Work for the week of October 28th - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Sophie Standing

Monday October 28th
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale - XI, XII (30-39)
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Tuesday October 29th
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale - XIII, XIV, XV (40-End)
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Wednesday October 30th
Reading HW: Women's Wednesday - Sports
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Thursday October 31st
Reading HW:
HW: Select your rumination quote for today.

Here are some sample rumination papers.
Here are the questions from today's class to help with your rumination papers!

Friday November 1st
Reading HW: "Why Women Aren't Funny", "Who Says Women Aren't Funny", "Dumbest Questions"
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Monday November 4th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day - Rumination Paper

Work for the Week of October 28th - Freshmen

Monday October 28th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Please bring in a competed draft for your perfect paragraph assignment.

Tuesday October 29th
Reading HW: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - 28
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Wednesday October 30th
Reading HW: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - 65
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Thursday October 31st
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Please bring in a competed draft for your perfect paragraph assignment.

Friday November 1st
Reading HW:
HW: Annie John Perfect Paragraph due on TurnItIn.com.

Monday November 4th
Reading HW: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - 99
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Work for the Week of October 21st - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Eva Karabudak

Monday October 21st

Reading HW: Read Handmaid's Tale VIII (Ch. 14-23)

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Tuesday October 22nd

Reading HW: Feminism Packet

HW: Interview three people.  Ask if they are feminists.  Why/not?  What does the word mean?

Here's the TED Talk from today.

A resource for men who are interested in being allies.

Wednesday October 23rd

Reading HW: 

HW: Women's Wednesday!  Bring in an article about an important figure based on the field of MEDICINE!

Here are some sample rumination papers.

Thursday October 24th

Reading HW: The Handmaid's Tale IX, X (24-29)

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Friday October 25th

Reading HW: Slow Poison Packet

HW:

Here's a copy of the reading from today's lesson.

Monday October 28th
Reading HW: The Handmaid's Tale XI, XII (30-39)
HW:

Work for the Week of October 21st - Freshmen

Monday October 21st

Reading HW: Ch. 6, Annie John, "Somewhere, Belgium"

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Tuesday October 22nd
Reading HW: Ch. 7, Annie John, "The Long Rain"
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Wednesday October 23rd
Reading HW: Ch. 8, Annie John, "A Walk to the Jetty
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Thursday October 24th
Reading HW:
HW: Please review and print the comments from your first two written pieces.

Friday October 25th
Reading HW:
HW: Complete data collection for pre-outline of our next perfect paragraph assignment.

Monday October 28th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!  Bring in a printed draft of your perfect paragraph.

Work for the Week of October 15th - Seniors

Artist of the Week : Masayo Fukuda

Monday October 14th - NO SCHOOL - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

Tuesday October 15th
Reading HW: Read The Handmaid's Tale III, IV (7-12)
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Wednesday October 16th - PSAT Day - Shortened Schedule
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday October 17th
Reading HW: Read Handmaid's Tale V, VI, VII (Ch. 13-18)
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Friday October 18th
Reading HW: Sexual Danger packet.*  Trigger warning - Sexual assault
HW: When reading a packet for our class, you are expected to write some of your reactions to particular pieces within the text as well as some questions you have in response to the material.  Take notes.  Be an active reader.

Monday October 21st

Reading HW: Read Handmaid's Tale VIII (Ch. 14-23)

HW:

Work for the Week of October 15th - Freshmen

Monday October 14th - NO SCHOOL - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

Tuesday October 15th
Reading HW: Ch. 3, Annie John, "Gwen"
HW: Please submit your perfect paragraph via TurnItIn.

Wednesday October 16th - PSAT Day - Shortened Schedule
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday October 17th
Reading HW: Ch. 4, Annie John, "The Red Girl"

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Friday October 18th
Reading HW: Ch. 5, Annie John, "Columbus in Chains"
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Monday October 21st

Reading HW: Ch. 6, Annie John, "Somewhere, Belgium"

HW:

Work for the Week of October 7th - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Bharti Kher

Monday October 7th
Reading HW: Please visit "It's On Us"
HW: Please research a college of interest or the college where you will matriculate in the fall.  What is the school's sexual assault policy?  Is it easy to find?  Is the information easy to understand?  Who is the school's Title IX counselor?

Tuesday October 8th
Reading HW: Read this document from It's On Us.
HW: What steps can we take in our lives to impact the culture of sexual assault on college campuses?

Wednesday October 9th - NO SCHOOL - YOM KIPPUR

Thursday October 10th
Reading HW:
HW: Please research the Iranian Revolution of 1979.  Be prepared to discuss how the country changed and how women were particularly affected.

Friday October 11th
Reading HW:  Begin reading The Handmaid's Tale I, II (Ch. 1-6) 
HW: Film Analysis Due on Turnitin.com

Monday October 14th - NO SCHOOL - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

Tuesday October 15th
Reading HW: Read The Handmaid's Tale III, IV (7-12)
HW:

Work for the Week of October 7th - Freshmen

Monday October 7th
Reading HW: "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
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Tuesday October 8th
Reading HW: Annie John - Chapter One
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Wednesday October 9th - NO SCHOOL - YOM KIPPUR

Thursday October 10th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Please print a draft for class.

Friday October 11th
Reading HW: Annie John - Chapter Two
HW:

Monday October 14th - NO SCHOOL - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

Tuesday October 15th
Reading HW: Annie John - Chapter Three
HW: Perfect paragraph due today.  Submit via Turnitin.com

Work for the Week of October 2nd - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Helena Hauss

Wednesday October 2nd
Reading HW:
HW: Work on your college essays/work on your film analysis.

TRIGGER WARNING - We are going to be discussing sexual assault this week.  I will not be cold calling students during these lessons.  Only students who wish to volunteer will participate.  We will be discussing sensitive material in what will be important, relevant lessons.  I would be remiss to not mention this to allow my students the opportunity to mentally prepare for these discussions.  Please let me know via email how I can best serve you and your needs if you have any questions about these lessons.

Thursday October 3rd
Reading HW: "I Was Groped on the Subway".
HW: What is "rape culture"?  How is rape culture influence by media socialization of gender?

Friday October 4th


Monday October 7th
Reading HW: Please visit "It's On Us"
HW: Please research a college of interest or the college where you will matriculate in the fall.  What is the school's sexual assault policy?  Is it easy to find?  Is the information easy to understand?  Who is the school's Title IX counselor?

Work for the Week of October 2nd - Freshmen

Wednesday October 2nd
Reading HW:
HW:  Complete the pre-outline and outline.  Here's the worksheet from Thursday's lesson.  Bring in a box of tissues if you forgot to last week.

Thursday October 3rd
Reading HW:
HW: Considering our worksheet from Wednesday's class, make the appropriate modifications to your assignment's use of evidence/evidence explanations..

Friday October 4th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Monday October 7th
Reading HW: "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
HW: