English II World Literature African Literature Unit 5:

Unit 5: Africa February and March Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 18 INSERVICE 25 HSAP 5.1 DUE HW 5.1due Quiz 5.1 4 Common Assessment 9-10 RI 8 HW5.2due Quiz 5.2 11 HSAP 5.2 DUE HW5.3due Quiz 5.3 HW 5.4due Quiz 5.4 Quarter 3 Ends 25 Common Assessment 9-10.W.1 HSAP 5.3 DUE HW5.5 due Unit Test Spring Holiday Begins In Class Reading – When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head - A Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela At Home –Text Book Assignments (Required) - Novel from the Unit 5 Selection List (Extra Credit)

Portrait of a Student College and Career Ready Students: Demonstrate Independence Build Strong Content Knowledge Respond to the Varying Demands of Audience, Task, Purpose, and Discipline. Comprehend as Well as Critique. Value Evidence. Use Technology and Digital Media Strategically and Capably. Understand Other Perspectives and Cultures.

Assignments Each Unit, you will have a number of quizzes and tests HSAP Bell Work is due bi-weekly Homework is due each Thursday A Writing Portfolio – This Unit, Your Portfolio should include: Formal Summary With Citation Letter – (Friendly or Business) Constructed Response – Short Essay Extended Response PPT Grammar Notes/ Reading Notes and Response…. will also be graded.

Standards RI.8 Reading to evaluate validity and relevance (Page 40 CCM) W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Unit 5- Vocabulary and Literary Elements Coterie Admonish Peruse Credence Vehemently Theme Compare Contrast Stanza Lines Verse Prose Poetry Argument Commandeer Amenable Retail Fortnight Edifice Dialect Scrupulous Elude Confidante Perpetuate Dialogue Genre Epic

HOMEWORK Africa 5.1– Short Story Chinua Achebe - Civil Peace – Page 66 5.2- Epic D.T. Niane – From Sundiata Page 944 5.3– Nonfiction Mark Mathabane From Kaffir Boy Page 306 5.4–Graphic Novel Will Eisner The Lion of Mali, From Sundiata: A Legend of Africa Page 951 5.5 – African Poetry (handout and online web quest) Keorapetse Kgositsile Spirits Unchained

Homework 5.1 Biography and Preview: Pages 64 - 70 Vocabulary : Read the Bio on page 64– List 3 facts Read the Preview on page 65 - List 3 facts Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary and literary elements on page 65: Pages 64 - 70 Chinua Achebe Commandeer Amenable Retail Fortnight Edifice Dialect Read Carefully : Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe – Pages 66 - 70 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how everyday living is described in Civil Peace. (At least 7 sentences)

Achebe describes everyday living in Civil Peace. Constructed Response Intro sentence (In your first sentence, name the author, the short story, and the topic of your paragraph) Write a sentence to describe what the happens . Write a sentence to tell about the people in the life. Include a quote to support your points. Write a sentence to tell about a conflict the people face there. Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the Achebe’s descriptions. Write a sentence to talk about the end of the story and the part that place had in the outcome of the story in relation to your topic – everyday living. Truism Achebe describes everyday living in Civil Peace.

Homework 5.2 Biography and Preview: Pages Vocabulary : 942 - 948 Read the Bio on Page 942 – List 3 Facts about the writer Read the Preview on page 943 - List 3 facts Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary words and Literary Elements on page 943: Pages 942 - 948 Scrupulous Elude Confidante Perpetuate Dialogue Genre Epic D.T. Niane Read Carefully : Sundiata translated by Niane Pages944 - 948 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters. (At least 7 sentences)

In Sundiata translated by Niane, ______ is a _____ character. Constructed Response Intro sentence (In your first sentence, name the author, the short story, and the topic of your paragraph) Write a sentence to describe what the character looks like. Write a sentence to describe what the character does. Write a sentence to tell about the people in the life of the character. Write a sentence to tell about a conflict the character faces. Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the character. Write a sentence to talk about the end of the story and the outcome of the character or the part that player had in the outcome of the story. Truism In Sundiata translated by Niane, ______ is a _____ character.

Homework 5.3 Biography and Preview: Pages Vocabulary : 304- 317 Read the Bio on Page 304 – List 3 Facts about the writer Read the Preview on page305- List 3 facts Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary words and Literary Elements on page 305: Pages 304- 317 Coterie Admonish Peruse Credence Vehemently Theme Mark Mathabane Read Carefully this passage from: Kaffir Boy by Mathabane Pages 306 - 317 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters. (At least 7 sentences)

In Kaffir Boy by Mathabane, ______ is a _____ character. Constructed Response Intro sentence (In your first sentence, name the author, the short story, and the topic of your paragraph) Write a sentence to describe what the character looks like. Write a sentence to describe what the character does. Write a sentence to tell about the people in the life of the character. Write a sentence to tell about a conflict the character faces. Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the character. Write a sentence to talk about the end of the story and the outcome of the character or the part that player had in the outcome of the story. Truism In Kaffir Boy by Mathabane, ______ is a _____ character.

Homework 5.4 Preview: Pages Vocabulary : 951 - 954 Will Eisner Read page 951 - List 3 facts Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary word below. Pages 951 - 954 Will Eisner Cartoonist Compare Contrast Read Carefully : … The Lion of Mali by Will Eisner Pages 951 - 954 Respond and Think Critically : Answer questions 1 – 6 on page 954. Please use complete sentences and answer fully, completely.

Homework 5.5 Biography and Preview: Vocabulary : Keorapetse Kgositsile Search online and list 6 facts about Keorapetse Kgositsile Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary word below. List all definitions of the word and underline how it is used in this article. Handout and online search Stanza Lines Verses Prose Poetry Keorapetse Kgositsile Read Carefully : Spirits Unchained by Keorapetse Kgositsile Handout Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, describe how literary elements are used in this poem. (At least 7 sentences)

SPIRITS UNCHAINED by Keorapetse Kgositsile. Rhythm it is we walk to against the evil of monsters who try to kill the Spirit It is the power of this song that colors our every act as we move from the oppressor-made gutter Gut it is will move us from the gutter It is the rhythm of guts blood-black, granite hard and flowing like the river or the mountains It is the rhythm of the unchained Spirit will put fire in our hands to blaze our way to clarity to power to the rebirth of real men...... Copyright 1971, reprinted by permission of Broadside Press Keorapetse Kgositsile uses _________________ in his poem Spirits Unchained.

Unit 5- Vocabulary and Literary Elements Commandeer _____________________________________________________________ Amenable _____________________________________________________________ Retail _____________________________________________________________ Fortnight _____________________________________________________________ Edifice _____________________________________________________________ Dialect _____________________________________________________________ Scrupulous _____________________________________________________________ Elude _____________________________________________________________ Confidante _____________________________________________________________ Perpetuate _____________________________________________________________ Dialogue _____________________________________________________________ Genre _____________________________________________________________ Epic _____________________________________________________________ Coterie _____________________________________________________________ Admonish _____________________________________________________________ Peruse _____________________________________________________________ Credence _____________________________________________________________ Vehemently _____________________________________________________________ Theme _____________________________________________________________ Compare _____________________________________________________________ Contrast _____________________________________________________________ Stanza _____________________________________________________________ Lines _____________________________________________________________ Verse _____________________________________________________________ Prose _____________________________________________________________ Poetry _____________________________________________________________ Argument _____________________________________________________________

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