Trimester 2

in class:

Stay tuned for updates!

Week 1 (12/2-12/4):

• Syllabus & Class Policies

• Writing Prompt and discussion

• ABC Tried to Bury this James Baldwin Interview

• Scene/Story Draft peer workshop on Thursday

• Grammar sheets

Week 2 (12/9-12/11):

• Start James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

• Discuss Baldwin Response 1 (Thurs)

• Grammar sheets

Week 3 (12/16-12/18):

• Discuss Baldwin Response 2  (Thurs)

• Grammar sheets

*WINTER BREAK*

Week 4 (1/6-1/8):

• Finish James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

• Discuss "Church" Response and more Baldwin Response 2  (Thurs)

• Grammar sheet

Week 5 (1/13-1/15):

• "What the Church Meant for James Baldwin"

• "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind" essay by James Baldwin

• Review Baldwin Essay Assignment 

• Grammar sheet

• Discuss Baldwin Response 3 (Thurs)

Week 6 (1/20-1/22):

• Suffs Guide

• Grammar sheet

• Peruse Independent Reading list and Velshi Banned Book Club list

• No class Thurs 1/22 (Field trip to PPAC), but Baldwin Essay Assignment  still due via email by midnight!

Week 7 (1/27-1/29):

• ❄️ Snow Day Tuesday ⛄

• Discuss Suffs  and Brokeback Mountain Response (Thurs)

• Choose Independent Reading 

• Grammar sheets

Week 8 (2/3-2/5):

• Watch & Discuss Brokeback Mountain movie 

• The Laramie Project (PDF of play)

• Grammar sheets

Week 9 (2/10-2/12):

• Independent Reading discussion/sharing

• Transform RI brainstorm

• Velshi Banned Book Club

• Grammar sheets

• Love Letters to Democracy

From Previous Years:

• Watch & Discuss Stonewall Uprising

• Class evaluation

• Watch Anything's Possible

homework:

Due Thurs 12/4:

• Scene or Story Draft

Due Thurs 12/11:

• Baldwin Response 1

Due Sun 12/14:

• Write RI Contest Deadline! (Optional extra credit)

Due Thurs 12/18:

• Baldwin Response 2 

*WINTER BREAK*

Due Thurs 1/8:

• "Church" Response (from 1619 Project)

Due Thurs 1/15:

• Baldwin Response 3

MIDTERM

Due Thurs 1/22 (via email/no class):

• Baldwin Essay Assignment 

Due Tues 1/27-Thurs 1/29 (Snow Day ext):

• Read "Brokeback Mountain" and write Brokeback Mountain Response

Due Tues 2/3:

• Baldwin Essay revisions

Extension: Due Thurs 2/5:

• CREDIT DEADLINE for all overdue work

Due Tues 2/10:

• Independent Reading Response 1 

Due Tues 2/17:

• Independent Reading Response 2

UPCOMING:

Due Tues 2/24:

• Independent Reading Response 3

Due Thurs 2/26:

• Independent Reading Review

• CREDIT DEADLINE for all work

Due Tues 3/3:

• Independent Reading Review Revision

• Return all books

*END OF TRIMESTER*