Announcement: Classes Cancelled Tomorrow and Friday

Dear Class,

As you may have already heard, there will be no class tomorrow or Friday. Please stay tuned, checking your email and the blog and Remind for updates.


Thanks!

RW Class Recap and Homework--03/11/20

Class 23- 03/11/20

Objectives:

to review the Juan Gonzalez Annotation Activity 2
to work on annotating the rest of the reading independently
to continue to consider how parts of speech function to form a sentence
to understand the parts of the sentence: Subject-verb-object
to practice identifying the 3 different types of objects
to familiarize ourselves with the class revision process (Error Log for Editing Symbols and rewrite)

"Concepts Of Text Fly From Text Book" by Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee

Homework:

Finish annotating the Juan Gonzalez text and fill out the rest of your Unfamiliar Vocab Tracker with four more words from the rest of the reading. This is due tomorrow.

CATW Revision: Complete the Error Log for your returned CATW 2. Make sure that you do the sentences that have subject-verb (SV) and word form (WF) errors before you do sentences that have other types of errors. You only need to do six sentences for the error log.

Then work on rewriting your entire essay addressing the comments on the side. This (both the error log and rewrite) is due Monday.

RW Class Recap and Homework--03/10/20

Class 22- 03/10/20

Objectives:

to review annotations from yesterday and note that connection between U.S. economic penetration and the contradiction that caused tension over American expansion.

to continue work on annotating the Juan Gonzalez reading with Annotation Activity in large group
to work on Annotation Activity 2 in small groups

"Concepts Of Text Fly From Text Book" by Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee

Homework:

Finish Annotation Activity 2 which should take you to the top of page 72.

Recommended Reading: In praise of dictators?

Today in class we had an interesting exchange on whether one can praise a dictator, and it's interesting because the same conversation has been going on recently in our electoral politics.

Check out these articles where one current and one former presidential candidate are taken to task for praising things about dictatorial regimes.

Bernie Sanders Defends Comments on Cuban Revolution

Bloomberg’s attack on Sanders for praising dictators bounces back on him

What do you think? Is it ever okay to point out the good points of dictatorial regimes? Explain your opinion leaving a Comment below.

RW Class Recap and Homework--03/09/20

Class 21- 03/09/20

Objectives:
to introduce Unit 2 and recommit to our class Community Values (the postcards you did on the first day of class) so that we have a space of support, where you are comfortable to take risks and make mistakes, and you all work to keep each other motivated
to introduce our text, an academic text, and its author Juan Gonzalez, going over the Background Sheet for Gonzalez
to go over some background and a timeline for the Dominican Republic.
to begin reading our excerpt from Juan Gonzalez's Harvest of Empire: The History of Latinos in America
to begin annotating the reading through this Annotation Activity (we made it up through paragraph 4)

"Concepts Of Text Fly From Text Book" by Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee

Homework:
Finish reading the first page up through Paragraph 8. Do not annotate beyond Paragraph 4, which you should have annotated following the steps of the Annotation Activity. Just circle unfamiliar vocab not defined at the bottom of the page. Choose 4 of the words you circled and fill out this Unfamiliar Vocab Tracker. When you look up the word and write the definition, make sure you understand the definition. Instead of writing the definition word for word, write something you will understand when you came back to look at your tracker.

RW Class Recap and Homework--03/04/20

Class 20- 03/04/20

Objectives:

to introduce the rules of Subject-Verb Agreement
to complete the Subject-Verb agreement activity identifying all 27 subject-verb agreement errors.
to practice learned vocabulary in L&T through our Vocabulary Test game.

Homework:
Work on your L&T Essay due at your Conference appointment.
Work on your Conference reflection materials.
Be sure to make your Conference appointment Thursday or Friday.

RW Class Recap and Homework--03/03/20

Class 19- 03/03/20

Objectives:

To work on and type up your L&T essay

Homework:

Finish your L&T essay due at your conference appointment.

Study your flashcards for the vocabulary test tomorrow