Link to Checklist

Students are working with their group to read, analyze, and create a presentation for their shared text. They will have class time on Wed 2/18, Fri 2/20, and Mon 2/23 to build and practice their presentation. 

Link to Response Paper Assignment (also posted in Google Classroom)

Link to "Gate A-4" (poem) 

Link to "This Is Not Who We Are" (essay)

• (link to Hurston's essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me"

• 800 - 1,000 words

• Use the guidelines on the assignment (linked here) 

• Outline Template on back (make a copy if you wish to use)

• You will have class time on Friday and Monday to write and conference w/ Sandy

• Here is a link to our slides from classes this week. 

• 500 - 800 words (approximately one page single spaced) 

• Use the guidelines on the assignment 

• We will have class time on Monday to write 

• Make a copy of the HW doc or complete it on paper (in Sandy's room)

• Watch the video The Art of Self-Reliance (9 min) 

• Take notes in the space provided. Add your reactions, connections, questions

• Research Transcendentalism. Cite sources. Take notes. 

• Connect to our theme (Building a Self) 

• Assignment Link 

• Optional template for organizing ideas on second page

  • Make a copy if you'd like to use 

• Link to Rubric (feel free to self-assess and/or ask a peer to review your paper before submitting)

Students will have time in class on Wednesday to read their texts and complete this Notetaker. It should be completed by end of class on Wednesday.