THUG/Quiz/Writing Assignment

AGENDA:

1. Morning Reflection: Madison

2. Quiz: THUG vocabulary on vocabulary.com
THUG Multiple choice--handout

3. Work on character questionnaires, develop a protagonist, choose a theme for your story

4. Begin work on story assignment.  On a Google doc, write a character description of your protagonist and indicate what theme you will be exploring in your story.  Put this in the classroom folder marked THUG assignment.

LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme. Select any of the themes in the key below to highlight it in the Theme Wheel.  Use the theme wheel to support your reading and writing.

Racism and Police Brutality

Dueling Identities and Double Consciousness

The Power of Language

Community and Loyalty

The Cycle of Poverty and Crime

Self Check

Ask yourself these questions when trying to understand characterization:

• What does the character look like?
• How does the character behave towards others? How do others behave toward the character?
• What does the character seem to care about?
• What adjectives does the author use to describe the character's personality?
• What does the character think or say?

5. Read More on characterization:
http://udleditions.cast.org/craft_elm_characterization.html


HMWK: Study vocab. Ch. 11-15
READ CH. 11-15 (Part One)

Vocabulary.com Link

http://vocab.com/join/3KK3YQA

The Hate U Give

AGENDA:

Morning Reflection:

 https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english?language=en

code switching

(noun) the practice of changing one’s language, dialect or speaking style to better fit one’s environment.

2. Vocabulary.com--Join class and practice

3. char·ac·ter·i·za·tion

ˌkerəktərīˈzāSH(ə)n/

noun

noun: characterization; plural noun: characterizations; noun: characterisation; plural noun: characterisations

1. 1.

   the creation or construction of a fictional character.

   
   

   "he preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict"
2. 2.

   a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

   
   

   "she rejected that characterization of her film"
   
   
   https://literarydevices.net/characterization/ 
   
   
   

Defining characterization: 
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf

4, Discussion Question 1

What does Starr mean when she says that "It's dope to be black until it's hard to be black" [11]?

Discussion Question 2

What is the significance of "the talk" about police Starr remembers having with her parents [21]?

Discussion Question 3

What can we discern about Starr's family from the pictures of Malcolm X in their home?

Vocabulary

latchkey, stampedes, maneuvers, humongous, argyle

5. ACTIVITY:  Work on Gotham characterization (Fictional character) and Proust Questionnaire (Personal).  What personal characteristics could be used for your fictional character?

HMWK: Read Ch.5-10, Study vocabulary for Friday quiz

The Hate U Give theme Wheel

Use this wheel to check out summaries of chapters and themes:


https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-hate-u-give/chart-board-visualization

Sophomore Town Meeting Wed. 9/12 7th period

the hate u give ideas for technology

http://electronicenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2018/01/a-unit-plan-for-hate-u-give-with.html

Welcome Back, Sophomores!

AGENDA:



Welcome Back

1. Review Course Criteria/Google Classroom  (4veanc)

2. Morning Reflection:  Black Lives Matter  (Watch and post comment on blog for credit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5WeJaNtMQs

em·pa·thy

ˈempəTHē/

noun

1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

sym·pa·thy

ˈsimpəTHē/

noun

1. 1.

   feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

   "they had great sympathy for the flood victims"

   synonyms:

   compassion, caring, concern, solicitude, empathy; More
2. 2.

   understanding between people; common feeling.

   "the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all"

   synonyms:

   rapport, fellow feeling, affinity, empathy, harmony, accord, compatibility;  fellowship, camaraderie "sympathy with a fellow journalist"

3. What are the elements of fiction?

http://thewritepractice.com/elements-of-fiction/
http://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/ellsa/ellsa_elements.html

http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/hhecht/the%20elements%20of%20fiction.htm

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/lit-elements/overview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukU5kzAaxrI


4. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiI3jtebWu0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8P7mvd0NQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWRgIX_GyZU


5. Read aloud from text: Ch. 1 and 2. Discussion questions.
1. As Starr and Khalil listen to Tupac, Khalil explains what Tupac said “Thug Life” meant. Discuss the meaning of the term “Thug Life” as an acronym and why the author might have chosen part of this as the title of the book. In what ways do you see this in society today? (Chapter 1, p. 21)

2. Chapter 2 begins with Starr flashing back to two talks her parents had with her when she was young. One was about sex (“the usual birds and bees”). The second was about what precautions to take when encountering a police officer (Chapter 2, p. 24). Have you had a similar conversation about what to do when stopped by the police? Reflect upon or imagine this conversation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g96iU1zX-Fo

HMWK: Read to pg. 70 Ch. 5 in The Hate U Give for Monday
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