Due for Tuesday Read the following article - Boston Homeschooling - Blog Post: What issues or frustrations do you have with your experience with our school system? Do you sympathize with the impulse to homeschool your children? What is lost or gained by homeschooling?
Due for Thursday Remember what you're going to bring in for our PARTY Due over Break Nothing!
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Due for Tuesday Have all your arguments prepared for our "Socratic Debate" Due over Break Nothing! We will be spending our time in term two after the break on Susan Orlean's The Bullfighter Checks her Make Up. Please find and bring a copy of this book to class after the break! Here's an Amazon link.
Due for Thursday Read the Chapter "Colors". Pick out two different articles from this chapter that displays "typical Rick Bragg" or "damn, that was good!" moments. Blog post: What are the things you're noticing about Rick Bragg's writing in his chapter "Colors"? How is he able to handle issues of trauma, race, poverty, violence, and other sensitive issues in a manner that feels respectful, impactful, and responsible? What would you say his distinctive features are? How can you tell if you're reading a Rick Bragg piece? Due for Monday Complete partner four-paragraph explication on any article in our last chapter. Print this out and bring this into class! For Your Essay
Due for Tuesday Read "A Thief Dines Out, Hoping Later to Eat In” and “New York Bodegas Become Islands Under Siege” Blog Post: What meaningful distinctions should exist within the broader term “criminal” or “crime”? Why should these distinctions exist? What purposes should the criminal justice system serve? Who or what is at fault for these sentences: “Mr. Leon talks almost fondly about the days when he first came to New York, when robbers were slow to kill. They were professional.
"They would take the money and would not even hit you," he said. "But in the last three years the robbers are children. They're not experienced. They are nervous and scared." And worse, he said, "they have no experience living." They do not appreciate their lives, he said, or his.” “She said it was maddening to defend him. Every time she gives him her card and tells him to call, so she can help when he gets out, he throws it away. She cannot compete with prison. The food at Rikers is tasty, said Mr. Mahes. For supper, he had pork chops.” Due for Wednesday Work day! We are in Goldrick Computer Lab Due for Thursday Read "Where a Child on the Stoop can Strike Fear" (P. 67-74), the following article from the Washington Post, and listen to this song as well! 3. Blog Post: What central question do both of these articles and song try to address? How would you reconcile the statistics and stories that discuss the nuances and dynamics of "black on black crime" or "a culture of criminality"? What does Bragg or Tupac try to do engage your sympathies; is it successful? Due for Monday Read the chapter titled "Bombs". Which article of these are the most striking? Break down this article into its movements and try to highlight a specific passage that you feel like does a lot of work towards what the article ends up establishing. |
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