Rhetorical Precia Link

 Link to Rhetorical Precis Format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4BLVnt1qsfkUUswTWhOaHZhTFE/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-voURYPAre7cK3HQ9_41LSA

Article of The Week Period 2,4

Every day we should read and critically analyze what we read. Today, select an article (be sure that it has a commentary) from any source. Then, complete a SOAPS Analysis with a summary ON PAPER! Include the Article Title and Source. 

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. 

The Los Angeles Fires: Communities of Color Impacted More than you may know in the LA Wildfires

 While the media initially focused on the impact of the Palisades fires, Black,Brown and Asian families have typically been erased or are often absent from Fire Coverage. Today, you have the chance to examine readings that show the impact of the fires on our communities. This serves several objectives: one to correct the assumption that fire victims are only wealthy and only White. Second, to demonstrate out calamities impact us all in a capitalist society; and 3, to teach us a bit about the rich legacy of integration and community that exists in the impacted neighborhoods. The assignment today is to click on at least three links and do a Reflective Journal. If you do not feel comfortable, you are also able to select a reading of choice for our Article of The Week.  

Warm-up: Why is home ownership to important? List as many ways or reasons home ownership is the backbone of American society. 

Altadena's Untold Black History

Generations of Altadena Devastated by Eaton Fire

LA Fire Destroy Altadena

Eaton Fires Destroy Historic Altadena

As LA Fires burned, Latino immigrants rushed to put fires out

Wildfires and Latino Communities

California Fires Could Be Leaving Deeper Inequality in Their Wake

Mandatory Digital Citizenship Course Link

 Here it is: https://lausd.wistia.com/medias/dgzj1uyw6u

The Fall of Rome Veteran's Day Weekend Assignments Periods 2,3 and 4

 First, you must finish reading The Fall of Rome Chapter 2. Over the weekend, you will read Chapter 3, so that you have one chunk of reading finished. First ANSWER  all the following: 

1. What impact does Kofi have on Rashid? Why does he occur only briefly in the novel?  2. Where does Rashid come from: what is the setting and how is his home setting different from Chelsea? 3. Why does Rashid decide to leave his parents and go to Chelsea? (Note--there is a literal "right there" answer and an interpretive answer 4. Why do you think Rashid is uneasy at Chelsea? 

II. Be sure that you have uploaded only THREE passages or excerpt or quote that you think are the MOST IMPORTANT.  One quote or excerpt from Chapter 1; one from reading Chapter 2; and one from reading Chapter three. 

III. Character Analysis: Use or AI Generator to generate an image of either Mr. Washington; Kofi; Rashid or Ms. Hansen.  You IMAGE SHOULD BE A COMBINATION OF THE SYMBOLISM the character holds. You will be judged based on the prompt you give to generate your image. Take a screenshot and include in Schoology. Also include on your padlet .

Be reading for an applied reading quiz next week on Tuesday or Wednesday! 

Student Activism in Civil Rights and Social Protests #2

 After journal writing, you will begin learn a bit more about students in social change. Next week, we will work in groups to research one of five organizations: The Little Rock 9; SNCC; The Greensboro Four; the Freedom Riders; The Childrens Campaign and more. Today though, you will learn more overall about student activism overall, and then begin learning about one student activist group of The Civil Rights Movement. 

First, read this article: Student Walk outs Have Changes American history Before. Here's How. 

Next, answer the questions based on the article in schoology. Upload your answers as a pdf

charged to find your own resource to examine and then report back to your group. Reflective Journal

  Why Students Sometimes Lead Social Change? Black Lives Matter website   Wikipedia: Black Lives Matter  The Freedom Riders; 

Who Were The Freedom Riders?  Meet The Freedom Riders Greensboro Sit-Ins: February One Trailer Freedom Riders wikipedia 

Protesting Climate Change, Young Students Take to the Streets

Trailer: Precious Knowledge- Ethnic Studies in Arizona. The Fight For Ethnic Studies in Arizona The Fight For Ethnic Studies in Arizon

The Little Rock Nine Smithsonian Museum ; The Little Rock Nine Bill of Rights Institute CSPAN Classroom The Little Rock Nine. The Little Rock Nine Wikipedia 

Who were The Greensboro Four?  TheGreensboro Four 

Teaching SNCC: The Heart of The Civil Rights Revolution

Finding our own reading

 Here is the article about Fernando Valenzuela: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/world-series-opening-game-at-dodger-stadium-to-honor-fernando-valenzuela/

Exploring Indigeneous People's Day 10/13/2025

 Explore resources on celebrating Indigenous People's Day. First, we will do a warm-up, and discuss. Then we'll read a short article and complete a SOAPS Analysis in pairs. Then lastly, you'll have the chance to explore resources and complete a reflective journal. 

Clink here for resources to explore. Click here for Opinion Piece on Columbus Day

Explore these resources as well African Americans and Native Americans Share A rich History : Native Land Digital to find out on whose land King Drew is or other places in California. A Story Map of the Gabrieleño/Tongva peoples. Click here to visit more resources: The First and Last Queen of Hawa'ii; Alaska Native Peoples Afro-Native Narratives The History of Hawaii; From Villages to Missions: The Great California Indian Migration. Black Natives

Federally Recognized Tribes of the United States. Duality: A Collection of Afro-Indigeous Perspectives

Click this page to access all the resources on the LAUSD Native/Indigenous Resources page. Click here for the reflective journal. 

Learning More and Exploring Jim Crow 10/08/24: Ethnic Studies

 Yesterday, we began to learn that Jim Crow was the name given to a series of ordinances, laws, rules, and racist practices that were enacted at the end of Reconstruction to terrorize and dehumanize African-Americans primarily, and also other people of color. Today, you will be given the chance to learn more about Jim Crow by watching another video of your choice; visiting the Jim Crow museum (if LAUSD computers permit); and reading about Jim Crow; reading about Jim Crow and doing a reflective journal about Jim Crow (and answering basic questions). You will also have the chance to explore how Jim Crow laws also impacted other racial groups, notably, Mexicans. 

Here are a few resources for you to explore:  Plessy v. Ferguson (Crash Course in American History) The Jim Crow Museum; The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow (25-30 min video) The History of Jim Crow (film, shorter 20 min. Robin Hamilton); Jim Crow Laws (Wikipedia)  Jim Crow in Images (very powerful) Gordon Parks Segregation Story; the education of Black Children in the Segregated South. (Jim Crow Timeline Here is the forced copy of the Reflective Journal Click here for virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=X9ou6MvycZU

Use padlet to document your exploration of at least four sources. In your Padlet, take a screen shot of each source that you visited. Then write a reaction of what you learned from that source.  From the Jim Crow in Images and/or The Gordon Parks Segregation Story, select at least four powerful images that resonate with you. Then screenshot them, and then write two or three sentences about why they resonate with you. 

Hidden Intellectualism: Reading in the Field

Today, you will use Google to help you find an article, op-ed or commentary on YOUR TOPIC for your Hidden Intellectualism Padlet. First, you will spend no more than 6 minutes using search terms such to find commentary on your topic.  You may want to type one of your critical questions into Google. Then, when you will spend a minute or two browsing and selecting from what you see. 

Next, you will take up to ten minutes to carefully read and re-read your article/commentary/opinion piece. Then, you will complete a SOAPS Analysis + Academic Summary on the article that you read about your topic. You will upload as a PDF or hyerlinked link in Schoology by the LOCK TIME.  You may WANT to consult the following places or aticles based on your topic: 

Here are a few places to find commentary on many of your interests: https://www.avclub.com/

Deadspin, Sports Commentary and News; Gadgets and Tech: Gizmodo; Cars and Car Related Commentary; The Take-Out: Food Related News and Commentary; Society and Culture Podcasts from National Public Radio; African-American Interest: The Root; Various Groups of Interest: African-American; Student; LGBT; Latino all can be found at The Huffington Post Voices Section. Teenage produced podcasts from Radio Rookies or student friendly articles from Kelly Gallagher's Article of The Week as well as his article archive.  Remember, the article or podcast you select should be a Commentary or Opinion or Op-Ed piece.  That means it should express a perspective or viewpoint, claim or point of view. It can not just be news. Assistance for certain topics: Black Women in Volleyball can be found in HBCU's  Is everyone qualified to be a critic?   Gymnastics is hard on the body: physical therapy can help

End of Year Senior Survey

 Please complete the following survey to help us continue to recover from COVID's impact on teaching, learning and social emotional development.  Click here: https://forms.gle/jX6jHcLWpzCC9oeP9

Seniors with D's or Fails

Several Seniors have grades of "D" of "F" for many reasons, mainly due to excessive absences. During Spring Break, you have the opportunity to raise your grade due to missing assignments. However, you are NOT allowed to go back and do assignments that are old; rather take the opportunity to read and complete SOAPS Analysis based on NEW Articles of the week. Students with grade of "D" are able to complete up to 3 SOAPS + Summaries which can boost your grade by at least 90 points. Students with grade of F can do 5 SOAPS Analysis which can boost your grade by 150 points.  First, however, I must received a signed acknowledgement from your parent or guardian that THEY acknowledge absences hav econtributed to low scores. 

FAFSA/CADAA Completion

 FAFSA/CADAA Status Form! Seniors, please complete the following link from our Amazing College Counselor, Mrs. Golden: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLPWBXOBQsZjt5SG1xR-D2udzkjLbGyasXSH4XNaIBiJyBtQ/viewform

Low Grade due to Missing or Un-submitted Padlet Link: Seniors

 If you had a glitch with padlet, didn't make your link public, or simply didn't think I would actually read all of the Dialectical Journals, it can sting to find out that I did. Because this major assignment was assigned near the end of the semester, if you had low scores you had very little padding to assist you. To assist you demonstrate all that you can about your text, if the only thing that failed you was padlet, I will allow you to submit your dialectical journals.  They must be original (yes, I am using Chat GPT and other AI sources to check for plagiarism); and you must have all of them.  You will upload using a new Google Link that I will create by. Monday, December 18th.  Scoring well should be enough to raise a grade of "D" to a "C".  and "C" to "B"  This option IS NOT AVAILABLE TO RAISE GRADE FROM B TO A. Try next semester! Here is the link: Google Form Upload for Late or UnFinished Dialectial Journals

Tuesday December 12, 2023 PD Discussion Padlet Link

 Click here to record your responses to the prompt: Why do you think reflection/introspection are important to growing as a learner and teacher?  https://padlet.com/lguy2/why-do-you-think-reflection-introspection-are-important-to-g-lt62et6g28goumm5

Newe Teacher Meeting Padlet Link

 https://padlet.com/lguy2/black-children-are-the-proxy-for-what-ails-american-educatio-vnaduh4ejod2fggk

Exploring Expository Readings with Us in Mind

Here are a few places to find commentary on many of your interests: https://www.avclub.com/

Deadspin, Sports Commentary and News; Gadgets and Tech: Gizmodo; Cars and Car Related Commentary; The Take-Out: Food Related News and Commentary; Society and Culture Podcasts from National Public Radio; African-American Interest: The Root; Various Groups of Interest: African-American; Student; LGBT; Art Review; Latino all can be found at The Huffington Post Voices Section. Teenage produced podcasts from Radio Rookies or student friendly articles from Kelly Gallagher's Article of The Week as well as his article archive.  Remember, the article or podcast you select should be a Commentary or Opinion or Op-Ed piece.  That means it should express a perspective or viewpoint, claim or point of view. It can not just be news. 

Link to Performance Task

 Link to period 1 Smarter Balance Performance Task: https://ca.cambiumtds.com/student?session=CA-585A-499T

Article of The Week Forced Copy

 Here is a length to Student Friendly Articles of The Week: Articles of The Week Kelly Gallagher

And here is a link to a forced copy SOAPS Analysis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FlkoktaS8mQDoOaBk8rvRBZCytcbFYkO/copy

Article of The Week: Connecting Antigone's Civil Disobedience to Recent Examples

 Civil Disobedience and its Effects in Recent History through 12 Examples Link here: https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/civil-disobedience/44569