Hello! Here's what we're up to today:
English 12
- Checking in
- Happy International Women's Day! Bread and roses
- Recapping yesterday
- Student Presentation (GG only)
- Grammar check in: a lesson on punctuation. What would you like to know next time?
- Activity
- Freewrite
- Circling back to A3
- Tomorrow, read the next section of the novel.
- A note on interim reports:
- I'll be using "they" automatically.
- Please let me know if you go by a different name at school than at home, or if there's any sensitive information I should bear in mind.
- (Block 1: You're sticking with me for FIT today. Link to padlet.)
New Media 10
- Checking in
- Happy International Women's Day! Bread and roses
- Recapping yesterday
- Discussion on "Who Tells Your Story?"
- Activity: Compare your project with another group's project. What commonalities do you see?
- Report and repeat.
- Open class discussion: what direction are you thinking of heading, and what did you notice about commonalities?
- Lesson on counter narratives
"Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- What does this quote make you think of?
- Sometimes, even with good intentions, stories can "malign." Consider this video, and offer your thoughts.
- Discussion: how can we avoid objectifying or patronizing a group?
- Time to make plans with your group. Get down concrete details before the Break.
- Watching part of Hamilton!
- A note on interim reports:
- I'll be using "they" automatically.
- Please let me know if you go by a different name at school than at home, or if there's any sensitive information I should bear in mind.
English 9
- Lesson with Mr. Holbrook
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