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. 

The Art of Being An Active Reader Take #2

Yesterday we discussed what being n active reader means to us and the ACTIONS an active reader takes. Today, you will: Practice Active Reading Strategies of underlining, vocabulary , annotation on a sample passage. We will then discuss questioning techniques and practice creating our own questions on a text familiar to the class, then with the sample passage and finally with the song we used for our SOAPS Analysis.  We will use the QAR chart for each. 

Exit Slip for Week 4: Week 4 Exit Slip

Activating Our Minds and Actively Learning: The Art of Analyzing and Creating Questions

Welcome to Week 4. This week's focus is adjusting to our academic routines, including finding a text for independent reading, doing our own weekly two SOAPS Analysis + Summary. It is also all about learning, practicing and mastering active reading.  learning to actively read and annotate text; learning how to question texts and analyze questions & learning about interpretations. 

Period 2: What Does It Mean to Be An Active Reader? 

Getting Reading For Independent Reading periods 1 and 2

Over the long break, you are expected to research, taste, and look for a book that interests you! I can provide some suggestions by curating a hyperlinked lists of my favorites and other titles and book trailers.  Browse at least three of the lists/book trailers and identify five texts that interest you.  You may also have your own books in mind from browsing some of the titles in our class, or from previous years lists including Summer Reading. 

1. Punching The Air Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/cfJUv-mZ0vo

2. The Black Kids Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xU1pUvkQ48

3. A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh5ThuNJTd4

4. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4l3kK33ET0

5. The Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdyA8Q6Jx4

6. Call Me When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

7. The Cross Over by Kwame Alexander

8. Solo by Kwame Alexander 

9. Best Books for the College Bound

10. The Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels of 2020

11. Most popular reads for Teen Boys. 

12. Best Books for The College Bound List: https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-obcb-literature-and-language-arts

13. The Godfather by Mario Puzo book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ARCkwwK9E

14.  American Street by Ibi Zoiboi

15.  Best Books of 2020 by the Los Angeles Public Library

Link to Google Form to indicate that you did the book tasting: https://forms.gle/C8x1hbufE8B5FmJK7

American Literature Periods 1 & 2

 Welcome to week 3! This week will will continue to build community by Getting to Know You Socially and Academically! We will engage in a getting to know each other exercise; 2 Diagnostic Tests: IXL & Common Lit. We will engage in reading our first Class Article of the Week; Practice Rules and Procedures/Academic Routines  including Journal Writing; SOAPS Analysis and Summary Writing. 

SOAPS Stone Handout (Forced copy) Link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GDZUyikgQU9CATl2CFII7RLXCEjNo9OR/copy

Exit Slip for Week of September 2nd: https://forms.gle/6hSTNa7kAEku9sSY9

American Literature: Exploring the Blog and Digital Tools

1. Complete the assignment: Exploring the Blog that was started in class. Click link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T6ccaUZTqyVOUWS3ctG7DUP1ZnoSwITZ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100770861230997879188&rtpof=true&sd=true
2. Use the following code to join our Common Lit Class Click here www.commonlit.org/en/enroll
Use the Class Code: B3B749
3. Use the Code to join our Remind Class.  Lick is here: https://www.remind.com/join/fkfk7f
4. Use the code to join our IXL Class. 

Period 2

1.  Use the following code to join our Common Lit Class Click here www.commonlit.org/en/enroll

Use the Class Code: DDVBE3