Expository Composition period 5 and 6

1. Engage in Friday Freewrite for the first 10-13 minutes in class.  2 volunteers pass out and return journals.
2.  Revisit the link to Booker T. Washington Wikipedia
2a. In period 6--Uchenna will collect the homework: Is economic freedom a precursor to civic freedom? 
3.  In groups of three of four students--click the link above and decide which group will take one of section each: Section 1: Overview; 2. Early Life; 3. Tuskegee/Later Career; 4. Marriages and Children; 5. Politics and Atlanta Compromise 6. Wealthy Friends and Benefactors;  7. Legacy.
4.  Read your section in your group. Then, in teams use the brown construction paper to record/write down the following: A short summary of the section; three or four facts from the text; names of the important people;  actions; or most important sections.   Most important idea. (If you are unable to find the brown construction paper--use your own paper, and I will give you chart paper on Monday!) Be ready to teach your sections on Monday! 
5. Text of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech

Expository Composition Period 5

Introduction to Booker T. Washington (and learning more about the perspective of Mr. Jerome Washington)
Objective: To realize social conditions and societal norms influence our personality, behaviors, outlook, expectations, manners.
Warm-up: Identify a way society has changed or become more liberal today than when your parents were young. Or--what is something that is generally more accepted now than in the past.  Why do you think this is the case?
Visit the quotes from Booker T. Washington linked here: 10 Quotes from Booker T Washington
Select one or two that move you or sit with you. Write them down and then respond: What does the quote reveal to you about its speaker? And, why did you select the quote. What does it say? Mean? Matter?
2. The Time of Booker T Washington.
3. An understanding of Booker T. Washington and the norms and social conditions that shaped him: 
4. Video 2 and discussion questions can be found here: https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/jcr10/

H/Expository Composition period 5 & 6

Tomorrow or Wednesday, I will attempt to frame a discussion about the characters and situations in the novel, The Fall of Rome.  To prepare for the discussion and group work, ALL students must read: Why We Read Literature, hyperlinked on the blog.  Read it more than once!
2. Then, we will use the article, your understanding of the characters, events, actions, in The Fall of Rome to approach our character analysis/juxtaposition essays differently.
For period 5: We will revisit the poem, "We Wear The Mask" tomorrow and the partner SOAPS.
Both classes: yes, you will have Thanksgiving Assignments. They will be creative--so find your crayons, colored pencils, pastels, materials now!!!!!!!!!

Honors Expository Composition

Using Flipgrid to record your draft of a personal insight question.

Expository Composition

We Wear The Mask
Today we will read and discuss the poem, "We Wear The Mask" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. After doing a SOAPS with a partner, we will create questions: 2 Author and You and two On My Own.
Then we will share our questions and respond to the following:
Who in The Fall of Rome wears a mask? Why? Does Rashid wear a mask? Mr. Washington? Why?
How might we wear masks? Many?
Then we will ensure that our drafts of our character analysis essays are uploaded and we will peer edit them.
Homework: Write an academic summary of the poem, "We Wear The Mask"? Be sure to TYPE UP and UPLOAD your Draft of your Character Analysis Essay in Schoology.

H. Expository Compositon Period 6

DONT Answer the following questions but you SHOULD be able to answer them had you finished the novel.  Be sure to have finished by Wednesday as you will have some sort of assessment--quiz or discussion or writing demonstrates that you have read. Please bring The Souls of Black Folk as well and be sure to have typed your Essay Draft and uploaded it in Schoology.
1. What happened in the race/run between Rashid and Washington, and how does this foreshadow the conflicts ending.
2. Rashid is again confronted by his social class when he visits Gerald's house.  What incident again reveals the rift in classes between Rashid and Gerald?
3. What atypical moment happens between Gerald and Rashid that also foreshadows Rashid's resilience?
4. Mr.Washingtons really shows his "ass" at the visit to Rashid's home town.  Exactly what happens on the recruitment visit?
5.  What points does Rashid make during his chapel speech and what irks Mr. Washington about me?
6. What exactly happens to Rashid's leg? Ironically, how does this impact the relationship between Rashid and Gerald?

Chapter 8 Reflective Assignments

1. How does it feel to interact with members of your race who are from different socio-economic status? When did you learn you were more "well off" than a friend of your same ethnic group? Or when did you realize you were/are working class? How? Was it awkward or embarassing?