Core Final TED-style Talk

Click here to view the peer feedback spreadsheet with the comments for your TED-style Talk script. Please incorporate any feedback that will improve your talk.

Dress code: Please dress nicely! No jeans, hoodies, hats or t-shirts.

Agenda 11/20

Homework 11/18

Read and annotate (or continue the explicit, implicit, inferences chart) F451 --> p.32

Schoology: Post vocabulary story #6 and reply thoughtfully to at least 2 peers. "Like" your favorites!

Core Final: Finish up your multimedia presentation & practice speech for a parent or friend!

Agenda 11/18

Homework 11/14

Please complete the essay you began in class - due Tuesday!

Essay Prompt: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Choose three events and/or people from Marguerite Johnson’s early life that deeply affected her development, growth, and identity as an African American woman. Analyze (look closely at) each event or person in a separate body paragraph (3 body paragraphs total) and explain how each event impacted Marguerite’s growth  positively and/or negatively. In your conclusion, explain how these three events and/or people helped Marguerite Johnson understand why the caged bird sings?

Reminders:

• Thesis must include title, author and three events and/or people you plan to write about.
• Begin with a hook strategy (personal story, quote +analysis, unusual fact + analysis OR three thought provoking questions.
• Body paragraphs should begin with a strong topic sentence that clearly states the person or event and the specific impact on Marguerite’s growth, development and/or identity.
• Each body paragraph needs a minimum of 2 quotes with introductions and proper citations.
• PLEASE NO contractions, NO first (I or me) or second person (you or your), NO plot summary!

Homework 11/12

Finish reading and annotating the last few pages of Caged Bird.

Schoology Discussion: Participate in a reflective online discussion about Angelou's autobiography. Post your response to the question then reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least 2 other people in the class.

Complete a THOROUGH revision of your death penalty argument essay incorporating my detailed feedback.

Agenda 11/12

*Please place annotations and TED Ed forms on your desk for me to check and collect.

Maya Angelou's Early Life on a Map (15)
As a class, we will work collaboratively to identify where Maya was in each chapter of her early autobiography.

• You will be assigned a specific chapter from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Dig into that chapter and find details about where Marguerite is in that chapter. 
• Click here to access our shared Google Map. 
• Zagros 
• Atlas
• Qinling
• You will need to drop a pin in the location where Marguerite was in the chapter you have been assigned. Research a specific location (i.e. location of a store, library or junkyard) instead of dropping the pin on a city or town in general. 
• Label your pin with "Chapter #" and include your name. Then write 3-5 sentences about what happened to Marguerite in this location in the chapter you were assigned.

"Still I Rise" Copy Change Poem (15)
Type, edit and improve your "Still I Rise" poem, then share it with me via this Google Form. Remember when you click "Share" and enter my email whs.tucker@gmail.com, make sure to UNCLICK the notify with an email button. I do not want email notifications!


Small Group Collective Annotations (25)

• Form a group of 3 students for this activity. 
• One member of the group should make a copy of the Google Document with Michelle Obama's speech from Maya Angelou's memorial service.  Click here to access the Google document with Michelle Obama's speech.
• The group leader should title the document properly Class Name - Last Names - Title and share it with me (whs.tucker@gmail.com) and the other members of the group as a "Can edit" document.
• Once everyone is on the document, each group member should choose a color (that won't hurt my eyes) and begin annotating the document. Remember to use the "Define" and "Research" tools at the top to look up unfamiliar vocabulary or references. 

Argument Essay on the Death Penalty (25)
Open you death penalty argument essay and use the comments I've left on your document to edit and revise your work. It's important that you make changes before resolving comments. You will be assessed on the quality of your changes and revisions.

Homework 11/6

***TED Ed Form: If you plan to host your TED-style Talk on the TED Ed site, please have your parents read and sign the consent form! Bring them back on Wednesday. ***

Read and annotate Caged Bird to page 283.

Watch SAT vocabulary #6 and take Cornell notes.

Finish the script for your TED-style Talk on the Google document I shared with you.

Helpful links for TED-style Talk visual component.
Flikr search site where the attribution stamp appears on photos.
OWL Purdue -  how to site sources

Agenda 11/6

Homework 11/4

Read and annotate Caged Bird to page 250.

I've shared a TED-style Talk Script document with you. Go to your Google Drive and click "Incoming" or "Shared with me" and you'll see the document. Begin to craft your TED-style Talk. Please click the link to see the tips for crafting a TED Talk.

Agenda 11/4

Homework 10/31

Read and annotate Caged Bird to page 225.

Core Final Mini-research Paper:

• Please use the template as a guide and complete your research paper. 
• Use the feedback you received from peers via StudySync to improve your thesis and first body paragraph. 
• Add your hook, fill in the missing elements in your second body paragraph and write a conclusion. 
• Do not forget to include the complete works cited at the bottom. 

Vocabulary 5 Quiz on Tuesday!