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Finish Part 1

 Agenda: Finish reading Part I (through Ch. 15) Make sure you finished the TedTalk Analysis from yesterday Homework: Make sure you are caught up  

TedTalk Evaluation

 Agenda: Warm-up: Overview of TedTalk Evaluations TedTalk: Deconstructing Racism:  https://www.ted.com/talks/baratunde_thurston_how_to_deconstruct_racism_one_headline_at_a_time  TedTalk of Choice Options: ●             The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink   ●       The power of introverts | Susan Cain ●       Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth ●       The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ●       Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban ●       Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | TED Homework: Upload TedTalk Analysis Page

Thug 12-14

 Agenda: Continue reading THUG 12-14 Homework: Make sure you have given your final project some thought  

Implicit Bias in THUG

 Agenda: Warm-up: Implicit Bias in The Hate U Give Wooclap survey Reading Ch. 10-11 Homework: Finish THUG 10-11

Implicit Bias

 Agenda: Warm-up: What is implicit bias? https://youtu.be/G9i3tgq2j7k  Implicit Bias Definitions and IATs https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/test-yourself-for-hidden-bias  Overview of the test Overview of some of the results Read Chapter 9 and look for any examples of implicit bias that you see Homework: Make sure you are up-to-date with the reading 

THUG 7-8

 Agenda: Continue reading with chapters 7-8 Make sure you have submitted your one-pager Homework: Make sure you are caught up

THUG Ch 1-6 One-Pager (Thurs. and Fri.)

 Agenda: Warm-up: One-pager overview Continue reading The Hate U Give Chapters 1-6 Add to one-pager Homework: Make sure you submit your one-pager by the end of class on Friday

THUG Intro

 Agenda: Warm-up: View Thomas' interview about her inspiration for writing the novel: https://youtu.be/H6ufAb82GJ0  Begin reading chapters 1-6 Homework: Begin thinking about the most important parts of the novel that you come across

Making a Difference

 Agenda: Warm-up: "How Can I Make a Difference" Parris TedTalk-->https://youtu.be/eMANVHpQ3O0 Journal:  Create a new journal entry in your ongoing Word document.  Title it "Making a Difference 5/17/22."  In the journal, ask yourself the 2 questions that Parris asks: What breaks your heart? What makes you come alive?  You may put more than one thing in your response, but make sure to elaborate on it into a complete paragraph.    Keep in mind that in our next text,  The Hate U Give , Angie Thomas explores issues that break her heart: the treatment of the black community in modern society, specifically in the justice system.  She combined what breaks her heart and what makes her come alive: writing.  You will eventually be combining the two you picked (it could be from this journal or something that you think about in the future) to make your own brief TedTalk for the end of this class.  And, no, it does not need to be as ...

Draft Writing (Tues.-Fri.)

 Agenda: Work on Othello paper drafts Homework: Make sure you are on pace to finish the paper  

MLA Format Overview

 Agenda: Warm-up: How to set up MLA (word doc) Checking Sources Overview of Purdue Electronic Sources How to check pre-generated citations Homework: Make sure you have set up the document for your final paper

Outlines

 Agenda: Outline Overview Workshop to complete outline Homework: Make sure you are caught up on the paper process

Complete and Upload Annotations

 Agenda: Complete and upload annotations Homework: Be prepared to move on by next class 

Annotations Workshop (Mon.-Tues.)

 Agenda: Read and annotate two top articles (1 from Google Scholar, 1 from databases) You should finish at least 1 each day and be ready to move on by Thurs. Homework: Have article annotations ready for Thursday's class

Marking up PDFs

 Agenda: How to convert to PDF (handout) Highlighting and adding slugs (as comments) (handout) Homework: Complete the document conversion before leaving class today