          Research Civil War Weaponry and relate it to the Red Badge of 
                                                              Courage.

                                 RCG                    Work on Family History Project.

Thurs, Oct 2             IOWAS                Fifth and sixth periods
                                                              Get a good night's sleep.
                                                              Eat a good breakfast.

                                  RCG                    Read "Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life" in Race       
                                                              Book.
                                                              Create a 10 question quiz on the article.

                                  RCG                    Work on Family History Project.

Fri, Oct 3                   LIT                      Read chapter 13 twice.
                                                               Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                                                               Bring 3 points for discussion.

                                  READING          Research the Battle of Atlanta and relate it to the Red Badge of 
                                                              Courage.

                                  RCG                    Work on Family History Project.

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

Thurs, Oct 9               RCG                   Family History Presentations

 Tues, Oct 14              RCG                   Response to Family History Presentations

Assignments for Week of September 22-26, 2014

Mon, 9/22          LIT          Read Chapter 8 twice
                                           Bring in 3 points to share in class.
                                           Be prepared for a reading quiz.


Tues, 9/23           RCG       Read the article "See Baby Discriminate" at this link.
                                           Interview your parents about what they have taught you about race, how
                                           and why.  Write a one-page summary of your conversation with them.
                                          

Wed, 9/24           LIT          Read Chapter 9 twice
                                           Bring in 3 points to share in class.
                                           Be prepared for a reading quiz.

                           RCG        Take the Harvard Implicit Bias test at this link.

Thurs, 9/25                         Rosh Hashanah.  No school


Fri, 9/26             LIT          Read Chapter 10 twice
                                           Bring in 3 points to share in class.
                                           Be prepared for a reading quiz.

                            RCG       Read pages 5-19 in The Race Book.
                                           Answer these questions:
                                                1.  What is the difference between racism and prejudice?
                                                2.  Describe four kinds of oppression.
                                                3.  Discuss responses to oppression.
                                                4.  What is the meaning of the term "learning edge"?
                                                5.  Give 3 examples that illustrate how racism can be interrupted.
                                       

Assignments for Week of September 15-19, 2014

Mon, 9/14            LIT            Review chapter 5 for quiz and discussion.

Tues, 9/16              RCG         Read "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack at this link."          
                                                1.  Choose two items off McIntosh's list of privileges and explain
                                                      whether you agree or disagree with those statements and why.
                                                2.  Ask one meaningful question based on your reading of this article.
   

Wed, 9/17               LIT          Read chapter 6 twice
                                               Be prepared for a quiz.
                                               Bring 3 point to discuss in class.


Thurs, 9/18            RCG        Read "The Gardner's Tale" at this link.
                                               As you read the article, pay attention to the authentic questions the
                                                article raises in your mind.  Write down ten of those questions.


Fri, 9/19                 LIT          Read chapter 7 twice
                                               Be prepared for a quiz.
                                               Bring 3 point to discuss in class.

Assignments for Week of September 8 - 12

Mon, 9/8               LIT          Read chapter 3 of Secret Life of Bees twice.
                                              Write 3 points to bring to the discussion.
                                              Be prepared for a reading quiz.

                              Writing     Fairy Tales Revisions due.

Tues, 9/9              Writing    Edit final version of speech for grammar and punctuation.

Wed, 9/10              LIT         Read chapter 4 of Secret Life of Bees twice.
                                              Write 3 points to bring to the discussion.
                                              Be prepared for a reading quiz.

Thurs, 9/11             RCG        1-page response to the film The Color of Fear

Fri, 9/12                 LIT         Read chapter 5 of Secret Life of Bees twice.
                                              Write 3 points to bring to the discussion.
                                              Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                                              Bring in photo/report on the Black Madonna.

                               RCG      1-page response to Fish Bowls.

Assignments for Week of September 2 - 5, 2014

Tues, 9/2          Read ch. 1 of Secret Life of Bees twice.
                         Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                         Bring in 3 points to discuss in class.


Wed, 9/3           Fairy Tale Revision due.


Thurs, 9/4         Read ch. 2 of Secret Life of Bees twice.
                         Be prepared for a reading quiz.
                         Bring in 3 points to discuss in class.


Fri, 9/5              Speeches due for delivery to class.
                          Response to Color of Fear due.

Assignments for Week of August 25 - 29, 2014

Mon, 8/25          Story due.
                           Develop with character description, scenes, dialogue and interesting details.
                           Be sure to check twice for grammar and punctuation.

Tues, 8/26           Read Kareem Abdul Jabar's article "The Coming Race War Won't Be about Race."
                            http://time.com/author/kareem-abdul-jabbar/

                           Then read Dave Zirin's response "The Major Problem with Kareem Abdul Jabar's
                            Powerful Essay on Ferguson."
                            http://www.thenation.com/blog/181310/my-major-problem-kareem-abdul-jabbars-powerful-essay-ferguson

                            Be prepared for a reading quiz on the two pieces.

Wed, 8/27            Original fairy tale due.

                             Questions for Tom McNeal due (3 or more).

Thurs, 8/28         Socio-identity form due.

Fri, 8/29              Story revision/speeches due.

Welcome Back to School!

Wed, 8/20          Prepare an introduction of the person you interviewed.
                       
                          Write at least 3 six-word memoirs.  Send your best one to Martha via email.

                           7th graders: bring in your iPad User Contracts.

                           7th graders: bring in your summer reading lists.
                       
                            8th graders: update the blog to make sure you're reads are current.
                             www.pisummerread14.weebly.com

                            Review Far, Far Away in preparation for the trivia game on Friday.

                            Start preparing for a current events News Bowl contest on Friday.



Thurs, 8/21         Write a story about a time you needed courage

                           7th graders: bring in your iPad User Contracts.

                            Review Far, Far Away in preparation for the trivia game on Friday.

                            Continue preparing for a current events News Bowl contest on Friday.



Fri, 8/22              Trivia game on Far, Far Away

                            News Bowl contest over current events.

                            8th graders: have an idea for a story for your speech.

Assignments for Week of May 12-16

Mon, May 12       SLAM     Final draft due

                             RCG       Answer questions about A Force More Powerful, Part 5. Answer these
                                              questions:

 1    Why did the workers in Poland go on strike?

2     What are the workers’ demands?

3      Some activists called for expanding the list of demands to include free elections and an end to censorship. What might have happened if these demands had been added?

4      Industrial workers have played key roles in several stories presented in this series.  Why have workers and their unions been such effective vehicles for nonviolent action? What leverage do workers possess that ordinary citizens don’t?

Tues, May 13        SLAM      All class poetry slam

Wed, May 14        RCG        Action Project Presentations

Thurs, May 15      RCG       News Bowl          

Fri, May 16          EVALS      Self-evaluations due.

Assignments for Week of May 5 - 9

Mon, May 5    SLAM     Slam poem due.        

Wed, May 7     WTG       Screenplays:  Scenes due.

                         SLAM       Revisions due.

                         RCG:         Answer these questions about A Force More Powerful, Part 3:

 1.  How did activists in both India and South Africa use these three forms of nonviolent sanctions: protests (such as parades and demonstrations), noncooperation (such as boycotts, resignations and civil disobedience) and direct intervention (such as factory occupations and blockades)? How did the sanctions neutralize or limit the power of the regime?

2. Early in his career Gandhi once labeled a campaign of nonviolent action as “passive resistance.” Is this a good description of what the Indians shown in the program were doing? Is it a good label for nonviolent action in general? Explain.

3. Starting in the mid-1980s anti-Apartheid movements in the United States and Europe succeeded in pressuring governments and corporations to take economic measures against South Africa. At the time, some people in these countries opposed such economic punishment; they argued that it harmed the people it was supposed to help more than it harmed the oppressive regime. What impact did these sanctions have on the South African government’s ability to sustain apartheid?

Thurs, May 8    RCG       Action Project check-in.

                                          Post annotated citation and link for News Bowl article at
                                          http://newsbowlrcg.wikispaces.com

                                          Send 5 good questions on your article to Martha. (Make one of
                                           them inferential.)

                                          Read pages 1-10 of A Force More Powerful study guide. Answer these
                                          questions:

1  What are some of the lessons nonviolent resisters learned?

2  What is the most vulnerable characteristic of all hierarchical institutions and governments?

3  Who is James Lawson?

4  What does the term satyagraha mean?

5  What is apartheid?

6  In South Africa Mkhuseli Jack’s mission was to win the “high ground in the community.” What did this mean?

7  What were the demands of the nonviolent resisters in South Africa?

8  What methods did the resisters use to topple apartheid?

Fri, May 9          RCG         Answer questions about A Force More Powerful, Part 4.

1      How did the Danes resist the Nazi invasion?

2      How did they organize to protect their Jewish citizens?

3      The Danes did not defeat the Germans, but how did their resistance thwart Germany’s progress?
 4   What were the Ten Commandments for Danes?

                          SLAM     Revised poem.
                                  

Assignments for Week of April 28 - May 2

Mon, Apr 28        Questions on Freaks and Geeks, Episode 1
                              Plot and subplot or original situation comedy episode


Tues, Apr 29         Definitions for RCG Terms: Define each term and give 2 examples.

                              List and descriptions of characters for comedy episode.
                              List of scenes for Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3

                         
Wed, Apr 30         Essay on Purple Hibiscus due.


Thurs, May 1         Action Project check-in

                              Topic for Poetry Slam due.

                              Questions on A Force More Powerful due.
                                 

                           1.     Participants in almost every nonviolent movement this past 

                                 century have confronted the question of how to prepare for 

                                 a possible crackdown. What risks did the Nashville students 

                                 run by going ahead with the sit-in?

                           2.     What might have happened had the students fought back when 

                                  attacked on February 27, 1960?

                           3.     Why did they decide to remain in jail, when they could have just 

                                 as easily walked out?

                           4.     Did the events of February 27 work to the advantage of the 
                                 students or the segregationists?  How so?

             


Fri, May 2      3 scenes for screenplay due.

Assignments for the week of April 21-25

Mon, Apr 21          LIT          Read pages 288-307.
                                               Be prepared for a quiz.
                                               Bring 3 points to discuss in class.

Tues, Apr 22          LIT          Bring list of themes in Purple Hibiscus for class discussion.

                               RCG        Revised Action Plan due.

                               WTG       Read "Listen" by M. S. Merwin.
                                               Write an original poem in response to Merwin's poem.    

Thurs, Apr 24        RCG        Check-in on Action Plan.

                              WRTG     Read the script for episode 6 of My So-Called Life.
                                              Answer these questions:
                                                 1.  What is the inciting incident?
                                                 2.  What is the "oh no" moment?
                                                 3.  What is the plot?
                                                 4.  What is the subplot?
                                                 5.  How does character move the action of the plot?
                                                 6.  What is the major conflict?
                                                 7.  How is the conflict resolved?
                                                 8.  How frequently do the jokes come?
                                                 9.  Name 3 places in the script you laughed.
                                                10.  How many scenes are there in Act 1?
                                                11.  How many scenes are there in Act 2?
                                                12.  How many scenes are there in Act 3?

                             LIT          Thesis sentence and points for Purple Hibiscus essay due.

Fri, Apr. 25                            FIELD DAY!!!!