Hello Students,
We have had another busy few weeks since beginning Unit 2. We watched Amer Zahr’s We’re Not White Documentary, The Danger of A Single Story, and read Gate A-4. These texts/media have helped us answer the Unit 2 Essential Question: How do class, religion, language, and cultural stereotypes influence how I look at and understand the world?
We have compared and contrasted the themes of these three texts and written about our own experiences with stereotypes. We wrote the We’re Not White Essay and completed the Take Home Test to measure our learning of these themes. Most of you have done a wonderful job of writing about your opinions and addressing the essential question. The Take Home Tests have been hit or miss. I really want you all to focus on writing in complete sentences and taking a moment to check for spelling and punctuation errors.
This past week (November 5th-9th) we took a break from Language Arts to focus on careers and aptitudes. We took the You Science test to see where our natural abilities might translate into the work world most efficiently. Many of you took this test seriously and will find accurate results and matches to future career fields. Those of you that wasted time by just clicking through the test will not have accurate results. I hope that those of you that sincerely took the test receive results that interest you! We will have a short writing assignment to discuss the results of the test on Monday.
I hope you have a restful weekend. Just a reminder: Marking Period 2 ends on November 16th (Friday) and your Final Thought for your 2nd SSR book is due.
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