Parker English III

IMPORTANT: the last day to turn in any late work for this quarter is Friday, January 22 at midnight. Nothing submitted after will be accepted. The material beginning Monday, January 25 will go into the 3rd quarter.   Capetown Today Classwork/ Assignment: In class we are reading / listening to the preamble to chapter 2 called Born a Crime (same title as the autobiography). As Trevor Noah states, " Apartheid was a police state, a system of surveillance and laws designed to keep black people under total control."  Your task: Although there have been profound changes that have evolved from the Civil Rights Movement and, most recently, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the United States must still strive for social justice and an antiracist society. Systemic or institutional racism refers  to the systems in place that create and maintain racial inequality in nearly every facet of life for people of color that must be dismantled to have an equitable society. Below...

  In class Friday and Monday: #  Note this day 2 of this assignment. You have class to time complete any reading or questions. Remember this is due by midnight. If you have finished, continue reading Born a Crime. Review of vocabulary and content images for Part 1 Run of Trevor Noah's Born a Crime You are responsible to read part 1 Run and respond to the four content based questions by midnight Monday, January 11. You will find below both the text and audio versions.   Born a Crime     Text begins page 9 Part 1 Run up  to then we went out to the driveway.. audio Part 1 Run    Continuation audio to the end of the chapter 20:53 South African Mini Bus Nelson Mandela Soweto Youth Uprising Vocabulary: cathartic (adjective)-  providing psychological relief                 through the open expression of strong emotions obstinate- (adjective)- s tubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen cou...

Your async work for Wednesday was to read several times the South African Immorality Act of 1927.  Important takeaways from the act that impacted Trevor Noah's life? Trevor Noah's father was Swiss.  He was liable for up to five years imprisonment for "illicit (illegal by law) carnal intercourse with Trevor's mother. Trevor Noah's mother was a Xhosi.  Trevor Noah's mother "permited" a Swiss (European) male to have "illicit (forbidden by law)" carnal intercourse with his father, so she was liable for up to four years in prison. miscegenation laws gen- people not with other people (races) mis= not gyn= female- misogynist- hates women(gynocologist) anthope....misanthrope..hates mankind  (anthropologist)  From page 8 of Born a Crime:  Go to Page 8 of Born a Crime Please read the following and respond to two of the questions the four questions that follow in COMPLETE SENTENCES, weaving in text. Remember to use quotation marks. Open up a google doc...

In class: we are reading Trevor Noah's autobiography,  Born a Crime. Much of the book will require outside reading. If you are absent, make sure you keep up to date with the reading. There will be a link each day. There will also be an audio link. Class time will be spent responding to the Trevor Noah's experiences.   The man himself: Trevor Noah     5:41 **************************************************************************** F OR WEDNESDAY, ASYNC MATERIAL:  Read page 6 The Immorality Act and be prepared on Thursday to write a sentence at the beginning of class that explains this law. Born a Crime...read page 6, immorality act.   ******************************************************************************* In class: we are reading Trevor Noah's autobiography,  Born a Crime. Much of the book will require outside reading. If you are absent, make sure you keep up to date with the reading. There will be a link each day. There will also be an audio l...

  Welcome back! The second quarter ends January 29. Please check your grades for any mistakes. They are up-to-date. If there is a discrepancy, please send me an e-mail with a subject heading grades. Do always remember the subject heading!  Thank you. Remember that you are responsible to check our class blog everyday.  This can accessed through google classroom OR directly.  Tomorrow we will begin reading Trevor Noah's autobiography  Born a Crime , which is about his growing up in South Africa.  In class today: review of strategies to keep a New Year's resolution. Directions: After having reviewed the following as a class. You will write a short reponse, as to what resolution you would care to make. This will be followed by a description of why you selected this and how you will acheive your goal. This is due by midnight tonight. You should be able to finish this in class. Process: open up a google doc. There is no need for a MLA heading, as this is a quick ...

  Directions:  On Thursday, we are listening, reading, discussing and taking notes on Clint Smith's "Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class"  See link and discussion questions in the graphic organizer below. Begin by copying the organizer onto a google doc. As we work our way through the poem as a class,  write your responses on the right side.  On Friday, you will finish your graphic organizer and share. On Monday,  you are to write a 200 word response, answering the following questions: How does the boy within the poem feel he is perceived?  Why does he feel this way? Weave in text to support your response. Note that Ms. Cooley will be available for questions on Friday.  Monday and Tuesday are in class bonus days! "Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class" by Clint Smith The poem touches on historical, cultural, and social factors that demonstrate how it feels to be the only black student inside of a classroom or other educational setting. He was...