Do Now: Quick Jot
Write down some thoughts in your accordion book on your Chapter 2 and 3 page. What surprised you in these two chapters? What was your favorite scene? How do you feel about the characters? Turn and talk to someone close to you. Do Next Title your next page Chapter 4. Today we will be discussing the theme of Disparity -- what does this mean? Consider the discussion questions while you read, and also complete the prompts below: 1. Record one question or scene that you would like to talk about during discussion. 2. Record two examples of disparity throughout this chapter. Think about the people, the culture, the landscape, or even how ECM acts/thinks differently. Independent Reading Read Chapter 4 by yourself for 30 minutes. Make sure to take note of the things above. Discussion What are ECM’s first impressions of the South? How is the South different? Think about the people, the economy, the city, the landscape itself. How does he feel about these differences? Why do you think he feels this way? Please review the next writing portfolio assignment here. This will be due on Friday, October 8th.
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Activator Topic: Reconstruction quick jot.
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Crash Course | Reconstruction
Exit Ticket: Turn in Reconstruction study guide in google classroom. Do Now: See. Think. Wonder What do you see in the image below? What does it make you think about? What questions do you have about it? Think about how Redmer Hoekstra makes one image into two images. Do you think the transition is effective? Does it fool you? Can you see both images?
Do Next Get out your accordion books and title the top of the page Chapter 2 and 3. Today, you will be reading both chapters and taking notes on things that stand out to you -- questions, sentences or paragraphs you like, etc. Additionally, please take note of at least three examples of transitioning, changing, duality, and two worlds that might be present in the protagonist's own life and in others' lives. Record this in your accordion book to prepare for discussion. Independent Reading Read by yourself for thirty minutes. Try to finish both chapter 2 and 3. Discussion What examples of duality/dual worlds did you find in today’s reading? What did you think about these examples? Why did you choose them? What can we infer from these examples about ECM’s character? About the rest of the novel? Why do you think this is such a big theme in these chapters? Do Now: Quick Jot | Half Sheet, no names required.
Check Google Classroom: These become skyward entries today.
Current Work | Reconstruction Lesson, study guide due Wednesday. Reconstruction: Overview Discussion (did you get this far?)
Current Work | Reconstruction Lesson, due Wednesday.
Exit Ticket: What remains? Do Now; Quiz- Hard Copy
Do Next | Read and apply (maybe laugh, maybe cry) Two very different literary works that are seemingly disconnected. #1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again #2 O Captain, my Captain (open link and read) (Did you know some former students use to call me "CaptDan America?")
Time to let 'er rip! No time to delay, people are dying out there…….so get after it! Google Classroom has all of your materials for today and Monday.
Studio Time:40+ minutes. Exit ticket: How far did you get? Do Now
Read the preface on page 4. Select a word, phrase, and sentence that stand out to you and write them down in your accordion book. Do Next After you've read the preface, read the footnote at the bottom of the page. Consider the following questions in your accordion book: Why would Weldon write his own preface? What was he trying to accomplish or say? What questions do you have? Turn and talk to the person next to you about what you wrote down. Whole Class Reading We will read the first two pages of the chapter as a class. Utilize your accordion book to take notes of your first impressions and any questions you need answered before we read independently. Independent Reading Finish the first chapter independently. Utilize your accordion book to keep track of your thinking, and model after the discussion questions below. Discussion What connections can you make to this chapter? To yourself? To your past knowledge? What ideas were new to you? What was surprising to you? What aspects of the chapter are challenging for you? What do you have questions about? Do Now | 1619 Podcast | Saying one thing but doing something other....
Return to your seats.
Upfront Magazine Article | The Truth About Slavery
Discussion Questions: @ 11:50
Exit Ticket: My Progress with Google Classroom responsibilities.
Do Now
Set a goal for what you will accomplish for your first writing portfolio entry today. You will have 40 minutes to work on it. If you do not finish, you can work on it during the weekend. Studio Time: 40 minutes Continue working on your first entry. This first post is very low stakes, I’m just looking for a reflection on what you’ve learned and your personal experiences. Feel free to approach the prompts in more creative or abstract ways, so long as you are writing in complete sentences and utilizing standard grammar structures. Remember: four paragraphs, document link shared on Padlet, and once you finish, please comment on your group members’ documents. If you have time, please find an image online that represents what you wrote and include it in your post. Here is a model for your post. Next: Accordion Books With the remaining time, please put together your accordion book for the semester. Materials will be set up in the back of the room. Your accordion book will be used while you read through the chapters to take note of your thoughts and observations on the book. Additionally, you will use your accordion books to respond to thinking routines, pre-reading strategies, and discussion questions as we go through the book. Feel free to decorate the cover however you’d like! Ticket Out What is one thing you accomplished today? Do Now: Chalk Talk
Go around to each table and take a minute to write down some ideas about the topic posted there. Then, move on to the next topic and do the same thing. After time at each topic, circle up in back and share out. What patterns did you notice? What ideas did you write down? What ideas did you see that you liked/extended your thinking? What prompts challenged you or were you unsure of? Do Next: Create Writing Blogs Open your Chromebooks and navigate to Blogger. Create a new blog. Name it “first name last initial’s writing portfolio” and share the link on Padlet. Take a handful of minutes to edit it how you wish, add pictures, change theme colors, etc. Reflection In your newly created blog, create a post and reflect on the past week of class. Your response should be at least four paragraphs (5-7 sentences). In your blog post, please answer the questions below: What new thoughts do you have about race and the history of racism in the United States? How has the past week connected to what you already know about racism? What does it mean to identify with a race? What does it mean to be part of that community? What communities are you part of? What identities do you hold? How did you become a part of that community? In your blog post, I would like to see the answers to the questions, as well as one image found online that represents your thoughts. When you finish, please navigate to the other blogs in your group on Padlet and comment on your peers’ initial posts. Open Google Classroom
Circle up to discuss. The Last Slave
Primary Source Hand-Out | The Horrors of Middle Passage
Use the backside of The Horrors of Middle Passage primary source to answer the exit ticket prompt:
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Course DescriptionGreat World Text is an advanced English and Social Studies course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Humanities. This year will consist of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the landmark 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson. Known only as the “Ex-Colored Man,” the protagonist in Johnson’s novel is forced to choose between celebrating his African American heritage or “passing” as an average white man in a post-Reconstruction America that is rapidly changing. The course will encounter themes of racial passing, multiracial families, and African-American music traditions.
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