Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Academic Verb Cross Word

Here is the link to our crossword: Academic Verbs. Carefully read each clue, then enter the academic verb from your academic wordlist that best fits the clue. Use pencil!

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Am Literature Period 4

1. Finish reading your commentary, then complete your SOAPS Analysis and Academic Summary. Use Academic Language! You need not complete the tone or vocabulary or context part of the SOAPS.
2. Re-read the poem, "I, Too" by Langston Hughes.  Create three questions that you might have thought while reading the poem.  Then, complete using complete sentences, the questions on the sheet.

Where Can I Find Op-eds and Commentary?

Each Monday, you will read and respond to an Expository Text of the Week. These may be Magazine Articles and Op-Eds or Commentaries;  News Stories and Podcasts; or print Editorials.  To help guide you, here are some resources, likes and places you might want to check out as you begin your journey.
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

What Exactly Do We Read and Learn About in American Literature?

Today, we will browse the Course Description for American Literature. The purpose is to be clear about the expectations for this course in terms of the reading, writing and speaking and listening domains.  Jot down any thing: words, phrases, numbers, sentences that surprise, resonate, or trouble you.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

American Lit. Period 4

Dont forget: If you did not submit your Padlet response to the reading, "How to Be An Active Reader" you may still submit it but now you must have 20 posts. Your posts are similar to dialectical journals. Select a sentence from the article, retype it and respond to it in Padlet. You may also pose questions and identify why you agree with statements in the article.
2. Letter to futureme.org
3. If you did not submit the Dear Ms. Guy letter on Schoology, you still can.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Am. Lit Homework period 5

1. First, finish reading or hearing your Expository Text of the Week. 2. Complete your SOAPS Sheet.
3. Academic Summary for your article. 4. Finish your Anticipation Guide