Do you choose the roses or nappy?

Today we started class by comparing Gwendolyn Brook's "A Song from the Front Yard" to the reading from last night (Chapter 3 of Malcolm X). Many students had not completed the reading, so Mrs. Gilbert told them they could take the worksheet home and turn it in tomorrow for partial credit. Mrs. Gilbert also emphasize the importance of doing the reading so that we can do fun stuff in class and so that our reading/writing can improve.

After we discussed the metaphor of the poem, we had some writing time.

Then we read a children's book by bell hooks and watched a scene from the movie version of Malcolm X in order to discuss how society tries to make people try to be something they're not and Mrs. Gilbert pointed out that we could write about that as well.

Finally, Mrs. Gilbert handed out progress reports and told us we would need our literary cheatsheets, poems, and book tomorrow. The reading is from Chapter 4: page 67-78.