Today's Agenda: Friday we will be in 162!!!/Tomorrow the 1/2 day will be used for make-up work!

First, here is a list of all the assignments so far this quarter:
1. Questions for "Swimming" and "Loss of a Father" (sample college essays)
2. Questions "The N-word"
3. Questions "The Foreword"
4. Accuplacer Test (4/5 hasn't taken it yet, I know)
5. Worksheet #1, Quick Write #1
6. Worksheet #2, Quick Write #2
7. Worksheet #3, Quick Write #3
8. "Worksheet 4" (yellow worksheet or blog, Quick Write #4 using chart on STEAL) yesterday!
9. Quizzes 1 and 2
10. Reading Diagnostic (today)
11. College Essay*******100 pts!
12. Class participation (running-total)

Second, log-in to the quiz page and take your Reading Diagnostic Test (you can write the answers down on a scrap and then input them at the end if you like) but DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST ITSELF.

Third, when you are done, I'm going to give you a copy of an excerpt of Ch. 8 "Trapped": Please read it and annotate it for class on Thursday--THIS IS A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT WHICH YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR--IT ISN'T AN OPTION

A successful annotation will have the following: (look at the ch. 3 one I did for help)

1. Circle unknown vocabulary--look it up!
2. use the annotating bookmark, but focus on the basics:
! for something important
? for question/confusion
* something very interesting to you 
3. bracket off paragraphs and write notes about the reading/observations you are making

Notes from class

STEAL characterization	Malcolm Little	“Red”
Speech	*Has never really heard slang/swearing	*Speaks slang; “city” vocabulary
Thoughts	*Is intrigued by the city *Feels isolated/alone	*Is intrigued but troubled by the city *Feels part of a group (gangsters), but trusts no one but Sammy
Effect on others	*His brother Reginald looks up to him	*Reginald still looks up to him *Becomes well-known for his illegal activities *Is a target of the law
Actions	*Needs help from Shorty to get adjusted to the city *Lives on the hill with Ella/intends to find a legitimate job *finds new and better ways to hunt *gets in trouble at school/fighting *smart in school but discouraged from succeeding	*Helps Reginald become adjusted to the city (gets him a new suit) *Is involved in crime(gambling, guns, drugs) *Finds new and better ways to sell drugs *Acts “crazy” to avoid the draft
Looks	*Looks like a “hick” looks “country” (his suit, his hair)	*Has a “conk” *Wears suits (provided illegally)

Quick Write #4 must be done in class today!!

Last week we took some notes on the STEAL method of characterization:
Speech
Thoughts
Actions
Effects on others
Looks

Copy down the following notes--we will fill in the right hand side together based on Ch. 6: "Detroit Red" and today's reading.
Read pages 111-114

Quick Write#4: How does Malcolm Little evolve over the course of the reading up until this point? (Ch. 1-6). (In other words: How does he change from the beginning of the book until what we have read so far?)

• Give at least 2 adjectives in your description of Malcolm (min. 1 of the beginning and min. 1 later on)
• Give a minimum of 2 pieces of textual evidence 
• Make sure you explain/analyze your choices of adjectives (connect your evidence to your adjective)

Some things of importance:
Monday (today)--Quick Write #4
Tuesday--No regular Quiz--Reading Diagnostic Test
Wednesday--1/2 day--those in class will have time to work on typing their college essays
Thursday--Begin reading ch. 8
Friday--continue ch. 8/college essays due!!!
LONG WEEKEND ENJOY!
Tuesday 10/13--guest speaker
Wednesday workshops--PSAT for underclassmen--seniors will have important workshops

Today's Agenda: start at the top of page 3

1. Finish reading the section of reading that we need for the quiz (to the end of the handout), annotating when you need to

2. Take Quiz #2, when you are finished finish the quick write #3, and #1-6

3. PLEASE MAKE YOUR TOP PRIORITY FINISHING YOUR QUICK WRITE (#3)

• Look at the TREEE*S format as well as your short-response rubric to make sure you are getting the most points possible.---please hand write and put in the box for your period.
• Tomorrow in class, we will look at a student sample(s) and correct it together.

Here is some help for The Quick Write:

oppression--is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.[1] It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions or people, and anxiety

systemic-of or relating to a system, especially as opposed to a particular part.


racial identity-- "a sense of group or collective identity based on one's perception that he or she shares a common heritage with a particular racial group."

Agenda for Friday 9/25: For homework please continue to work on your college essays due no later than Friday 10/2

Please copy and hand-in the following 5 sentences: choose (without help from notes/blog/internet) the vocabulary word you believe fits best and write it in the corresponding blank (there are 2 extra):

1. He found being a dishwasher a ____________ job and did not want to continue.
2. A ____________ moment in your life can change everything.
3. The information about prom quickly _________ throughout the senior class.
4. Only one of the two fighters ____________ on Saturday night.
5. I could not _________ innocence any longer and turned myself in.

feign    menial   profound    disseminated   prevailed     dissension

Please use today to complete the following assignments:
1)Catch up on reading-we have read through page 40 (I believe we are on page 38
2) Complete Worksheet #1 and Quick Write #1
2) Complete Worksheet #2 an Quick Write #2


Notes from yesterday's class:

Ideas for Quick Write #2:

His trip to Boston p. 35-37

Meeting/living with Ella p. 34

His teacher Mr. Ostrowski p. 37

His father dying p. 10

His family being split-up p. 18

His mother’s mental breakdown p. 18, 21

Student sample: (TREEE*S)
   In The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley the author uses Malcolm's experiences of his mother's mental breakdown and his trip to Boston to show the reader how these two experiences had a profound effect on his character. This is because both of these experiences changed the way he looked at things in the world.
   His mother's mental breakdown caused him to change because he didn't look at the world the same way, meaning the government especially. He blamed the welfare workers for what happened to his family stating, "if ever a state social agency destroyed a family, it destroyed ours "(22). This shows that he thinks she would have been fine if it wasn't for them. 
  Another thing that really changed him was his trip to Boston with his half-sister Ella. When he got there he felt "country" because he felt different because he hadn't really been to the city before. But when he comes back he feels like he sees things differently. On page 37 he says that for the first time in his life he felt "a restlessness with being around white people." This shows that he finally felt what it would be like to be part of a black community and he didn't want to go back to the way things were before.
  As you can see both of these events changed Malcolm Little's life in that they both affected his point of view.
  
If you are done:
I want you to do the following to your Quick Write:
1. Underline your thesis statement
2. Underline your textual evidence
3. Highlight the TREEE*S parts in different colors (as I did above to check for all the parts)

Today we are going to do some INDEPENDENT/ACCOUNTABLE WORK/FINAL COLLEGE ESSAY DUE BY FRIDAY 10/2

FIRST, we will go over the quick write topic and I will outline for you-you can take notes if you wish
SECOND--Start reading on your own on page 38 and finish the chapter.
THIRD--When you are done reading,  finish worksheet questions 6,7 and 9-17 INDEPENDENTLY.
LASTLY--Complete Quick Write #2 using TREEES format for help if needed

Today's Agenda:

1. Go back to yesterday's post and download worksheet #2 if you have not
2. Complete #2 from yesterday's reading start page 24
3. Move on to the questions from today's reading
4. movie