Work for the Week of April 27th - Seniors

Monday April 27th
Minutes: Dror, Jane
Reading HW: Please read "But Some of Us Are Brave"
HW: Is there a difference between feminism and Black feminism?  Consider the majority of authors we have read so far in this class.  How/does race intersect with feminism?  Watch this video on intersectionality.

Tuesday April 28th
Minutes: Angela, Nadra
Reading HW: Begin Sula.  Read to page 29.
HW: Familiarize yourself with the characters of the book and Morrison's writing style.

Wednesday April 29th
Minutes: Calvin Chen, Vanessa
Reading HW: Sula pg. 30-66 
HW: What's it like to be African American in New York City?  Consider your every move through the city (and at Stuyvesant) and what it would be like.

Thursday April 30th
Minutes: Nikkie, James
Reading HW: Read Sula 1922
HW:

Friday May 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW:  Read Sula 1923, 1927
HW:

Monday May 4th
Minutes:
Reading HW:  Read Sula 1937
HW:

Work for the Week of April 27th - Juniors

Monday April 27th
Minutes: Mayank
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 7-9
HW: What is your Alaska?  Explore your escape if you had the option to abandon your security and go anywhere.  Where would you go?  What would you do?  Who would you be?

Tuesday April 28th
Minutes: Steven
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 10 - 12
HW:

Wednesday April 29th
Minutes: Daniel
Reading HW: Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 13 -15
HW: Last day to hand in your paper.

Thursday April 30th
Minutes: Avery
Reading HW: Finish Into the Wild
HW:

Friday May 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW: 
HW:  No homework.  College Night.

Monday May 4th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Watch this video about transcendentalism.  I recommend using the closed caption feature as the speaker's voice isn't too loud.
HW: N/A

Work for the Week of April 27th - Freshmen

Monday April 27th
Minutes: Gilvir, Sonal
Reading HW: Read to pg. 198
HW: Paper due (4th period)

Tuesday April 28th
Minutes: Bingyi, Julia
Reading HW: Finish ABC
HW: Paper due (1st period)

Wednesday April 29th
Minutes: Oscar, Ryan
Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 76.
HW: Based off of the sound panel we see on page 15, I'd like you to construct a 3 panel comic of a sound that you hear on a regular basis, in any of the settings you encounter during the day.  Be sure to focus only on one sound.

Thursday April 30th
Minutes: Noah, Annie H.
Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 123.
HW: N/A

Friday May 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 184.
HW: 

Monday May 4th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Finish Stitches
HW: Begin your 9 panel draft.

Work for the Week of April 20th - Juniors

Wednesday
Minutes:
Reading HW: Into the Wild Ch. 1-3
HW: Here's a copy of a rumination paper to give you some inspiration.

Thursday
Minutes:
Read HW: Please read Jack London's short story, "To Build a Fire" found here.  
HW: Please note direct comparisons to Into the Wild as well as analyzing how London portrays nature and the wilderness in this story.  Is this similar to Krakuer's depictions of nature and the wilderness in Into the Wild?  I expect to see written work for homework.  Please write a minimum of six sentences.

Friday
Minutes:
Reading HW: Into the Wild Ch. 4-6
HW: Paper due from today until Wed April 29th.

Monday
Minutes:
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 7-9
HW: What is your Alaska?  Explore your escape if you had the option to abandon your security and go anywhere.  Where would you go?  What would you do?  Who would you be?

Work for the Week of April 20th - Freshmen

Wednesday
Minutes: Rigneyla, Farha
Reading HW: ABC  1-40
HW:

Thursday
Minutes: Zhen, Jesse
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Friday
Minutes: Anne, Isaac
Reading HW:
HW: ABC  41-130

Monday
Minutes: Gilvir, Sonal
Reading HW:
HW: Finish ABC 

Work for the Week of April 20th - Seniors

Wednesday
Minutes: Vincent, Jack
Reading HW: TBJ Ch. 13-15
HW:

Thursday
Minutes: Hui, Doug
Reading HW: Ch. 16-18
HW:

Friday
Minutes: Zhe, Maria
Reading HW: Finish the book.
HW: Paper due today.

Monday
Minutes: Dror, Jane
Reading HW: Please read "But Some of Us Are Brave"
HW: Is there a difference between feminism and Black feminism?  Consider the majority of authors we have read so far in this class.  How/does race intersect with feminism?

Work for the Week of April 13th - Seniors

Monday April 13th
Minutes: Pranab, Emile
Reading HW: N/A
HW:

Tuesday April 14th
Minutes: Ava, Moaz
Reading HW: Ch. 1-3 of The Bell Jar
HW:

Wednesday April 15th
Minutes: Vanessa Y., Sharon
Reading HW: Ch. 4-6 of The Bell Jar
HW:

Thursday April 16th
Minutes: Farzana, Mohammed
Reading HW: Research what Esther's sex education might have been like in the early 1960s.
HW: Consider your own sex education.  Who taught you about sex?  Was this a sex-positive education or sex-negative?  (Familiarize yourself with the terms if you aren't aware of their definitions)

Friday April 17th
Minutes:Chloe, Razwan
Reading HW: 
HW: Draft Day.

Links for your paper:
Excerpt from The Feminine Mystique
"Killing the Angel in the House" by Virgnia Woolf
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf
"The Angel in the House" by Coventry Patmore
"Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Monday April 18th
Minutes: Elise, Zarotsky
Reading HW: Ch. 7-9 of The Bell Jar 
HW: Consider the passage where Esther compares her life to a fig tree.  I'd like you to consider, in writing, some of the figs of your own fig tree.  What paths would you like to explore?  What sacrifices would you have to make to explore some of these paths?

Work for the Week of April 13th - Juniors

Monday April 13th
Minutes: Mayank
Reading HW: "In the Field", "Good Form", "Field Trip"
HW: N/A

Tuesday April 14th
Minutes: Sabira,
Reading HW: "Ghost Soldiers", "Nightlife"
HW:

Wednesday April 15th
Minutes:  Rohan,
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Please have a quotation for your rumination paper selected by today.

Thursday April 16th
Minutes: Shahdi
Reading HW: "The Lives of the Dead"
HW:

Friday April 17th
Minutes: Eric
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Draft Day

Monday April 18th
Minutes:Timothy
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of April 13th - Freshmen

Monday April 13th
Minutes: Gilvir, Helen
Reading HW: "Four Directions" and "Rice Husband"
HW: N/A

Tuesday April 14th
Minutes: Matteo, Mason
Reading HW: "Without Wood" and "Best Quality"
HW:

Wednesday April 15th
Minutes: Muhtasim, Matthew
Reading HW: "Magpies"
HW:

Thursday April 16th
Minutes: Daniel C., Daniel X.
Reading HW:  "Waiting Between the Trees" "Double Face"
HW:

Friday April 17th
Minutes: Deborah, Nishat
Reading HW: "Two Tickets"
HW:

Monday April 18th
Minutes: Edwin, Derek
Reading HW:
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