TEEN ENGAGEMENT GUIDE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

-QUEEN LATIFAH

CURRENT EVENT:

August is National Black Business Month and you know that Ms. Anastasia is back again asking questions.

Use the link below to share your thoughts!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CurrentEvents2020

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

August 11, 1996 – Elvis Presley begins filming his 24th motion picture, Double Trouble.

IT'S A CELEBRATION:

Today is National Son and Daughter day!

Son and Daughter Day is a day when your parents/guardians express how much they love you by buying you gifts, taking you on a trip or simply telling you how much they love you. Let’s see how Ms. Philecia’s Dad shows appreciation for his children today.

We hope that everyone reading this has the opportunity to feel loved and appreciated on this day and every day after.

BRAIN TEASER:

Can you identify the following songs and their artists?

1) Refrain from halting, the first person, immediately.
by Female monarch.

2) Multiple timepieces.
by Low temperature, stage production.

3) Unbleached, natural sweetener.
by Perpetual motion of small rock.

4) Sugary infant, belonging to me.
by Firearms & thorny plants.

5) Refrain from remaining, on your feet, near myself.
by Poisoned insect injection.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT:

Today’s program highlight activity is “Where I’m From” – Lyricism 101. In this activity, “you will have the opportunity to celebrate your diverse identity as well as your community. Use the link below to read the lyrics to “I Am, I Be” by Posdonus of De La Soul and complete the handout. Lastly you will write your own “Where I’m From” poem using your favorite lines from your answers. Work in your journal or on a computer.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UWLnTt0zCWcUQ2ZTVaVENqZXM/view