English 9 Honors Blog

Please comment on this post by 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 24th .   Starr pledges to "never be quiet" ( Chapter 26, p. 444 ). After reading this book, how can you use your voice to promote and advance social justice? Reflect on how you and your community discuss and address inequality.   Please make sure that your comment is at least 200 words. ( Questions issued by publishers .)

Please Respond to the following post in at least 250 words: Chris and Starr have a breakthrough in their relationship --- Starr admits to him that she was in the car with Khalil and shares the memories of Natasha’s murder (Chapter 17). Discuss why Starr’s admission and releasing of this burden to Chris is significant. Explore the practice of “code switching” and discuss how you might code switch in different circumstances in your own life.

Once again, I would like you to respond to two prompts (at least 150 words each) by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.  Here they are: 1. Once news of Khalil’s shooting spreads across the neighborhood, unrest arises: “Sirens wail outside. The news shows three patrol that have been set  ablaze at the police precinct...A gas station near the freeway gets looted...My neighborhood is a warzone” (Chapter 9, 136-139). Respond to this development and describe some parallels  to current events. 2. How do you think Starr would define family? What about Seven? How do you define it?