Week of September 17th

Monday, Sept. 17th (M)
· Due: Frederick Douglass essay and written response.
· Class: Debrief on vocabulary, summer assessment. Introduction to Literacy Narrative unit with discussion of Frederick Douglass.

Tuesday, Sept. 18th (T)
· Due: Read Malcolm X; then write an objective summary of the reading in your own words (just the facts, not influenced by personal feelings or opinions).
· Class: Discussion of Malcolm X with film clip. Lesson on annotation.

Wednesday, Sept. 19th (W)
· Due: Read and annotate Amy Tan and Richard Rodriguez essays.
· Class: Discussion of multilingualism, bilingualism. Set up writing folders.

Thursday, Sept. 20th (H)
· Due: Read Mike Rose essay and written response; prepare for panel discussion.
· Class: Panel discussion.

Friday, Sept. 21st (F)
· Due: Read and annotate David Sedaris. Write detailed, interesting, correctly spelled sentences using each of the vocabulary words. Underline the word in the sentence.
· Class: Discussion of David Sedaris and audio recording; discussion of literacy narrative assignment (complete draft due September 26th).

Monday, Sept. 24th (S)
· Due: Study vocabulary. Complete your “literacy timeline” (explained in class).
· Class: Vocabulary quiz. Share timelines.