Monday, January 14, 2019

1/14

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  1. Review speeches that you posted on classroom in a group of 3 Why did it inspire you? What made the speaker strong?
  2. Nominate a few to listen to parts of → write down what we notice about these speeches
  3. Ted talk




  1. Life experiences that led you to where you are today: EX together: THE SIERRAS

Begin brainstorming what you could write about/share with class

Assessment: write and share your own personal speech from ONE of the following topics:
  1. An event that marked a turning point in your life
  2. A moment in which you were outside your comfort zone
  3. An experience in which you were the new person somewhere
  4. Key moment/s of your childhood that shaped you into who you are today.
  5. Other: (choose any other personal experience or part of your life that you’d like to write a speech about and get teacher approval)


Structure to think about:
Hook us in…
Theme? Main idea?
Main part of story--- use sensory language, imagery, put us in your shoes
Closing-- lesson , takeaways, etc

Length- 3-5 minutes. Write out 2-4 paragraphs and time yourself.  Pretty short.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

1/10

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1/10 Launch:


WELCOME BACK TO ENGLISH :)
1. Make a list
what types of public speaking you've done in your life? (ex: 3rd grade spelling bee, 8th grade debate, radio show)



Types of public speaking :


Grab a partner

one type of speaking: personal stories
1. Share a short personal story about one of the following :
a. an embarrassing moment
b. the first concert you went to c. your first crush d. the first time you played ___ sport e. someone you admire in your life


What did you notice about your partner's body language? eye contact? voice?2. New partner:

Partner debates:
(choose a side)

1.Ban Social Media for all vs Keep social media for all
2. Lord of the Rings vs Game of Thrones
or
Harry Potter vs Star Wars
or Marvel vs DC

3.Futbol (soccer) vs Football or Lebron James vs Michael Jordan


What did you notice about your partner's body language? eye contact? etc?



Sharing someone else's words: choose a quote that inspires you
on your phone or on your
chrome or one you remember:



What makes a strong public speaker?


Make a list in your notebook of what you think makes someone a strong Public speaker:
Share out!
Show a few inspiring speakers clip


Review speeches on your own---> Add to your list of what makes a strong speech , what qualities do some of these speeches have.

Review Syllabus for second semester:

FOR HW: On classroom:
post a speech that inspires you from history, today, fiction, or reality.

Write about it:
1. what inspired you about this speech?
2. what qualities of a good public speaker does this speaker have?


Next week -- you'll rank your choice for lit circle books
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

12/6

Make a list of all the required reading you remember from elementary school till now? 

 what tv shows and movies have you watched lately?






Daily show- Oscars so white





https://diversebooks.org/

 #1000blackgirlbooks https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1000blackgirlbooks-social-media-book-drive-movement-black-characters/




Famous writers of Harlem Renaissance-->

NAACP - what is it? what is their mission? Image awards?

1920's the crisis magazine http://www.paperlessarchives.com/the_crisis.html

 current the crisis magazine https://www.thecrisismagazine.com/history

Authors of color

great day in Harlem 

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/amazing-photograph-jazz-history/
great day in Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeyxR8WJiaI
Context:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/17/515792141/authors-and-illustrators-of-color-accounted-for-22-percent-of-children-s-books

 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/nov/03/black-tv-writers-diversity-atlanta
https://annenberg.usc.edu/sites/default/files/2017/04/07/MDSCI_CARD_Report_FINAL_Exec_Summary.pdf

 Two authors:

One from Harlem Ren- Zora Neale Hurston

"how it feels to be a colored me" 1928

 and one from today

"When they call you a terrorist " by  Patrisse Khan Cullors & Asha Bandele
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Sunday, December 2, 2018

12/3




1. Write your thoughts and reactions to this video
2. How can music be used as a form of protest? How is it used to represent culture or comment on cultural trend?
3. Write down a specific song or songs that show either protest and resistance or celebration for a group of people! How do these artists convey meanings that are bigger than just the music itself? Are they products of their time period? Do they talk back to the government? Who is their message for and why?

Pick a song and play it for your neighbor- listen



Examples:







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Music of the Harlem Renaissance
Purpose of Jazz early (1920s) to simply bring about celebration and change and emotions of having new voices heard through instruments and/or lyrics -- clips of a few songs Let's listen and write down what feelings or ideas these song evoke!
Black and Blue  by Louis Armstrong
Black Butterfly  by Duke Ellington
Then, some songs did start to become political with the rise of the NAACP, and anti-lynching bills
“Strange fruit” by Billie Holliday (late 1930s)
Current adaptation with Andra day video - https://eji.org/videos/andra-day-strange-fruit

Overt time from Celebratory- black and proud

Then also, think about the political nature of music today:
Specifically political nature of Hip Hop /Rap
Look at a few songs as a whole class→
“Harlem Renaissance “ by Immortal Technique

Then, analyze a song with a partner
Recent Music: (count off by 6) -- break down lyrics
How do these relate to themes of harlem R, how do they relate to today? ON CLASSROOM




Noisey- VicelandBay area with G Eazy and E-40
Noisey - chicago with Chief Keef (quality not great) HW on classroom
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

11/28

Harlem Renaissance Intro 
  1. Free write---> (10 min 5 to write 5 to discuss)
    1.  How does art (as in books, poetry, movies, theater, sculptures, painting, photography etc) help people express themselves or the needs of a community or even a country?
    2. Can you think of any Artists or specific poems, books, songs, visual art, photos, etc that stood out in history as art that made a difference for a group of people? Art that represented something bigger than itself?  What about a current artist?
    2. how can art be a form of protest?
    3.  How can art include or exclude groups of people?  
    4. How does art reflect culture? How does culture reflect art?



Part II. (30 min)


II. History of Harlem Renaissance → taking notes about it! https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/harlem-renaissance
Crash course-
Images of Harlem Renaissance→ look through images as a class .
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
       -Langston Hughes, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”


III. Unit 2 pt 2 overview (5-10)


IV. Poetry -- groups get one poem from Harlem Renaissance and one poem from today-- what themes are similar and what are different?


  1. Poetry groups-- or partners (15)

Share your poem - read aloud as a group and the message of the poem.


III. Modern poetry-- (10-15)


“Somewhere in America” spoken word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OadZpUJv8Eg&t=112s
“ Still I rise” by Maya Angelou
Closing-- exit on classroom and go over HW
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