Assignments

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31	1 NewsELA Article "How Bad is Binge Watching? (I forgot to post this and only half the students completed the writing activity on NewsELA. I have extended the due date to Monday.) 11:59 PM	2 Why would people read this poem or even allowed this to be published knowing that the author was a slave? What was the author's intention for writing this poem? 11:59 PM	3	4	5 Latin Roots Level Two 11:59 PM Frederick Douglas states that it is a privilege for "white children" to know their birthdates. Do you agree or disagree? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer and explain how your evidence supports your position. 11:59 PM	6
7	8	9 How does identity play a vital role in slavery? Compare and contrast its importance from a slave's perspective versus that of a slaveowner. 11:59 PM	10	11	12 Latin Roots Level Three 11:59 PM House Debates Jim Crow Laws 11:59 PM	13
14	15 Being Black During Reconstruction 11:59 PM	16	17	18	19 A Dream Deferred Warmup: Before reading the poem, write a paragraph about a time you really wanted something and it was denied. This can be an item you wanted (like a new phone), an activity (like joining a sports team), or a life experience (like lost love). Focus on how you felt when you didn’t get what you wanted or had to wait a long time to get it. 11:59 PM	20
21	22	23 Dreams by Langston Hughes 11:59 PM "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes 11:59 PM	24	25	26 How do we, as a society, define an unjust law, and what kinds of strategies and tactics have proven most effective in changing such laws? If we are able to abolish legal injustice will it necessarily result in social justice? 11:59 PM	27
28	1	2 Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" 11:59 PM	3	4	5 "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou 11:59 PM "Miracle of Morning" by Amanda Gorman 11:59 PM	6