9.3.15

Self-Portrait Poems should be turned in to your google folder at this point.

New seating chart.

Online poll to the following question: What is a story, fact, idea or assumption that other people might see/think about you without knowing you (based on your age, race, what you look like, where you go to school, where you live, the grades you get, etc.)?

If you were absent, please respond to this question in your English journal.

Listen to: "The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Adichie []

Discussion: What books/stories did you read growing up that shaped you? What can a story do to limit or expand your worldview? What is a single story? According to Adichie, what is the danger of a single story? How can we reach a "kind of paradise" when we have a variety or balance of stories? What does she mean by "paradise"?

HW: Respond to the following questions in a half a page in your English journal:

When have you experienced someone having a “single story” about you? OR, when have you had a single story about someone else?

How did this experience affect you?

EX: Have you ever been given a "single story" for being a teenager?