Thursday, December 13, 2018
76 minutes
1. College essays returned
Homework due for Wednesday, January 2: Chapters 3 and 4 of No Turning Back
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
92 minutes
1. Small groups (of your choosing) use your
summaries and questions and quotes that you prepared for chapter 2 in No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and
the Future of Women to have a discussion about this chapter
2. Feminist Strands Groups
work together to research and prepare presentations (which are due on
January 2.)
Friday, December 7, 2018
Friday, December
7, 2018
Feminism
76 minutes
1.
In small groups,
share your No Turning Back summaries,
quotes and questions. Discuss each other’s questions and quotes. Take notes about this discussion in
your notebooks titled “Class Discussion Notes Chapter 1, No Turning Back, December 7, 2018.” I will come around and stamp and check off
your summaries.
2.
Feminist Strand Presentation instructions
handed out and reviewed.
a. Exchange phone numbers and email
addresses (set up a group chat?)
b. Begin researching and planning your
presentations. You can use the computers in the mobile cart.
You will have time in class to do work on this next Tuesday
and Thursday, but otherwise there will be no other class time to work on this.
THIS MEANS THAT OUTSIDE WORK WILL NEED TO BE DONE ON THIS MAJOR PROJECT
REMINDER: your group should locate an article that the class
will read ahead of your presentation
HOMEWORK
DUE TUESDAY, DEC. 11: Read pages 17-42 in No
Turning Back, and write up a summary and copy 3
passages you would like to discuss and create 3 questions (see the instructions
for reading and taking notes on No
Turning Back
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Feminism
92 minutes
Reminder: Essay
on Independent Book is due by TODAY, December 5 by 10:00 PM in
Google Classroom
Because of
the Grantasia rehearsal on today, we will have a work day in class
HOMEWORK DUE FRIDAY, DEC. 7: Read pages 1-13 in No Turning Back, and write up a summary
and copy 3 passages you would like to discuss and
create 3 questions (see the instructions linked above)
Monday, December 3, 2018
Monday, December 3, 2018
Feminism
92 minutes
Reminder: Essay
on Independent Book is due by Wednesday, December 5 by 10:00 PM
in Google Classroom
Because of
the Grantasia rehearsal on Wednesday, we will have a work day in class
1. Launch Feminist Strands Project: Read
the table
of contents and introduction to Feminist
Thought and make notes as you go.
2. Discuss feminist strands
3. Sign up for the feminist strand that
interests you and that you want to make a presentation about.
4.
Go to library and check out No
Turning Back
5.
Review and discuss instructions
for reading and taking notes on No
Turning Back
6.
Begin reading (work time)
HOMEWORK DUE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5: Essay
on Independent Book
HOMEWORK DUE FRIDAY, DEC. 7: Read pages 1-13 in No Turning Back, and write up a summary
and copy 3 passages you would like to discuss and
create 3 questions (see the instructions linked above)
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
76 minutes
1. You will be writing about your
Independent Book. To get some ideas, you will get together with others and
discuss your book. As you have this discussion, I will come around and check
off your dialogue journals.
Pre-writing
small group discussion: Use your journals and books to discuss and find
examples for these questions:
Get together
with others who read your book and share/discuss these topics and find specific
evidence (page numbers!!!)
1. How did the main character
“identify?” (think about race, class,
gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, etc.) Passages? Page #?
2. Was the main character oppressed or
discriminated against or threatened or in some way negatively impacted because
of aspects of their identity? Why? How?
When? (give specific examples). Passages? Page #?
3. In what ways did the main character succeed
because of aspects of their identity? What parts of their identity gave them
strength to persevere and to succeed? Passages? Page #?
5. Begin writing in Google Classroom. In
order to write the best possible essay that you can, you will need to work
on this outside of class as well.
The final
(and only) draft is due by 10:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, December 5.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
92 minutes
1. SSR / Work on dialogue journals
2. Transition to watching video: Hand
out Cornell
Notes Part 2 and review the instructions/essential questions on the Cornell
Notes
3. Finish viewing Miss Representation. Start it at minute 42:00 and play it to the
end (46 minutes)
4. Write a summary (on the Cornell Notes
sheet)
5. Hand in the Cornell
Notes Part 2 sheets.
Friday, November 16, 2018
92 minutes
1. SSR / Work on dialogue journals
2. Transition to watching video: Hand
out Cornell
Notes and review the instructions/essential questions on the Cornell
Notes
3. View Miss Representation
4. Write a summary (on the Cornell Notes
sheet)
5. Hand in the Cornell
Notes sheets.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Tuesday, November
14, 2018
Feminism
92 Minutes
Women who seek
to be equal with men lack ambition.
--Timothy Leary,
as quoted in Sometimes Being the Queen is All We Have to Hold Onto
(2005) by Connie Cash
1. SSR/ Get your Dialogue Journals
checked off
REMINDER: Schedule
for Independent Book Dialogue Journal:
The journal can
either be typed or hand written. DUE DATES for these journals:
Entries 1 and
2: Friday, November 1
Entries 1, 2, 3
and 4: Wednesday, November 7
Entries 5 and 6: Wednesday,
November 14
Entries 7, 8, 9, and 10: Thursday,
November 29
2. Finish watching Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie TED Talk and take notes in your notebook. Label these
notes “We Should All Be Feminists Notes”
3. In your notebook begin a new page
titled “Response to Adichie’s TedTalk, November 14, 2018”: Review as a class
and add to your notes:
a. According to Adichie, what is
feminism?
b. Why “should we all be feminists?”
c. What are her suggestions for
achieving gender equality?
d. Are there any blind spots in
Adichie’s suggestions? What are they?
e. What are some additional ways that
gender equality might be achieved?
f. Any other thoughts about what she
said.
4. Share out your thoughts on Chimamande
Adichie’s TedTalk
REMINDER: You should finish
reading your book and have ALL dialogue journals completed by November 29 (15
days from now)
HOMEWORK: Keep reading and taking notes on your
Independent Book. You should have entries #7-10 for Thursday, Nov. 29
Friday, November 9, 2018
Friday, November
9, 2018
Feminism
76 Minutes
Does feminist mean a large unpleasant person who'll shout
at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the latter,
so I sign up.
Margaret Atwood, (author of Handmaid’s
Tale) as quoted in Women Know Everything
REMINDER: Schedule
for Independent Book Dialogue Journal:
The journal can
either be typed or hand written. DUE DATES for these journals:
Entries 1 and
2: Friday, November 1
Entries 1, 2, 3 and 4: Wednesday,
November 7
Entries 5 and 6: Wednesday,
November 14
Entries 7, 8,
9, and 10: Thursday, November 29
If you are interested in attending the Consent Convergence Conference
tomorrow, here is the link:
2. Watch Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie TED Talk and take notes in your notebook. Label these
notes “We Should All Be Feminists Notes”
HOMEWORK:
Keep reading and taking notes on your Independent Book. You should have entries
#5 and 6 for Wednesday, Nov. 14
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Wednesday,
November 7, 2018
Feminism
92 Minutes
I
myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know
that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate
me from a doormat or a prostitute.
1. SSR
2. Hand in Dialogue Journals #1-4
REMINDER: Schedule
for Independent Book Dialogue Journal:
The journal can
either be typed or hand written. DUE DATES for these journals:
Entries 1 and
2: Friday, November 1
Entries 1, 2, 3 and 4: Wednesday,
November 7
Entries 5 and 6: Wednesday,
November 14
Entries 7, 8,
9, and 10: Thursday, November 29
Here's a link to the Consent Convergence conference:
https://www.voaor.org/consentconvergence
https://www.voaor.org/consentconvergence
4. Review Free-write: “What is Feminism,
October 17, 2018”
· What is feminism? (how do you define
it?)
· What does it mean to be a “feminist?”
What behaviors, ideas, actions, etc. would indicate that someone (you, even!)
is a feminist?
· What behaviors, ideas, actions, etc.
are NOT feminist?
· Where and how does “feminism” take
place?
· Is “feminist” an identity? Explain.
5. Everyone shares what they wrote (all
or a portion of it)
6. Watch Roxane
Gay TedTalk and take notes
7. Add to your free-write: How are you a
“good feminist” and a “bad feminist?”
8. Pair-share how you are a “good
feminist” and a “bad feminist”
HOMEWORK due Friday, November 9:
revise and polish and PROOFREAD your draft and bring it to class to hand in for
a FINAL DRAFT grade.
Monday, November 5, 2018
Monday, November
5, 2018
Feminism
92 minutes
REMINDER: Schedule for Independent Book Dialogue Journal:
The journal can either be typed or hand written. DUE DATES for these
journals:
Entries 1 and 2: Friday, November 1
Entries 1, 2, 3 and 4:
Wednesday, November 7
Entries 5 and 6: Wednesday, November 14
Entries 7, 8, 9, and 10: Thursday, November 29
NOTE: If you were absent for today’s
class, you will need to complete a make-up packet. Come to see me for this
packet. It will need to be completed by Tuesday, November 13.
1.
SSR
2.
Review
Top
Ten Tips for writing college essay
5. Exchange essays and get feedback and
revision advice. Use the EssayHell.com tips and the grading rubric to guide your peer-editing remarks
and advice
HOMEWORK DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7: DIALOGUE JOURNAL
ENTRIES #1, 2, 3, AND 4
HOMEWORK
due Friday, November 9: revise and polish and PROOFREAD your draft and bring it
to class to hand in for a FINAL DRAFT grade.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Thursday, November
1, 2018
Feminism
92 minutes
REMINDER: Schedule for
Independent Book Dialogue Journal:
The journal can either be typed or hand written. DUE DATES for these
journals:
Entries 1 and 2: Friday, November 1
Entries 1, 2, 3 and 4:
Wednesday, November 7
Entries 5 and 6: Wednesday, November 14
Entries 7, 8, 9, and 10: Thursday, November 29
NOTE: If you were absent for today’s
class, you will need to complete a make-up packet. Come to see me for this
packet. It will need to be completed by Friday, November 9.
1. The winningest college essay: the
story of Kwasi Enin:
Discuss Kwasi Enin’s essay
2. Read Costco
Hotdogs essay and discuss / analyze its strengths and weaknesses.
Read what EssayHell.com
says about this essay
5. HOMEWORK
for Monday, November 5: revise and polish your draft and bring it to class for FINAL
DRAFT to hand in for a grade.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
1.
SSR
REMINDER: Schedule for Independent Book Dialogue
Journal:
The journal can either be typed or hand
written. DUE DATES for these journals:
Entries 1 and 2: Friday, November 1
Entries 3 and 4: Wednesday, November 7
Entries 5 and 6: Wednesday, November 14
Entries 7, 8, 9, and 10: Thursday, November
29
2. Read and discuss “Writing
a Dynamic College Essay.”
3. Self-revision activity: Follow these
instructions and use these handouts to
complete the self-revision activity: Eliminating Adverbs and Intensifiers and Leads that Hook the Reader's Imagination.
HOMEWORK
for Thursday, November 1: revise and polish your draft and bring it to class
for peer-editing.
BRING YOUR
INDEPENDENT BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY FOR SSR!!!
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Feminism
76 minutes
You should have a copy of your Independent
book today (October 25)
The quarter ends on Friday (tomorrow).
I will not accept any late work after TODAY, Thursday, Oct. 25. Hand in any
late work to me IN PERSON. TODAY. I will be in the library from 4:00 to 6:00 PM
today. Find me. If that’s
not possible, turn things in to my box by 9:00 AM Friday OCT. 26
3. Finish reading 3 “Winning College Essays” and
then, individually, evaluate one of the essays in the packet of “Winning”
essays and explain (on the back of the graphic
organizer) what qualities you think contributed to the essay opening
the door to the school to which it was directed. Use specific examples from the
essay to support your ideas
4. Share your evaluations in small
groups.
BRING YOUR
INDEPENDENT BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY FOR SSR!!!
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Tuesday October
23 2018
Feminism
92 minutes
Reminder: Get a copy of
your Independent book by Thursday October 25
The quarter ends on Friday, October 26. I will not accept any late work after Thursday, Oct. 25
1.
Current event: “’Transgender’
Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration.” Discuss
2. In groups of 3 or 4, exchange your
drafts of your Unconventional Prompt essay. Read each other’s essays and
· highlight words, phrases, anecdotes,
details that impact you as a reader
· write a note that explains what makes
those highlighted details effective
· Read at least two essays during this
time.
3. Individually, read 3
sample “Winning” essays and complete the graphic
organizer.
HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY, October 30: write a 500-650 word
essay that is polished and thoroughly developed. (See handout
for details.)
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