Work for the Week of May 26th - Seniors

Tuesday May 26th
Minutes: Frankie,
Reading HW: Oops!  We were supposed to discuss Indra Nooyi on Friday.  Let's discuss her today.
HW: Draft Day.  (An early draft).

As per request, here are some examples of CIA papers.  There's three in one doc.

Note: Today is a weird schedule.  3rd period is extended.

Wednesday May 27th
Minutes: Carmen, Alex
Reading HW: Please read "What Is a Woman?"
HW: Should trans-women be included under the umbrella of "Women's Voices"?  Why/not?

Thursday May 28th
Minutes: Olivia
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Draft Day.

Friday May 29th
Minutes: Mitchell, Cynthia
Reading HW: Please research a notable woman who have flown under the radar.
HW: Bring in some research about your notable woman.  Be prepared to discuss her biography.

Monday June 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of May 26th - Juniors

Tuesday May 26th
Minutes: Daniella
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Note: Today is a weird schedule.  3rd period is extended.

Wednesday May 27th
Minutes: Angela C.
Reading HW:
HW: Today we'll be exploring our final assignment, "The Ivanhoe Game".  Details to be discussed in class!!!

Thursday May 28th
Minutes: Kenneth
Reading HW:
HW: Please react to one of our characters' in a journal entry.

Friday May 29th
Minutes: Soren
Reading HW:
HW: Please react to one of our characters' in a journal entry.

Monday June 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Due.

Work for the Week of May 26th - Freshmen

Tuesday May 26th
Minutes: Marcin, Shiva
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Complete an outline for today.

Note: Today is a weird schedule.  3rd period is extended.

Wednesday May 27th
Minutes: Gilvir, Zheng
Reading HW: "This Blessed House" by Jhumpa Lahiri or listen to the story read by author here.
HW: How does Lahiri present the complexities of love?

Thursday May 28th
Minutes: Vernita, Sonal
Reading HW:
HW: Draft day.

Friday May 29th
Minutes: Deborah, Helen
Reading HW:
HW:

Monday June 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW: Review your proofreading assistant.
HW: Final paper due.

Work for the Week of May 18th - Freshmen

Monday May 18th
Minutes: Edwin, Ryan
Reading HW: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omegla" by Ursula Leguin
HW: Consider the dilemma that befalls this society.  What parallels can we draw between this society and our own?

Tuesday May 19th
Minutes: Bingyi, Matthew
Reading HW: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
HW: What technologies do you use that your parents disapprove of?  Why do they disapprove?


Wednesday May 20th
Minutes:Rigneyla, Farha
Reading HW: "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov
HW: What central question unites all generations of man?

Thursday May 21st
Minutes: Zhen, Nishat
Reading HW: "Speech Sounds" by Octavia Butler
HW:

Friday May 22nd
Minutes:Sam, Bhavesh
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.

Monday May 25th - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday May 26th
Minutes: Marcin, Shiva
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due.

Work for the Week of May 18th - Juniors

Monday May 18th
Minutes: Yiru
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due.

Tuesday May 19th
Minutes: Lily
Reading HW: "The Price of Nails"by Sarah Maslin Nir
HW: How are immigrants disenfranchised in America?  Why do immigrants exploit newer immigrants (and consider how far back in American history this trend goes)?

Wednesday May 20th
Minutes: Darwin
Reading HW: Please read this explanation of how homosexuality was declassified as a psychological disorder.
HW: How have homosexuals been disenfranchised throughout American history?

Thursday May 21st
Minutes:Steven
Reading HW: N/A
HW:

Friday May 22nd
Minutes: Bill
Reading HW: Please read this piece!
HW:

Monday May 25th - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday May 26th
Minutes: Daniella
Reading HW: N/A
HW:

Work for the Week of May 18th - Seniors

Monday May 18th
Minutes: Devin, Carmen
Reading HW: Read up on BC!
HW: N/A

Tuesday May 19th
Minutes: Sam, Anil
Reading HW: "The Price of Nails"by Sarah Maslin Nir
HW: Consider the invisible women of our world.

Wednesday May 20th
Minutes:Dror, Mohammad
Reading HW: Please read both pages of "A Woman's Place?" and it's comments.
HW: Why are women perceived as "cooks" but men are "chefs"?

Thursday May 21st
Minutes: Hui, Tom
Reading HW: Read "Heavyweight" by Jeffrey Toobin
HW: What challenges did RBG face as woman during her career's ascendancy to SCOTUS?

Friday May 22nd
Minutes:Vanessa, Kenneth
Reading HW: Read this short bio on Indra Nooyi and this New Yorker piece.
HW: How does Nooyi run her business?

Monday May 25th - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday May 26th
Minutes:Frankie,
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  (An early draft).

As per request, here are some examples of CIA papers.  There's three in one doc.

Work for the Week of May 11th - Juniors

Thursday May 14th
Minutes:
Reading HW: "The Case for Reparations" by Ta-Nihisi Coates
HW: Read as much as you can in 30 minutes.

Friday May 15th
Minutes:
Reading HW:
HW:

Monday May 18th
Minutes:
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due!

Here are the sources for our assignment:
"When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman
"Pioneers!  O Pioneers!" by Walt Whitman
Excepts from Emerson's "Nature"
"The World Is Too Much With Us" by Wordsworth
Any of the epigraphs from Into the Wild

Work for the Week of May 11th - Seniors

Monday May 11th
Minutes: Calvin, Ivan
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Work on your drafts!

Tuesday May 12th
Minutes: Jeffrey, John
Reading HW: Please read "Mean Girl" and watch some of Rousey's fights on the Youtube.
HW: What does Rousey's rise to fame and popularity mean for women in sports?

Wednesday May 13th
Minutes: Mark, Rebecca
Reading HW: "The Inequality of Sport", "Billie Jean Won for All Women"
HW: Can we change sport culture so that more fans are willing to watch both genders?  How?

Thursday May 14th
Minutes: Lynn, Laura
Reading HW: Let's read about promposals.  And this article too!
HW: Be prepared to discuss your experience with promposals.  Are they chivalric in nature?  Do any promposals break from heteronormative expectations?  What happens when promposals go wrong?

Found Poem due today!

Friday May 15th
Minutes: Chloe, Steven
Reading HW:
HW:

Monday May 18th
Minutes: Devin, Carmen
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of May 11th - Freshmen

Monday May 11th
Minutes: Matteo, Jesse
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Graphic novel assignment due.

Tuesday May 12th
Minutes: Nibras, Derrick
Reading HW: "A & P" by John Updike 
HW:

Wednesday May 13th
Minutes: Erik, Lori
Reading HW: "The Swimmer" by John Cheever
HW:

Thursday May 14th
Minutes: Muhtasim, Chaktim
Reading HW: "The Key" by Eudora Welty
HW:

Friday May 15th
Minutes: Andrew, Ashley
Reading HW: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger
HW:

Monday May 18th
Minutes: Edwin, Ryan
Reading HW: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omegla" by Ursula Leguin
HW:

Work for the Week of May 4th - Freshmen

Monday May 4th
Minutes: N/A, Zheng
Reading HW: Finish Stitches
HW: Have a draft for today.

Tuesday May 5th
Minutes: Gilvir, Annie L.
Reading HW: Continue to scour Stitches for influences.
HW: Work on your paper.

Wednesday May 6th
Minutes: Alex T., Shiva
Reading HW: "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
HW: Is this story a piece of "good" literature?  Why or why not?  What is the subtext of this story?

Thursday May 7th
Minutes: Anne G., Mason
Reading HW: Print and read "Through The Tunnel"
HW: Is this story a piece of "good" literature?  Why or why not?  What is the subtext of this story?

Friday May 8th
Minutes: David, Xing
Reading HW: 
HW: Draft Day

Monday May 11th
Minutes: Matteo, Jesse
Reading HW:
HW: Comic assignment due today.

Work for the Week of May 4th - Juniors

Monday May 4th
Minutes: N/A
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

Tuesday May 5th
Minutes:Eric
Reading HW: Continue to read chapter II and III Emerson's "Nature"
HW: Be prepared to discuss some of Emerson's philosophy.

Wednesday May 6th
Minutes: Brandon
Reading HW: Read Emerson's "Nature" Section IV: Language 
HW:

Thursday May 7th
Minutes: Shanka
Reading HW:Read the following article about Nietzsche's Ubermensch found here.
HW: What is the "ubermensch"?

Friday May 8th
Minutes: Rohan
Reading HW: Read Whitman's "Pioneers!  O Pioneers!"
HW:

Monday May 11th
Minutes: Sabira
Reading HW:
HW: 30 minutes in the wilderness assignment.

Work for the Week of May 4th - Seniors

Monday May 4th
Minutes:Sabrina, N/A
Reading HW: 1937
HW:

Tuesday May 5th
Minutes: N/A, Douglas
Reading HW: 1939
HW: Begin your next assignment!

Wednesday May 6th
Minutes: Betty, Henry
Reading HW: 1940
HW:

Thursday May 7th
Minutes: Cheuk, Anil
Reading HW: 1941, 1965
HW:

Friday May 8th
Minutes: N/A, Raheema
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Draft Day!

Monday May 11th
Minutes: Ivan, Calvin Cheung
Reading HW:
HW:

Bruce Jenner

As a teacher of Women's Voices and a mouthpiece for LGBTQ issues, I want to take the opportunity to praise Bruce Jenner.  While it may seem reprehensible for an academic to discuss a member of the Kardashian clan, hear me out.

Bruce Jenner boldly declared his identity as a woman on a nationally televised program.  For an individual who was born as a man to identify as a woman in a highly volatile news media was nothing short of courageous.  I hope that my students can look to this individual and others in the trans-community and recognize the difficulty and bravery of Jenner's public declaration of self-identity.

I hope that Jenner inspires others to share their stories, to be compelled to share their true identities despite the limitations of physiology.  I want all of my students to know that whatever/whoever they identify as, I both accept and celebrate their identities.  Everyone is welcome in my classroom.  And for those who deny the identities of those in the LGBTQ community, history will not look favorably upon them.  I respect your beliefs, but I believe that such beliefs will change as time progresses.

To those who may feel as if they are outsiders, you are a part of a community.  You are welcome here.

Be yourself.