"It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies"
​-Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)

All American Boys

by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

Agenda

Thurs 10-11-2018
     -Social Justice  Unit Overview
     -Book Sign Out
     -How to Write a Dialectical Journal Entry
     -Begin Ch 1 "Rashad" Read Aloud of AAB (pgs. 5-23)

Fri 10-12-2018
     -Social Justice Unit Overview Con't
     -Finish Reading Ch 1 "Rashad" of AAB
     -In Class DJ Writing
     -HW: Read Ch2 "Quinn" (pgs. 24-41) and create 1 Dialectical Journal Entry in your Composition Book.
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Mon 10-15-2018
     -Housekeeping:
          -Folders for Challenge Essays and Summative Assessments

Tues 10-16-2018
     -Began Ch 3 in class
     -HW: Finish Ch 3 and create a Dialectical Journal Entry for Ch 3 (pgs. 42-60)

 Wed 10-17-2018
     -Check DJ#3
     -Discussion of events
     -Character Web
​     -HW: Read Ch 4 and DJ#4

Thurs 10-18-2018
     -Check DJ#4
     -Discussion of Plot Points
     -HW: Read Ch 5 and do DJ#5

Fri 10-19-2018
     -Check DJ#5
​     -SSR: reading Ch 6 and beyond
     -HW: Finish reading Ch 6 and write/compose DJ#6
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What Is Social Injustice?
Mon 10-22-2018 
     -check DJ#6
     -Discussion: What Is Social Injustice?
     -Article of the Week Data Sheet#1
          -"Police Are Still Killing Black People. Why Isn't It News Anymore?"
     -Author's Argument/Stance on a Topic
     -Tone Words (nouns and verbs)
​     -HW: read AAB ("Monday" pgs. 121-162) and create DJ#7, due on Wednesday, 10/24

Tues 10-23-2018
     -AoW#1 Annotation con't (ELMO)
     -Discussion of AoW#1
     -HW: read AAB ("Monday" pgs. 121-162) and create DJ#7, due tomorrow!

Wed 10-24-2018
     -Collect Composition Books (Best 4 of 7 entries)
     -Finish discussion and modeling of AoW Annotation (ELMO) 
     -Begin AoW Data Sheet (ELMO)
     -HW: "Ask an adult" and continue reading AAB.

Thurs 10-25-2018 HALF DAY
     -CCR Day
     -HW: continue reading AAB ("Tuesday" DJ#8 will be due on Monday, 10/29)

Fri 10-26-2018
     -SSR (finish "Tuesday" and begin composing DJ#8 in class- "Tuesday" pgs. 163-203))
     -HW: Finish Reading and composing DJ#8 ("Tuesday" pgs 163-203) if necessary.
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The Depths of Injustice
Mon 10-29-2018
     -return Dialectical Journals to students
     -check DJ#8
     -complete work on AoW#1 Data Sheet
     -HW: continue reading AAB: "Wednesday" (pgs. 205-246), DJ#9 "Wednesday" due on Wednesday 10/31

Tues 10-30-2018
     -Q1 Challenge Essay (25 Summative Points)
          -nonfiction article
          -identify author's argument
          -evaluate the success of the argument
          -TIMED (46 minutes)
     -HW: continue reading AAB: "Wednesday" (pgs. 205-246), DJ#9 "Wednesday" due on Wednesday 10/31

Wed 10-31-2018
     -check DJ#9 ("Wednesday" pgs. 205-246)
     -Character Web
     -HW: read AAB: "Thursday" (pgs. 247-282), DJ#10 due on Friday, 11/2

Thurs 11-1-2018
     -Characater Web
     -Discussion- How do we identify Injustice and what do we do to affect change?
     -HW: read AAB: "Thursday" (pgs. 247-282), DJ#10 due on Friday, 11/2

Fri 11-2-2018
     -check DJ#10
     -SSR (finish "Friday" and begin composing DJ#11 in class- "Friday" pgs. 283-313)
     -HW: Finish Reading and composing DJ#8 ("Tuesday" pgs 163-203) if necessary.
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Focus on Public Justice Systems
Mon 11-5-2018
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Tues 11-6-2018
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Wed 11-7-2018
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Thurs 11-8-2018
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Fri 11-9-2018
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Materials and Resources

The authors: Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (click on the image above to go to the short NBC interview with Reynolds and Kiely)

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​Using Photographs to Understand Social Justice

-Understanding People's Perspectives

-Exposing Injustice

-Confronting Injustice

Important Documents

social-justice-and-all-american-boys-unit-overview.pdf
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essential-questions.pdf
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dialectical_journal_assignment.pdf
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dialectical-journal-rubric.pdf
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Responding to Nonfiction Articles

aow_data_sheet.pdf
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rhetoricalprecis-madlib.pdf
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Nonfiction Articles

police_are_still_killing_black_people.pdf
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21st_century_policing.pdf
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could_this_be_a_sign_of_change_in_police_shooting_crisis.pdf
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