Why We Don't Say the N-Word: February 13, 2019

Focus: How come Troy can say the N-word but we can't?

1. Warming up with Ta-Nehisi and why white people can't say the N-word: Using Connect, Extend, Challenge to think through this (click here for the soundbytes)

2. Checking out a sample Connect, Extend, Challenge from last night

3. Finishing Act 1, scene 1 with a focus on Troy's conflicts (see packet)

HW:
1. Make sure you have completed Connect, Extend, Challenge #2; it should investigate a small section of Act 1, Scene 1.

• Connect, Extend, Challenge #1: The photograph of the police officer and the KKK child.

• Connect, Extend, Challenge #2: Brainstorming the word "fence"; investigating a passage from Act 1, Scene 1.

• Connect, Extend, Challenge #3: Responding to the Ta-Nehisi interview from today's warm-up.

2. This Friday, February 15, marks the end of the first 6 weeks. Please submit all make-up work, revised work, and missing work by 3:45 this Friday. Also, if any of your grades are incorrect, please e-mail me by Friday. After Friday, all grades in IC will stand as they are. CHECK YOUR GRADES.