Thursday, April 1, 2021

MOVED Day 46 (4/1): The writing on the (Dungeon) walls



Warm Up:
SSR OR Choral Reading: "My Dungeon Shook"

Learning Intentions
  • Make connections between specific evidence in a text and broader themes and relationships within and between texts.
Success Criteria
  • Successful completion of the "Literary Latrinalia" activity.
Key Questions
  1. What does it mean to be Black in America?
  2. How do authors use rhetorical strategies to develop strong perspectives?
  3. How does Baldwin link personal and national history to construct a complex picture of race in the US?
Agenda:
  • Literary Latrinalia: "My Dungeon Shook"
Upcoming:
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me (book check Friday, 4/2)
  • Upcoming:
    • F: Intro to Between the World and Me
    • SPRING BREAK!