Greetings Readers, This week, we will start to blend the experience of Luis in Always Running with the experiences of real teens who have faced the juvenile justice system. We'll start to explore, through our novel and through supplemental ERWC articles, why young men like Luis end up committing the crimes that they do, and how life changes for those who are thrust into a potentially broken system. *Click header or "read more" to see what's happening in class this week* |
Then, we will have a special presentation from Kim Merritt, director of the Da Vinci Extension program, about DVX and what it can do to support students interested in completing general education classes and their Freshmen year of college through Da Vinci.
For Chapter 4 of Always Running, go the the "Unit 4 Reading" page under "Classroom Resources", or click below:
Unit 4 Readings: Always Running
Wed/Thurs (1/25, 1/26): Always Running Chapter 4 & 5 and Juvenile Justice: For this block, we will start by reading excerpts of Chapter 5
After that, we will complete a Q&A of selected excerpts from Chapters 4 & 5 of Always Running. We will use these questions to prompt a discussion about key points of the chapter.
For the second half of class, we will begin our first unit of the ERWC: Juvenile Justice. This unit will elaborate on major themes found in our novel, Always Running, by exploring current articles and data about juveniles in the court system.
For Chapter 5 excerpts and Chapter 6 of Always Running, go the the "Unit 4 Reading" page under "Classroom Resources", or click below:
Unit 4 Readings: Always Running
Friday (1/27): Always Running Text-Based Chapter 1-6 Review: For this last block, we will do a text based review of the Always Running chapters we have read so far. This text-based review will include rereading select passages from the novel, and then answering analysis questions about those selections.