H. Expository Composition

1. Now that you have an improved understanding of the prompt, and a better thesis, use the Essay Planning Guide to construct an overall outline of your essay. Fill out the claim, use research sites to find verifiable evidence to support your claims and ideas and always remember, you have several tools: your Patterns for College Writing; The Souls of Black Folk, and other sources you locate.
2. Finish reading Chapter 4: Past is Prologue and respond in writing: Is it okay to change how you speak or try to reduce your accent? To what extent are our identities negotiations between our "true selves" our families, parents and how we want to be perceived? b. Have you ever forgotten your heritage or tried to shun or minimize it?  c. When did you realize that America is not the meritocracy is says it is?

Expository Composition period 5

1. Finish your creative story started as part of Friday Freewrite: Write a haiku on the meaning of your name...If you had eyes in the back of your head....; If you could change forms and shape shift what form would you take and why?  Be ready to share some of your stories.
2.  Read Chapter 5 of The Fall of Rome. Answer Study Questions.

Expository Composition Period 5

Today, after my lecture notes regarding Appealing to Logic/Appealing to Emotions; we read Chapter 4 of The Fall of Rome: Past is Prologue as a class. After reading we used the Know and Wonder Protocol to record 12 Facts that we know about Mr. Washington; his family; etc.  Then we constructed 12 Wonder statements on the other half of our paper. 
Additionally, submit the SOAPS based on the Article, "Want to go to College? Learn to Fail?" and your academic summary--by tomorrow morning (paper) or electronically by 9 am.

Expository Composition/ H. Expository Composition periods 5 and 6

Today I am out-- I caught the bug that has been going around (booooo). Mrs. Hutchinson is our guest teacher today 🙂To make things relatively smooth for us, today, you will read and discuss a favorite article appropriate for Seniors entitled, "Want to Get In To College? Learn to Fail" by Angel Perez. The article is located in our Class Handouts and Links. Click on Expository Readings and it is the first article. Read as a class, question and challenge the text. Complete SOAPS+Summary and pose four questions: 1 Right There; 1 Author and You; 1 On My Own; and one multiple choice with answer choices.  Just in case, the link is also here: Want to Get into College? 

Expository Composition Period 5

Today, we will use chatsy to chat about the micro-essay we wrote yesterday.  The prompt asked us to defend challenge or qualify the notion that the color line is still the defining problem or issue of the 21st century. Click the link here to join and share you opinion: Online chat

H. American Literature Period 2

Write: What makes the United States unique or different from the following countries specifically--Russia; Saudi Arabia; China; Mexico; Nigeria...or other nations generally?

H. World Literature Period 6

1. Create a Dialectical Journal by folding several sheets of notebook paper the long-way. Then, while reading ALL of chapter 1 of The Souls of Black Folk, select 4 quotes.  They may be of varying lengths and respond--what do the quotes make you think of? Summarize the quote. Do you agree with the quotes? Why?
2. Bring both texts and your in-class essay to class on Wednesday.

Honors Expository Composition Period 6 Unit #1

Our First Unit. Additional Readings may be added at my discretion.