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We are so happy that you're in our class, and we're excited about the incredible semester that awaits us!
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Today, my fam, you will be watching Selma with Mrs. Baker and answering the following questions. (We will have to finish the film when I return.)
1. How can the lessons from the Civil Rights Movement be applied to current conversations about racial profiling and police brutality? 2. Were the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leaders and other young adult activists helpful or harmful regarding the march on Selma? 3. What lessons can younger and older activists learn from each other about fighting for justice? 4. Following the coverage of Bloody Sunday, many were moved by the images and depiction of the brutality that was inflicted on the marchers. What role does media coverage play in forwarding or setting back a movement? 5. Many (both black and white, Christians and non-Christians, pastors and lay people, young and old) answered the ‘call’ to come to Selma. How does cross-cultural unity help to frame a movement? You need to join this class in Turnitin. You need to join by Friday, 1/6, to receive credit for this assignment.
If you have not yet created a Turnitin account, you can do so by clicking here. Follow the instructions to create a student account. Once you have created your account (or if you already have one), you need to login and join this class. The section ID for this class is 13122588. The password is lovebiden81. If you are having difficulty, you should check out this link that will tell you how to enroll in our class on Turnitin. Hey baes. Here's the powerpoint that includes tasks #1 and #2 that we did in class. We will continue with some technical writing when you come back after break. Hey fam. Here's the article we read together in class on NPR about fake news and how to verify your sources. Here's the link to the handout that had steps to determining whether a source is legit (you may even say "too legit to quit."). Here's the chart I gave you in class to complete. And here's the assignment you had where you had to read a classmates' articles.
As I mentioned to you in class, I've been noticing that many of you are having issues with run-on sentences and fragments in your writing. You need to write down (yes, you have to hand-write it) everything from these notes and turn them in for a grade. And you should check out the videos below. They can help make sense of those pesky run-ons and fragments that creep into your writing!
Hi! I'm so, so happy that you're in my class. We're going to have a great year! You're going to leave this class a better thinker, reader, writer, and persuader than you are today. In case you didn't get one at open house, here's the FAQ sheet and the syllabus for this course Howdy! If you want extra points or an excuse to bring in your favorite dish and eat during class, check out the assignment below. If you decide to complete this assignment, you'll have to write a process essay explaining how to prepare this dish. You can share your creation with your classmates in class on Thursday, December 17.
Read this article about the waning popularity of emojis in Japan and this article about how emojis (and other types of punctuation) are being used in courtrooms.
Short answer. Provide a 2-3 (or more, if you feel so inclined) answer for each of the following questions. 1. Does the way Americans and Western society have started to utilize the emoji jibe with the creator's original purpose? 2. Has Western society cheapened the emoji? 3. Do you believe that emojis in America are simply a fad? At what point is a fad no longer cool? 4. Do emojis add to or detract from personal communication in the digital age? 5. What are some ways that a person's choice of punctuation (including emoticons or emoji) can suggest different intentions on the part of the writer. Provide an example to support your assertion. 6. Is a person's use of emoji a reliable source in a legal or courtroom setting? Hey! If you have a bad grade on one of the quizzes for The Great Gatsby, you may complete this alternate assignment to salvage some of the points.
The assignment is this: read F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" and create a an infographic for the story similar to the one at the top of this post. Then create a Venn diagram comparing "Winter Dreams" to The Great Gatsby. You need to have this assignment submitted to me by the end of class on December 16 to earn credit for it. |
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January 2017
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