Jan 17, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to:

Eng 8

• Checking in
• Recapping instructions
• Time to practice
• AM: Speeches!
• We start with the worst poem ever written
• Reminders: stay off your phone, hold off on comments
• You are encouraged to dive into an argument afterwards

EFP 10

• Checking in
• Recapping instructions
• Time to work - your goal today is to practice the speech. Focus on the "how," rather than the "what"

Jan 16, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

Eng 8

• Checking in
• List of missing books and assignments
• Soft deadline: Monday, Jan 20
• Hard deadline: Friday, Jan 24
• Extreme deadline: Monday, Jan 27
• Returning the short stories
• Right to challenge
• Right to redo
• Recapping speech details
• Checking everyone's readiness and title
• Greatest movie speech of all time
• Time to work. Your goal today is to practice your speech aloud several times, focusing on the "how" rather than the "what"

EFP 10

• Checking in
• List of missing books and assignments
• Soft deadline: Monday, Jan 20
• Hard deadline: Friday, Jan 24
• Extreme deadline: Monday, Jan 27
• Recapping speech details
• Time to work. Your goal today is to write your speech, and begin focusing on timing. I'd like to get everyone's titles today

Jan 15, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

Eng 8

• Time to work on your persuasive speech! Your goal today is to write the entire speech, and check if it is an appropriate time (between 1:45 and 2:15)
• Tomorrow, the class will be used to practice and refine your speech

EFP 10

• Hand in your counternarrative!
• Time to work on your persuasive speech! Your goal today is to choose a topic for your speech, brainstorm, and conduct research
• Tomorrow, your goal is to write your speech and time it (between 2:30 and 3:30)
• Friday, your goal is to practice your speech

Jan 14, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

Eng 8

• Checking in
• Leftover ads
• Returning quizzes
• Right to redo (in its entirety)
• Right to challenge
• (PM: Speech order)
• Recapping speech instructions
• Working on the speech
• Choose a topic
• Brainstorm ideas
• Write the speech
• Practice the time
• Practice doing it well

EFP10

• Checking in
• Recapping speech details
• Example of a (short) speech
• Creating an order of speeches
• Time to work on your counternarrative project

Jan 13, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

Eng 8

• Checking in
• Recapping ad project
• Showing ads!
• Recapping speech project
• Going over speech rubric
• Example of the start of a speech
• Creating an order of speeches
• Time to prepare

EFP10

• Checking in
• Recapping counternarrative project
• Time for your project - due tomorrow
• Check with me about the rubric you're choosing/creating, and the plan for conveying the project. Remember to include:
• Explanation of the master narrative
• The counternarrative
• The rubric (should include a way to judge whether it is effective as a counternarrative)

Jan 10, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

EFP10

• Checking in
• In the news: Trudeau and Indigenous leaders
• Time to work on your project. You'll need to
• Identify a Master narrative
• Create a counternarrative (you'll want to run this by me in as much detail as you can)
• Choose a form
• Select (or create) a rubric
• Monday will also be time to work on this

Eng 8

• Checking in
• In the news: California wildfires
• Recapping assignment instructions
• Time to work. This is due on Monday!

Jan 9, 2024

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

EFP10

• Checking in
• Considering discussion questions for Pocahontas
• Rewatching the last few minutes of the clip
• Discussion
• What did you think of the film? What did you notice?
• What messaging did you see for:
• Indigenous Peoples
• Settlers
• Women
• Environment
• If we consider Pocahontas to be a harmful Master narrative about Indigenous peoples, what are your thoughts on current Disney (or other popular) movies?
• What are some counternarratives you're aware of?
• Example from Smoke Signals of a counternarrative
• Reviewing counternarrative project
• Examples of past counternarratives
• The trap of engaging with stereotypes
• Make a plan
• Identify master narrative
• Choose format
• Plan content
• Choose (or create) rubric
• Part of a rubric must include how successful a counternarrative it is
• The next two days will be time to create your counternarrative

Eng 8

• Checking in
• Time for your ad project. Your goal is to finish filming by the end of class tomorrow, so you have time to edit