Week 8: September 29-October 3

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

AmLit Read Extra Credit Opportunity

• Wednesday November 5: last day to sign up for a book to read (see requirements here)
• Thursday November 20: the last day to complete the book talk and turn review

Extra Credit for Twelve-Week Grading Period

• Monday 10/6 -- Materials and information posted on extra credit opportunities page
• Wednesday 10/15 -- Return permission form and, if applicable, notify Ms. Bowen of your need for an alternate testing date 
• Tuesday 10/21 -- Extra help session after school (optional, as needed) 
• Sunday 10/26 -- Dialectical Journal due to turnitin.com by 10pm (instructions here) 
• Wednesday 10/29 -- Extra Credit Assessment during X Block -- the journals are the ticket in the door for the assessment but you must take either the reading or writing test to earn credit

Field Trip Information -- our students have the opportunity to visit the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta on October 16. Please see the letter and permission forms for more information.  Please return payment and permission forms by Friday October 10. Also please let us know if you cannot attend because of financial reasons -- we can help.

RECENT DOCUMENTS

• Counternarratives: Defying Stereotypes and the Status Quo   -- your homework for Wednesday night is in this document.  Read Jeanette Walls' "Desert" from her biography The Glass Castle (pages 12-14). Complete a quarter-page response to the questions at the end of the text (bullets are ok here)
   

WEEK AT A GLANCE:

Monday 9/29:

• Soloist Quiz
• Finish preparation for Soloist presentations

Tuesday 9/30:

•  Soloist Presentations

Wednesday 10/1:

• Vocab Quiz, Unit 2
• Stereotypes, Privilege and Counternarratives discussion
• Privilege Survey and response
•  Homework -- Read Jeanette Walls' "Desert" from her biography The Glass Castle (pages 12-14). Complete a quarter-page response to the questions at the end of the text (bullets are ok here)

Thursday 10/2:

• Discuss "Desert"
• Read "Mother to Son," "Bilingual in a Cardboard Box," and "Ellis Island'
• Homework -- Read Douglass' "The Battle with Mr. Covey" and complete a quarter-page response to the questions at the end of the text (bullets are ok here)

Friday 10/3

• Discuss "The Battle with Mr. Covey"
• Synthesis activity on six texts
• Consider options for the community of focus for your project