Focus on the major themes of the novel.
- Individual identity vs. the expectations of society (family)
- Racism
- Existentialism (the meaning of life is to exist/experience)
- Hunger/Poverty
There will be a short essay quiz on Monday.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Black Boy
Read ALL of chapter 3, pages 78-102.
Focus on the major themes of the novel.
There will be a short essay quiz on Monday.
Focus on the major themes of the novel.
There will be a short essay quiz on Monday.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Unit 13 Vocabulary: #1-10 due Thursday, April 25th, #11-20 due Tuesday, April 30th.
#1-10
abet, aver, blatant, broach, buttress, carousal, collate, connoisseur, disconsolate, encumber
#11-20
foment, grisly, herculean, impassive, inauspicious, incontrovertible, nonplussed, opportune, prolific, rejoinder.
abet, aver, blatant, broach, buttress, carousal, collate, connoisseur, disconsolate, encumber
#11-20
foment, grisly, herculean, impassive, inauspicious, incontrovertible, nonplussed, opportune, prolific, rejoinder.
Journal 3: Black Boy
Read until the bottom of page 68 for Weds. Then write a 1/2 page journal on your previous reading....
Theorize: How might the murder of Uncle Hoskins effect Richard in his pursuit of success? How might the murder have a negative impact on the aspirations of black people who heard about the murder?
1/2 page journal
Theorize: How might the murder of Uncle Hoskins effect Richard in his pursuit of success? How might the murder have a negative impact on the aspirations of black people who heard about the murder?
1/2 page journal
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Black Boy: Journal 2
Read until the end of Chapter 1 (pages 14-35). Write 5 vocabulary words that you do not understand and 2 attractive/creative sentence structures.
Copy the sentence structures in adding lively sentences to your own story.
Copy the sentence structures in adding lively sentences to your own story.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Black Boy: Journal 1
Read pages 3-14 (until pg. 14 "Contrite I went to bed, hopeing that I would never see another kitten.")
Write down two sentences from the book that are descriptive, complex, and scintillating.
Then...copy the STRUCTURE of the sentences and create a UNIQUE sentence to enhance your story of foolishness or isolation.
ex. 1
Text from Black Boy:
Behind me my brother- a year younger than I- was playing placidly upon the floor with a toy.
Your original text:
In front of me my sister- four years younger than I- was jumping intermittently upon my dog with her pogo stick.
Write down two sentences from the book that are descriptive, complex, and scintillating.
Then...copy the STRUCTURE of the sentences and create a UNIQUE sentence to enhance your story of foolishness or isolation.
ex. 1
Text from Black Boy:
Behind me my brother- a year younger than I- was playing placidly upon the floor with a toy.
Your original text:
In front of me my sister- four years younger than I- was jumping intermittently upon my dog with her pogo stick.
Unit 12 Vocabulary: #1-10 due on Thursday, April 11 #11-20 due Tuesday, April 16
#1-10
absolve, caricature, clangor, contiguous, cupidity, deleterious, enhance, enthrall, extenuate, implicit
#11-20
incisive, ostentatious, paragon, paraphrase, politic, prosaic, redundant, sanctimonious, scintillating, winsome.
absolve, caricature, clangor, contiguous, cupidity, deleterious, enhance, enthrall, extenuate, implicit
#11-20
incisive, ostentatious, paragon, paraphrase, politic, prosaic, redundant, sanctimonious, scintillating, winsome.
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