We are now in the home stretch for the fall semester. You should have a good sense of your course grade up to this point (please check the Gradebook). Speak with me after class about any questions or concerns. All final work for the class will be due by 12/19. This includes the final course reflection post on OpenLab, plus revisions to Units 1, 2, and 3.
In-Class
- Read Annie Correal’s “Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street.”
- Listen to the Podcast, FOUND: “To My Darling Etta Mae
- Discuss:
- 1. What do you notice about the way Correal begins and ends her essay? What effect does this approach have on the reader?
- 2. Choose 2 photos to discuss. Describe what is in the photograph, and explain what why you think it was included in the article (what ideas does it illustrate?).
- 3. How does the podcast differ from the NYT article? What does the podcast genre offer us that the newspaper article does not/ what does the article offer us that the podcast does not?
Final Assignment:
- Continue working on Unit 3! We will review different genre guides together. Google Doc Template to copy and paste into our Class Unit 3 Google Drive folder
- Unit 3 is due in the Google Drive 12/10. Remember you can access the Drive under MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS.
