1. Warm-up (week 3)—Thursday Thoughts
   • Click on the link  to watch a video clip. Respond in writing by providing your thoughts on the following question: Write a letter to your younger self to give advice.
2. Freedom Writers
   • Discuss
   • Zlata, Failure video
   • Read, Entry 5-Diary 58
   • Reflect
     • DISCRIMINATION
       • Diary 54: The writer in this entry describes some of the labels that she feels are attached to the African American race. Think of positive or negative labels that have been attached to your race(s). Write to describe the ways you have accepted or ignored these labels and whether or not they’ve come to define the way you see yourself.
     • SELF RELIENCE
       • Diary 55: This student ends the entry by writing, “No one really understood what I was feeling. They were so caught up in what they thought about me that they didn’t really care.” Reflect on a time when you felt misunderstood. Write to explain why others did not understand you. What did you or could you do to help them have a better picture of who you were?
       • Diary 57: The writer of this entry states: “A truly self-reliant person finds his weak link and strengthens it.” Everyone has unique strengths and weaknesses. Think of one of your “weak links.” Plan the steps you will take to strengthen it.

HOMEWORK: Finish reading Entry 5-Diary 58 & work on reflections.