It's a New Year! January 7, 2020

Focus: What does American Literature look like in 2020?

1. Warming up with three good things and what's new in American Lit!

2. Considering your cultural identity with "I Am" poetry

• Composing your poems

• Sharing one stanza or one line

• Debriefing the process and the results

3. Setting up our first unit

• Offering you an overview of our first unit on race and cultural identity

• Browsing and selecting books

• Getting the Leio (iPhone) or the Read More (Android) app

HW:

1. By Thursday: Please have your parents/guardians sign the course syllabus (we'll go through it tomorrow).

2. By next Monday: Bring your independent reading book to class, along with the signed independent reading letter.