Intro to "All American Boys"

Intro to "All American Boys"

Ms. Emerson

Poll

Who's ready for a novel study?

• I AM!

• I DEFINITELY AM!

• THIS IS THE MOST EXCITED I'VE EVER BEEN!!!

Open Ended

How are you doing today?

Open Ended

What predictions do you have about the novel just based off the picture and the title?

Back of the Book Summary

Rashad Butler and Quinn Collins are two young men, one black and one white, whose lives are forever changed by an act of extreme police brutality. Rashad wakes up in a hospital. Quinn saw how he got there. And so did the video camera that taped the cop beating Rashad senseless into the pavement. The story is told in Rashad and Quinn’s alternating perspectives, as they grapple with the complications that spin out of this violent moment and reverberate in their families, school, and town. Over the course of one week, Rashad tries to find the strength to accept his role as the symbolic figure of the community’s response to police brutality, and Quinn tries to decide where he belongs in a town bitterly divided by racial tension.

Open Ended

Did your predictions about the book change? What do you think you'll see in this book now?

Poll

Do you think you're going to enjoy this book?

• Yes

• Maybe

• No

Book Schedule

This is posted in Google Classroom along with directions on how to find the book. This is posted in the same place where I will post the audio recordings of the book for you to follow along with. Because it's short timing, it's a fast schedule. Try to keep up in your own time. There will be a couple of chapters that I post the synopsis for rather than making you read the whole thing.

Assignment for Today

We are going to read "Friday: Rashad" as a class. Then you will submit the Google Form in Google Classroom labelled "First Impressions." It's just three questions asking you about what happens, who the main character is, and what you think about it so far.

Open Ended

Questions? Concerns?