"We were always afraid. Always running."

During this week we will continue our study of Coming of Age Narratives in addition, you will write your own Coming of Age narrative poem, and participate in our Media Center Orientation. On Thursday, you will report directly to the Media Center and we will have class there for the day.  You will also begin bringing a Coming of Age. 

We will also review a new section of our class website called, Tech Notes. I will place important information about how to access Office365, Setting up a Schoology account and other important information. Also we will discuss our class syllabus. Please make sure that you read the syllabus carefully and understand all of the expectations and responsibilities for 9th Literature scholars. 

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Weekly Agenda

Monday  - Coming of Age Song Self-Inquiry/Group Conferences on TWIST poetry analysis
Tuesday - Reading "Always Running"/"Race Politics"/ Chalk Talk
Wednesday - Always Running Midterm Quiz and RAFT response
Thursday - Media Center Orientation and Intro of Coming of Age Project
Friday -  Writing Coming of Age Narrative Poem, Reading Inventory Conferences, Independent Reading