Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Welcome and upcoming assignments

Welcome to class for today!  In my absence, please use the time in class to work on the assignments listed below.  We will complete the synthesis prompt tomorrow in class, so focus on other work that needs to be done, beginning with reading and annotating Douglass' piece (due tomorrow).

Read and annotate this piece for Friday, 11/20, recording your responses as you read, or when completed.
Frederick Douglass' "Learning to Read and Write" is in the 100 essays book, also linked below:
Frederick Douglass' "Learning to Read and Write"

Think about... 
DUE Monday, 11/23:
Read and annotate, Malcolm X "Learning to Read"
considering comparisons to Douglass' piece while reading

Memoir Project:
First Reader Response (choose from 1-5) due Monday, 11/23
Second Reader Response (choose another prompt from 1-5) due Mon., 11/30

DUE Tuesday, 12/1
"Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie

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