Period 2 Friday, September 17th

 How Free are We? To What extent should rules govern and guide us?  Padlet Warm-up

Followed by Whole Class Read: Totally Free + SOAPS Analysis + Summary+ Levels of Questions. Please create two Right There; 2 Author and You; Two on My Own. You may write on the back of your SOAPS Sheet with your summary OR On a Separate Sheet. All students received mark of "M". Any student who has not submitted more than 4 assignments received grade of "D" even if that was due to quarantine/isolation. 

Period 1: Padlet Warmup link: https://padlet.com/lguy2/8zcn3d1ej6i2k5ty

American Literature periods 1 and 2 Joining Our Quizlet Class

Quizlet provides us a place for fun review of vocabulary, academic verbs and language and other terms that we will incorporate into our speech and writing. Please join our class by reading and selecting the correct link to join.  Join Period 1 Quizlet Course https://quizlet.com/join/g4jtgy5Aw

Period 2 Quizlet Course Link: https://quizlet.com/join/VRJZv5gnd

Sources to Find Outstanding Commentary and Articles for Articles of the Week

 Objective: To find sources that excite and matter to us for Independent Reading. To write down and practice the Academic Verbs and join the quizlet class to practice them. To score another student sample, and reflect on our mastery of reading performance on SOAPS Analysis.  To understand how to write an academic summary and to write one for our last SOAPS submission. To resubmit a SOAPS Analysis

18 New York Times Articles to Read Before Eighteen 

Radio Rookies: Youth Radio from New York

Latino USA: Radio Journal of News and Culture from A Latino Perspective
Very Smart Brothas
The Huffington Post: communities Black Voices; Queer Voices; Women's Voices; Latino Voices
The Root: Black News, Culture, Opinion

50 Best Podcasts for High School Students

550 Prompts to Inspire Personal and Narrative Writing 

NPR Podcast Listing

Article of The Week Archive

Common Lit

Listenwise

I enjoy and love listening to podcasts and encourage you to explore podcasts and argumentative writing for your first Independent Reading SOAPS Analysis due Tuesday night at 10pm.  You may choose to read or listen to the same podcast at times. 

Welcome to Week 5

 1. Good Morning and Welcome to Week 5!!!! Periods 1 and 2, you should have completed a SOAPS Analysis on a reading/essay/article of your choice.  Because you may not know where to look for academically promising content, you may still use the articles found at 550 Prompts for Personal and Narrative Writing. Today in class though, we must finish and start the Common Literature Assessments and the IXL (period 2).  As well as analyze and score sample SOAPS. One from a tenth grader and one from an eleventh grader.