Letter of Recommendation Form

If you would like Ms. Santiago to write you a letter of recommendation, then please fill out THIS FORM

Ms. Matthews' Agendas

Please find the daily agendas HERE.

Douglass 4.2

Douglass 4.2

Do now: Douglass does not describe how he escaped.  Why do you think he omitted this from his autobiography?

Objectives:

• examine the importance of education, the hypocrisy of religion, and the use of persuasion in slave narratives

Agenda:

1. do now
2. In table groups: what is Douglass’s stance on the Southern Church and its relationship with the slave trade?  Identify 2-3 quotes from which you can infer Douglass’s view of the Southern Church.
3. Individual: skeleton outline assignment
4. Summarizer

HW: Finish skeleton outline assignment.  Douglass annotations need to be uploaded to student folder by FRIDAY.

Slave Narratives

Do now: take out your 12 Years a Slave viewing guide

Objectives:

• identify similarities and differences between the two slave narratives

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Graphic Organizer- individual (15 minutes)

3. Table groups: review graphic organizer

4. Read/Annotate the remainder of the Douglass packet

5. Summarizer

HW: Finish reading/annotating Douglass excerpt.  Annotated packets must be uploaded to your GOOGLE STUDENT FOLDER by Friday, Feb 12th.

Housekeeping

1) You will receive your essay, note card rubric, and progress reports.
2) If you have a BLUE HIGHLIGHTED assignment missing on the progress report:

• you have 24 hours to produce a HARD COPY of the missing assignment (electronic copies/sharing will NOT BE ACCEPTED)
• if you do not hand it in within 24 hours, it will remain a zero for Quarter 3

3) If you qualify for a rewrite of the Gatsby essay (refer to original essay assignment for the qualifications) 

• you must HIGHLIGHT ANY CHANGES ON THE GRADED HARD COPY 
• you must PRINT A CLEAN HARD COPY OF THE REVISED ESSAY
• you must ATTACH THE NEW ESSAY TO THE ORIGINAL ESSAY- WITH RUBRIC
• Revision will be due MONDAY FEBRUARY 22nd

Letter from English Department Head about Ms. Santiago's maternity leave

Please find Mrs. Rinder's letter about Ms. Santiago's maternity here.

Douglass 3.2

Do now: In table groups, answer chapter 1 discussion questions for Douglass (10 minutes)

Objectives:

• identify plot details of the opening chapter of Douglass and analyze his use of rhetoric
• actively watch 12 Years a Slave  and identify similarities between text and film

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Review discussion questions
3. Preview viewing guide for film
4. Watch film
5. Summarizer

HW: Write 3-5 sentence reflection: how was watching the opening of the film?