Assignment for 11/4

Read chapters 19-23 (you must also read all of chapter 23), and complete the following:

Due 10/28

Continue reading and annotating chapters 14-18 (also read chapter 18).

You will complete a vocabulary square for at least 8 words. As always, I encourage more. Even though you are looking for vocabulary, your annotations should be more than just circling unknown words.

Remember that I am starting to move over to the fameacademy.literacy@famefund.org email address, but if you send things to the other address, I will still get them for a few weeks.

Please message me with any questions.

Vocabulary Assignment Due 10/21

For chapters 7-13 I still want you to annotate as you normally would, but I want you to focus on vocabulary as an "after reading" assignment.

Go back through the reading and find the words you circled. I would like you to complete a "Vocabulary Four Square" for at least 8 words you didn't know (I encourage you to really do it for EVERY word you don't know...it can only help you). Please do not come to class and say there weren't words you didn't know...unless you are 100% confident that is true. To keep it fair, I plan to pull words I feel are newer to students in our group and give those words as a quiz to anyone who thinks they knew every word from the selection.

Below I have included the PowerPoint slides from our class where I showed what the Vocabulary Four Square is, gave an example of how to use a vocabulary word in the Vocabulary Four Square, and the words I pulled from chapters 1-6. Feel free to complete a Vocabulary Four Square for words you didn't know from chapters 1-6 as well...it can only help you to become more successful.

As always, email me with questions. I am going to be switching to the fameacademy.literacy@famefund.org email, but I will still be checking the fameacademy.literacy@gmail.com for a few more weeks until everyone is used to the change.

Reading Schedule Fall 2017

This Saturday you will be getting your Fall books for Critical Literacy, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Below is your reading schedule for this book.

October 14 - Chapters 1-6 (you must have read up to, AND including, Chapter 6 BEFORE this class)
October 21 - Chapters 7-13
October 28 - Chapters 14-18
November 4 - Chapters 19-23
November 11 - Classes Cancelled
December 2 - No class for ISEE exam
December 9 - Chapters 24-36

*As always, you MUST annotate as you read.
**You are welcome to work ahead, but I would recommend trying to keep pace with the course as I may assign you different tasks as you read different sections.
***If you read ahead, you should take more notes on the reading. It will not be acceptable for you to come to class and not participate because you "forget" details you read weeks ahead. You are responsible to make sure you are prepared.

Email me with questions.