Mon, Dec. 2 Literature Poetry terms and list of characters in Bronx Masquerade due.
Test on Bronx Masquerade.
RCG Notes and Outline for People's History Project due.
Tues, Dec. 3 Girls' Writing 10 pages of freewriting due.
Bring a segment of your writing to share.
Wed, Dec. 4 Boys' Writing 10 pages of freewriting due.
Bring a segment of your writing to share.
Thurs, Dec. 5 Literature Read "Brownies" by Z. Z. Packer twice.
Bring in three points to discuss.
Be prepared for a reading quiz.
Fri, Dec. 6 RCG Work on research paper and presentation.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Assignments for the Week of Nov. 18-22
Mon, Nov. 18 Literature Read pages 65-100 in Bronx Masquerade.
Write an original poem.
Tues, Nov. 19 Literature Secret Life of Bees essay revision due.
Grammar Grammar Log due.
Wed, Nov. 20 Literature Read pages 101-132 in Bronx Masquerade.
Write an original poem.
Thurs, Nov. 21 RCG Annotated list of sources due for Peoples' History Project.
Writing Story idea in a paragraph
Fri, Nov. 22 Literature Read pages 133-167 in Bronx Masquerade.
Write an original poem.
Write an original poem.
Tues, Nov. 19 Literature Secret Life of Bees essay revision due.
Grammar Grammar Log due.
Wed, Nov. 20 Literature Read pages 101-132 in Bronx Masquerade.
Write an original poem.
Thurs, Nov. 21 RCG Annotated list of sources due for Peoples' History Project.
Writing Story idea in a paragraph
Fri, Nov. 22 Literature Read pages 133-167 in Bronx Masquerade.
Write an original poem.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Assignments for the Week of Nov. 11 - 15
Mon, Nov. 11 Literature Harlem Renaissance Presentations
Play Develop a resistance character involved in WWII in
espionage/resistance
Tues, Nov 12 Literature Harlem Renaissance Presentations
Wed, Nov. 13 Literature Read pages 1-33 in Bronx Masquerade.
Using one of the poems in the reading, write an original poem.
RCG Choose a topic for your People's History Project.
Begin searching for sources.
Fri, Nov. 15 Literature Read pages 34-64 in Bronx Masquerade.
Using one of the poems in the reading, write an original poem.
RCG Wiki page with project planner online.
Send invitation and URL to Martha.
Play Develop a resistance character involved in WWII in
espionage/resistance
Tues, Nov 12 Literature Harlem Renaissance Presentations
Wed, Nov. 13 Literature Read pages 1-33 in Bronx Masquerade.
Using one of the poems in the reading, write an original poem.
RCG Choose a topic for your People's History Project.
Begin searching for sources.
Fri, Nov. 15 Literature Read pages 34-64 in Bronx Masquerade.
Using one of the poems in the reading, write an original poem.
RCG Wiki page with project planner online.
Send invitation and URL to Martha.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Assignments for Week of Nov. 5 through 8
Tues, Nov. 5 RCG Read "The Wages of Whiteness," "What is Racial Profiling?"
and "Race and the Drug War" in the Race Reader (pages 136-139).
Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the author of Black Reconstruction in America and in
what year was it originally published?
2. What is racial profiling? Give two examples.
3. How has the drug war produced disproportionate outcomes
across racial groups?
4. How have drug convictions created "second class status" for
millions of U. S. citizens?
Literature 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).
Wed., Nov. 6 RCG Read "Schools and the New Jim Crow: An Interview with Michelle
Alexander" in the Race Reader (pages 140 - 146).
Answer these questions:
1. How does the percentage of people in prison in the United States
compare to the percentage in 1970?
2. What forms of discrimination are legal once a person is labeled
a felon?
3. What are some of the effects of mass incarceration on African
American children?
4. Describe how Alexanders uses the birdcage metaphor.
5. Alexander says that education had been defunded by the
government. Where does she say that the money has gone
instead?
6. How does Alexander believe young people can contribute to
solving the problems created by mass incarceration of people of
color?
Thurs, Nov. 7 Literature 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
Writing Read "The Poem that Made Sherman Alexie Want to Drop
Everything and Be a Poet" by Joe Fassler at this link.
Answer these questions:
1. What poem made Alexie want to become a poet?
2. What line of the poem specifically resonated with him?
3. What was it that Alexie realized when he read the poem?
4. Describe what the line means to Alexie.
5. How do you relate what Alexie says in the interview to your
own writing?
6. Is there an author or a piece of writing that has inspired you or
made you want to write something? If so, what and why?
Fri, Nov. 9 News Bowl Watch the news to prepare.
Literature Watch the movie Charlotte Gray and complete the writing
assignment in class.
and "Race and the Drug War" in the Race Reader (pages 136-139).
Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the author of Black Reconstruction in America and in
what year was it originally published?
2. What is racial profiling? Give two examples.
3. How has the drug war produced disproportionate outcomes
across racial groups?
4. How have drug convictions created "second class status" for
millions of U. S. citizens?
Literature 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).
Wed., Nov. 6 RCG Read "Schools and the New Jim Crow: An Interview with Michelle
Alexander" in the Race Reader (pages 140 - 146).
Answer these questions:
1. How does the percentage of people in prison in the United States
compare to the percentage in 1970?
2. What forms of discrimination are legal once a person is labeled
a felon?
3. What are some of the effects of mass incarceration on African
American children?
4. Describe how Alexanders uses the birdcage metaphor.
5. Alexander says that education had been defunded by the
government. Where does she say that the money has gone
instead?
6. How does Alexander believe young people can contribute to
solving the problems created by mass incarceration of people of
color?
Thurs, Nov. 7 Literature 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
Writing Read "The Poem that Made Sherman Alexie Want to Drop
Everything and Be a Poet" by Joe Fassler at this link.
Answer these questions:
1. What poem made Alexie want to become a poet?
2. What line of the poem specifically resonated with him?
3. What was it that Alexie realized when he read the poem?
4. Describe what the line means to Alexie.
5. How do you relate what Alexie says in the interview to your
own writing?
6. Is there an author or a piece of writing that has inspired you or
made you want to write something? If so, what and why?
Fri, Nov. 9 News Bowl Watch the news to prepare.
Literature Watch the movie Charlotte Gray and complete the writing
assignment in class.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Assignments for Week of October 28 - November 1, 2013
Mon., Oct. 28 RCG Read "Stereotypes" and "Just Walk on by" in the Race Reader.
Answer questions at the end of "Just Walk on by."
Literature Creative project for Secret Life of Bees due.
Tues, Oct. 29 RCG Film review of "A Day without a Mexican."
Literature Choose an artist for your Harlem Renaissance Project.
Wed, Oct. 30 RCG Read "It's a Culture, Not a Costume" in the Race Reader.
Go to the website listed at the end of the article and answer
these questions:
1. What does STARS stand for?
2. What does the organization do?
3. How, when and where did the organization begin?
4. What kinds of activities have they engaged in in the past?
Literature Read the 3 Paul Lawrence Dunbar poems and answer the
questions. (Sent via email)
Thurs, Oct. 31 RCG Read "Race Becomes More Central to TV Advertising" in the
Race Reader. Be prepared for a quiz and discussion.
Fri, Nov. 1 RCG Day of the Dead altars.
Answer questions at the end of "Just Walk on by."
Literature Creative project for Secret Life of Bees due.
Tues, Oct. 29 RCG Film review of "A Day without a Mexican."
Literature Choose an artist for your Harlem Renaissance Project.
Wed, Oct. 30 RCG Read "It's a Culture, Not a Costume" in the Race Reader.
Go to the website listed at the end of the article and answer
these questions:
1. What does STARS stand for?
2. What does the organization do?
3. How, when and where did the organization begin?
4. What kinds of activities have they engaged in in the past?
Literature Read the 3 Paul Lawrence Dunbar poems and answer the
questions. (Sent via email)
Thurs, Oct. 31 RCG Read "Race Becomes More Central to TV Advertising" in the
Race Reader. Be prepared for a quiz and discussion.
Fri, Nov. 1 RCG Day of the Dead altars.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Assignments for Week of October 21-25, 2013
Mon., Oct 21 MaGr Class Writing on higher self involvement.
Literature Thesis statement for essay and three points
Proposal for creative project.
RCG Write-up for Family History Projects
Tues., Oct 22 Literature Revised thesis statement and points
RCG Read "Should America Maintain/Increase the Level of
Immigration?" and "Arguments Opposing Immigration"
in the Race Reader. Briefly summarize the articles for and
against immigration.
Wed., Oct. 23 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:
Thurs., Oct. 24 RCG 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.htmlBe prepared to discuss
how you think oppression may have affected your
family's arrival in the U.S.?
Fri., Oct. 25 Literature Essay due.
Literature Thesis statement for essay and three points
Proposal for creative project.
RCG Write-up for Family History Projects
Tues., Oct 22 Literature Revised thesis statement and points
RCG Read "Should America Maintain/Increase the Level of
Immigration?" and "Arguments Opposing Immigration"
in the Race Reader. Briefly summarize the articles for and
against immigration.
Wed., Oct. 23 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?
Thurs., Oct. 24 RCG 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.htmlBe prepared to discuss
how you think oppression may have affected your
family's arrival in the U.S.?
Fri., Oct. 25 Literature Essay due.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Assignments for Week of October 14 - 16
Mon, Oct 14 Literature Read chapter 13 of The Secret Life of Bees twice.
Bring in three points for discussion.
Be prepared to take a quiz.
RCG Family history projects due.
Questions on The Visitor due.
Tues, Oct. 15 RCG Read "Latino in America" in the Race Reader.
Complete the exercise on page 122.
Wed. Oct. 16 Literature Read chapter 14 of The Secret Life of Bees twice.
Bring in three points for discussion.
Be prepared to take a quiz.
RCG Response to Family History Projects
Bring in three points for discussion.
Be prepared to take a quiz.
RCG Family history projects due.
Questions on The Visitor due.
Read the New York Times review of The
Visitor and answer the
following questions. The questions are not in the review, but you
can use the
review to answer them. You can
also read other reviews of the movie.
1. How does Walter’s character represent whiteness?
2.
According to the New York Times article, the
title (The
Visitor) refers as much to
Walter as it does to Tarek.
Describe how the title could relate to each of the men’s
characters?
3.
How does Walter’s relationship with Tarek and
Zainab
transform him?
4. Who is your favorite character in the movie and
why?
5.
What message do you think this film conveys
about the
issues the United States currently faces concerning
immigration?
6.
What is your opinion? How should the nation respond to
this issue?
Tues, Oct. 15 RCG Read "Latino in America" in the Race Reader.
Complete the exercise on page 122.
Wed. Oct. 16 Literature Read chapter 14 of The Secret Life of Bees twice.
Bring in three points for discussion.
Be prepared to take a quiz.
RCG Response to Family History Projects
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