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Week of May 21, 2012

Greetings!

Kent Scholars

Congratulations to all of my Kent Scholars for passing ALL of their OGT tests!!!!!!! A special THANK YOU to my colleagues Mrs. Dreher-Rodesheim and Mrs. Donaldson-Adams for all of their hard work as we prepared for the tests!

This week Kent Scholars should meet with their Faculty Mentors for a general check-in. Thank you to those Faculty Mentors who helped their Kent Scholars prepare for their Reader’s Theater Project and came down to watch them perform!

American History and Literature from the African American Perspective

History – The Cold War

Literature- Research Papers and Things Fall Apart

Daily Focus/Homework (American History from the African American Perspective)

5/21/12  The Cold War

5/22/12  The Cold War

5/23/12  The Cold War

5/24/12  The Cold War

5/25/12  The Cold War

Have a great week!

Week of May 14, 2012

Greetings!

Kent Scholars

This week Kent Scholars will meet with their Faculty Mentors and discuss their Reader’s Theater Work for the Civil Rights Movement as well as any academic concerns.

American History and Literature from the African American Perspective

History – Civil Rights Movement

Literature- Research Papers and Things Fall Apart

Daily Focus/Homework (American History from the African American Perspective)

5/14/12  Reader’s Theater Work

5/15/12  Reader’s Theater Work

5/16/12  Reader’s Theater Presentation

5/17/12  The Cold War

5/18/12  The Cold War

Have a great week!

Week of May 7, 2012

Greetings!

Kent Scholars

This week Kent Scholars will meet with their Faculty Mentors as a general check-in.

ACT News You Can Use (Newsletter)

http://www.act.org/news/use/email/0512.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=1686309&hq_l=1&hq_v=59a53ec495

American History and Literature from the African American Perspective

History – Civil Rights Movement

Literature- Research Papers

Daily Focus/Homework (American History from the African American Perspective)

5/7/12  Busing and Affirmative Action

H: Journal Entry #10

5/8/12  Guided Discussion: Affirmative Action

5/9/12  Black Arts and Black Consciousness Movement

5/10/12  *Civil Rights Movement Identifications due today!

Reader’s Theater Work

5/11/12  Reader’s Theater Work

Have a great week!

Week of April 30, 2012

Greetings!

Kent Scholars

This week Kent Scholars will meet with their Faculty Mentors to discuss interim grades.

American History and Literature from the African American Perspective

History – Civil Rights Movement

Literature- Research Papers

Daily Focus/Homework (American History from the African American Perspective)

4/30/12  1968 Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More

5/1/12  1966-1969 Power (The Black Panther Party)

5/2/12  1969 A Nation of Law?

5/3/12  Fists of Freedom

5/4/12  1970s/Busing and Affirmative Action

Have a great week!

Week of April 23, 2012

Greetings!

I wanted to take this time to thank my students, families and faculty mentors for being patient as I have had  two weeks of not sending out this blog due to illness. I am happy to be back and look forward to finishing out the last grading period of the school year!

Kent Scholars

This week Kent Scholars will meet with their Faculty Mentors to do a general check-in to discuss any concerns they have as we move toward interims.

American History and Literature from the African American Perspective

History – Civil Rights Movement (Current Events resume this week)

The Civil Rights Movement Student Syllabus

Literature- Modernism

Daily Focus/Homework (American History from the African American Perspective)

4/23/12  Freedom Riders

4/24/12  Freedom Riders

4/25/12  1963-1964 Power and the Vote; Selma

4/26/12  1956-1965 Malcolm X

4/27/12  The Meeting

Have a great week!