Reading Survey & Quizlet Join: American Literature Periods 4 and 5

Please complete the online reading survey of reading interests and habits. You may find the link here: Reading Survey

Please also follow the respective links to join Quizlet.  I will use quizlet for you to reenforce vocabulary; academic testing terms and literary devices.
Quizlet Link to Join Period 5

Quizlet Link to Join Period 4

I, Too Open Mind

1. Use your feelings about being a minority in the United States, plus ideas or thoughts from the poem, "I,Too" by Langston Hughes, and your CLOZE Vocabulary to create an Open Mind exploring the question: What does it Mean to be A Minority in The United States?  You may view the Open Mind Example here: Open Mind Example. Your Open Mind can have cut outs of pictures or images, your own images, and adjectives (words to describe how it might feel). You must have no fewer than 8 words; 6 pictures or images

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!

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

All Things Latina Podcast (Spotify)

In The Thick: Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Culture

Living For We

The Griot Podcasts

New Author: Michael Harriot:  His works can be found here: https://thegrio.com/author/michael-harriot/

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.

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.