Today, Feb. 5, we looked at Walker, chapter 3. Many students hadn't done the homework so we read chapter 3 aloud in the 8-9 a.m. class, (in the 9-10 a.m. class we discussed the chapter). We meditated, then used this experience to freewrite. See Walker pp. 45-46. We looked at her arguments and discussed their merit and whether or not students agreed. I mentioned an interteresting lecture I heard this morning on www.kpfa.org about consumption and the environment (7-8 a.m. The Morning Show).
Homework: Summarize chapter 4 in 100-250 words. In the response list and analyze the arguments Walker proposes.
We didn't have a chance to share the favorite writing by an African American author. Some students brought in work to share, but not by a writer of African descent.
We haven't gotten to the Strunk & White book yet, but we will. We are visiting the library Wednesday, February 7: 8-9 and 9-10. Meet at the reference desk.
Extra Credit Event tomorrow
Feb. 6, 12:30 p.m., Booker T. Washington's great great-granddaughter will be speaking in the F-Bldg. If you attend and write about it, you can have extra credit.
Television
On Channel 9 tonight, I think at 10 p.m. (check the listing at www.pbs.org) there is a great documentary called The Disciples of Nelson Mandela. It's a grea piece on a group of young men who joined the African National Congress and what happened to their lives, as told by one of the men's adopted sons here in the United States.
Homework: Summarize chapter 4 in 100-250 words. In the response list and analyze the arguments Walker proposes.
We didn't have a chance to share the favorite writing by an African American author. Some students brought in work to share, but not by a writer of African descent.
We haven't gotten to the Strunk & White book yet, but we will. We are visiting the library Wednesday, February 7: 8-9 and 9-10. Meet at the reference desk.
Extra Credit Event tomorrow
Feb. 6, 12:30 p.m., Booker T. Washington's great great-granddaughter will be speaking in the F-Bldg. If you attend and write about it, you can have extra credit.
Television
On Channel 9 tonight, I think at 10 p.m. (check the listing at www.pbs.org) there is a great documentary called The Disciples of Nelson Mandela. It's a grea piece on a group of young men who joined the African National Congress and what happened to their lives, as told by one of the men's adopted sons here in the United States.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 4:55 PM
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Jade Hooker
Professor Sabir
English 1a
8-9
Feb. 6
Extra Credit
There was a speaker in the F-building who was the great great granddaughter of Booker T. Washington. She spoke on behalf of black history month. She talked about the importance of being an black American and how we must embrace our culture. As Black Americans we have to work harder to show good impressions to society. We should be happy we are black and not follow societies stereotypes.
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