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

In-Class Writing Response: The Great Gatsby

 Click here for Prompts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16xyC_RwgpDiaenn0YAyN4AULXlv2Vf9JKtRtOuYMrJw/edit?usp=sharing

English Ten Performance Task Testing Link

Testing Link for English Ten Performance Task: https://ca.cambiumtds.com/student?session=CA-8E1F-448T 

Journal Topics All Classes: Friday, April 14, 2023

Select a prompt from 550 Prompts for Personal and Narrative Writing OR select one of the following: No Friday Freewrite today--select either a topic below, or a topic from 550 Prompts. You may write in your journal or notebook if you do not have your journal. 

1. Recently, the Los Angeles Unified School Board voted to change the LAUSD School Calendar. The most important difference is the potential loss of one week of Winter Break. This reduction of Winter Recess from three weeks to two weeks is the most impactful change. Students WOULD get out of school a week earlier, but many students are upset with the proposed change.  Write a respond in which you argue for OR against the new calendar. 

2.  Do you think that streaming television shows on Netflix, Paramount, Hulu etc should release all or several episodes at once, allowing watchers to "binge" OR do you think each episode should be released once a week? Discuss the pros and cons of releasing several episodes at once or one episode per week.