Are you bored? Here are some ideas!

Read the school newspaper--they just published new stories online!

Download the Libby app on your phone. This easy to use app gives you access to the public library's books and audiobooks. While school has been out I've read two books, and the one I'd recommend to you is one that will be used in book clubs for juniors next year. It's called I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

Maybe podcasts are of more interest. Here is a list of podcasts recommended by another teacher. Disclaimer: I have not listened to all of these, so please preview before listening.

• Following Harriet (about Harriet Tubman--remember we discussed her work with the Underground Railroad when we talked about Frederick Douglass)
• 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter (About what humans have learned from the animal kingdom)
• The Herstory Podcast (the stories of 50 historical women)
• Serial (Season one of this podcast is the true story of a high school girl who was murdered and her ex-boyfriend who was accused of committing the crime. I've listened to this one and it is fascinating! The story will definitely suck you in. Please note: this one definitely contains mature language, and is about a murder. It is, however, used in many classrooms around the country.)

How to Complete Missing Work and Missing Reading Quizzes

Some of you were absent over the last week or two of school and have work to complete to help raise your grade. Here is how to do that:

1. If you missed any reading quizzes, the makeup assignment has been assigned to you in Teams. You will need to go to Teams, open the assignment, and complete the work there to make up the missing quiz.

2. If you missed assignments, I've created a spot in Teams to submit those missing/late assignments. Teams will only let me attach five documents to that page, so I'm linking the assignments here, too. When they are done and you're ready to submit them, please submit to Teams. This will help me keep your work organized by class period. If you aren't able to do the work digitally and would rather take a picture of your work and submit that, that is fine, too. After submitting work, please complete this form. Teams will not notify me.

Ch 1 Audioguide

Ch 2 Audioguide

Ch 3-4 Quote Work for people who were absent

Ch 5-6 World Cafe for people who were absent

Harlem Renaissance Makeup for students who did not complete the original assignment

Realism summative

What is Realism?

If you need an assignment that isn't linked here, please email me and I'll add it.

Take care!

Parent Update

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Thank you!

This week for STUDENTS: Monday, March 30

Thank you to all the students who have been participating in the work online! If you are just joining us, I'm happy you're here. If you need any help with getting access to technology, please send me an email.

Tasks this week:
1. Read this document
2. Post a video on Flipgrid (remember, you can even download this as an app and film it from your phone if that's easier)
3. Read through chapter 16 of Their Eyes Were Watching God
4. Come back Thursday to look for this week's instructional video(s)

Stay safe and healthy! 💗

TEWWG Ch 7-9 Watch and Learn

I hope you're ready to discuss chapters 7-9! By now you should have read these chapters.

Please watch these two videos. You will need to enter a password to watch them! The password is liberty (all lowercase). Please email me if you have any issues accessing these links. I'm working with new-to-me technology here.

Video 1

Video 2

After watching both of those amazing videos, please complete this form by Sunday night. Then check back here Monday afternoon (assuming technology cooperates with me) for the next step.

Student Tasks March 23, 2020

Hello students!

Here are two tasks to get you started this week:

1. Visit our class's Flipgrid site. You must sign in using Microsoft Office and your ISD credentials. Our grid can be found here. Watch my video, then post your own. Please note that you can download the Flipgrid app on your phone or tablet and use it that way. If you are shy about being on camera, feel free to use a filter, prop a book in front of the camera, show us your pet instead of you, etc.
2. Read chapters 7-13 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and post ONE journal entry (same format as we were doing before) to Teams. If you'd already completed more, please post them! Remember, to access Teams you need to login to office.com using your ISD credentials.

Stay safe and wash your hands! 💖

Weekly Update: March 23, 2020

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Thank you!

Class Update

Hello!

We are getting ready to get back up and running the week of March 23. You will receive more communications in the coming days as I continue to plan, but we will be continuing our reading and discussion of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

These are strange times, so please feel free to reach out to me via email with any questions or concerns.

In the meantime, here are things students can be working on:

• Several students never submitted the realism summative assignment. Completing this assignment now will help improve your grade. If you are missing this assignment, it has been assigned to you in TEAMS. Please log into Office365 using your ISD credentials, find your American Lit class, and complete this assignment.
• If you did not submit your journal entries on our last day of school (either because they weren't done or because you were absent), please go to Teams and submit them there.
• Go back in the grade book and complete any other missing work. I've set up places in Teams to submit much of this work, but ask if you have a question. If you complete any No Red Ink or Actively Learn missing assignments, you will need to send me an email telling me your name, your class period, and exactly which assignments you want me to check. None of these programs alert me when you submit work.

If you are in need of a laptop, a wifi hotspot, or meals, please visit this link.

Stay safe, stay home, and wash your hands. 💗

Ch 5-6 (3/12/20)

If you were absent yesterday, here is the assignment you need to make up. Due to our extended absence from school, you will need to submit this work digitally to turnitin.com. Please email Mrs. Dragavon if you need the class code or other information.

I also collected journal entries and will be grading these while school is out. If you were absent and/or did not turn in your journals, please drop them off to the main office by 2:30 on Monday, 3/16. Make sure that when you drop off the work it has your full name and class period on it plus my name. You will have to buzz in at the front door and tell them that you are dropping off work for your English teacher. I also set up a place in TEAMS where you can submit this work digitally. (Login to your Office 365 account, click on the blue T for Teams, go to American Lit, find the assignment, read the directions, and upload your work.)

Please keep your mind active by continuing to read Their Eyes Were Watching God! Stay safe and healthy.

TEWWG Ch 3-4 (Tuesday, March 10)

1. Reading quiz (if you were absent you will need to arrange to make this up)
2. Read and annotate the pear tree excerpt on the handout
3. Review Maslow's Hierarchy of need by reviewing the handout and watching this video
4. If you were absent, you will also need to complete the work here in this document.

Due Thursday:

Read ch 5-6 and complete a journal entry.

Here is a reminder for how to write your journal entries.

I will be collecting all journal entries so I can grade them! Be prepared to turn in journal entries for chapters 1, 2, 3-4, and 5-6.

Have you joined our class's Remind group yet? Please do so by clicking here.

Friday, March 6 (Symbolism in ch 2)

1. Complete the assignment in Actively Learn*
2. Complete the packet exploring the metaphors and symbols in ch 2

Homework: read chapters 3-4 and write one journal entry.

*For those who have not yet joined the class (on Actively Learn), here are the class codes:

u6th: ozpws

u7th: zu9zi

u8th: kq5mi

Please join Remind!

Please join Remind to receive reminders about class via text. This will also allow me to communicate with you should there be any school closures in our future. Click here to sign up.

TEWWG Reading Schedule + Audiobook + Journals (ch 1-2)

Please stay current with this reading schedule even in the event of illness, field trips, school closures, etc.

Here is a link to the audiobook. I highly recommend you use it!

Monday, March 2: in class we will listen to chapter 1. Here is the quote you need to use plus directions for how to write the first journal entry.

Wednesday, March 4: We listened to and discussed ch 2. Here is the quote you need to use plus directions for how to write the second journal entry.