1. Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman A Novel Study
Fall 2015

2. Homework for Wednesday, November 3rd, 2015
Read and annotate in Noughts and Crosses until page 62 or through chapter 7.
Write one paragraph using 5 vocabulary words from unit 2.
*There will be a quiz on unit 2 ON THURSDAY
What is the most effective method of study for YOU?

3. Tuesday, November 4th, 2015 Objectives
Warm up Google form on Vocabulary survey
Review paragraphs with vocabulary words
Complete the chart with important quotations from both Callum and Sephy’s perspectives
Examine essays and start rewrites

4. Warm up!
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Fill in the Google Survey about vocabulary study

5. First Person Narration: Callum and Sephy
Aspect
Callum’s Perspective
Sephy’s Perspective
Education
Home
Family

6. Homework for Friday, november 6th, 2015
Read until page 88, or the next section, The Turning .
Study for a vocabulary quiz on unit 2
*Complete the bonus rewrite of your short story essay for extra credit*

7. Thursday, November 5th, 2015 Objectives
Demonstrate knowledge of unit 2 words on a vocabulary quiz
Read the Little Rock 9 context and watch the accompanying video
Read the letter from Malorie Blackman; underline and define unknown words
Homework: Read and annotate through page 129

8. Tuesday, november 10th, 2015 Objectives
Reading quiz! Demonstrate your knowledge about the chapters you read over the weekend!
Now, let’s focus on paragraph writing.
Review my example first, then start to write a paragraph on your own.

9. Topic sentences
How are Sephy and Callum’s differences in characterization revealed through the alternating first person narrative perspective?
Thesis
Sephy and Callum’s different perspectives on education, family, and home are revealed through Blackman’s use of the first person perspective and conditioned by their respective social classes to some extent.
Topic sentence
Callum and Sephy have vastly different perspectives on education as Callum feels nervous but lucky to attend a new school, and Sephy takes her privilege for granted.

10. Topic sentence
Callum and Sephy have vastly different perspectives on education as Callum feels nervous but lucky to attend a new school, and Sephy takes her privilege for granted. A. i Ii B ii

11. Embedding quotations
Callum and Sephy have vastly different perspectives on education as Callum feels nervous but lucky to attend a new school, and Sephy takes her privilege for granted.
Callum’s thoughts clearly reveal his inner turmoil. He repeats the phrase, “I’’m lucky” three times in an effort to convince himself that this is the truth. Furthermore, the ellipsis between the statements show that he is apprehensive about taking on this new challenge. Callum is nervous that his entrance into a Cross school will not be as easy as Sephy believes it will be. Sephy groans at the thought of attending the first day of school which provides a clear contrast with Callum’s reaction, and Sephy is characterized as somewhat naïve because she does not sympathize or worry about Callum’s integration. At first, she believes that everything will be “wonderful” (43).

12. Closing sentence
Education is a controversial topic in the Cross world as only a few nought students are admitted to Heathcroft school, and school reforms took place so recently. The alternating first person narrative viewpoint further highlights the differences between Callum and Sephy on a number of issues, family included.

13. Homework for Thursday, november 11th, 2015
Read and annotate to page 160, or through chapter 35.

14. Thursday, november 12th, 2015 Objectives
Brainstorm mentions of famous people and places in this world; then…
Read the author’s note on page 446, and discuss why Blackman included it. Do a quick web search for information about one of the people mentioned on page 137.
Define the terms arbitrary and social construct
Work on your body paragraph for either home or family

15. Important terms
Arbitrary- based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system: his mealtimes were entirely arbitrary.
It doesn’t have to be that way; it just is
Social Construct- Something arbitrary and built by society; RACISM in itself is socially constructed

16. Full Paragraph
Callum and Sephy have vastly different perspectives on education as Callum feels nervous but lucky to attend a new school, and Sephy takes her privilege for granted. Callum’s nervousness clearly reveals his inner turmoil. He repeats the phrase, “I’’m lucky” three times in an effort to convince himself that this is the truth. Furthermore, the ellipsis between the statements show that he is apprehensive about taking on this new challenge. Callum is nervous that his entrance into a Cross school will not be as easy as Sephy believes it will be. Sephy groans at the thought of attending the first day of school which provides a clear contrast with Callum’s reaction. Additionally, Sephy is characterized as somewhat naïve because she does not sympathize or worry about Callum’s integration. At first, she believes that everything will be “wonderful” (43). Education is a controversial topic in the Cross world as only a few nought students are admitted to Heathcroft school and school reforms took place so recently. The alternating first person narrative viewpoint further highlights the differences between Callum and Sephy on a number of issues, family included.

17. Your task Write the body paragraph for family or home.
You must follow the model of the topic sentence and embed at least two good textual details.
Don’t forget the closing sentence.
I will collect these to be graded at the end of the class.

18. Homework for Tuesday!
Read and annotate through page 207 or chapter 51.
Look out for the BIG event in these chapters!
Go through vocabulary words for unit 3 and create a chart for words you know, don’t know at all, and sound familiar with but could not use correctly!

19. Monday, November 16th, 2015 and Tuesday, november 17th, 2015
Objectives
Review of vocabulary words in unit 3Work on Choosing the Right Word in pairs
Close reading of the explosion scene together
Read and annotate chapter 50 together
Homework: Write a paragraph about Noughts and Crosses with 5 vocabulary words. Read and annotate until page 238 or Chapter 59.

20. Upcoming assessments
Upcoming assessments–> November 24th and November 25th-Vocabulary quiz on unit 3
December 2nd and December 3rd–>In class outline on Noughts and Crosses, like an essay but only the outline portion.

21. Wednesday november 18th, 2015 and Thursday, november 19th, 2015
Objectives
Read “White Comedy;” I will mark your vocabulary paragraphs while you do this
Define and understand the key term, allusion.
Find a RELIABLE site and research your U.S. Civil Rights leader
Take down a few notes from the slides on these two leaders
Homework: Read and annotate (5-A, do your best with this reading! You can finish over the weekend, if it is too much before Friday!) *Bring your vocabulary book*
There will be a quiz on Tuesday, November 24th and Wednesday, November 25th

22. Allusions What is an ALLUSION?
An indirect OR direct reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text
based on the assumption that there is a body of knowledge that is shared by the author and the reader, and that the reader will understand the reference
used as a device to enhance the text by providing further meaning,
FUN FACT: The word is from the late Latin allusio meaning "a play on words" or "game" and is a derivative of the Latin word alludere, meaning "to play around" or "to refer to mockingly."

23. Allusions in Noughts & Crosses
Christianity and the Bible: Chapter 14
“The Crosses were meant to be closer to God.”
“The Good Book said so.”
“But the Good Book said a lot of things.”
Two schools of thought in the American Civil Rights movement: MLK and Malcolm X

24. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
Two men with the same goal, but a different approach.

25. Martin Luther King’s Early Life
Grew up the son of a Baptist minister in Atlanta, Georgia.
Left high school early to attend Morehouse College, attended seminary in Pennsylvania, and graduated from Boston University with a PHD.
Became a pastor in Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 24.

26. Malcolm Little’s Early Life
Father was killed because he was a civil rights activist.
Lived in Omaha Nebraska and Lansing Michigan.
Dropped out of school and got involved in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery and prostitution.
Sent to prison for 6 years.
Converts to Islam in Prison, after his release he becomes a Minister for the Nation of Islam.
Changes his last name to X because it is a slave name.

27. Martin Luther King’s Ideology
Expose the racism, prejudice, discrimination and brutality that existed in the Southern United States.
Use non-violent means to highlight the violence, and ensure support.
Use civil disobedience to promote the change he wanted.

28. Malcolm’s Ideology
Believed African Americans should stand up and fight for their freedom.
Believed violence was necessary to earn freedom.
Leaned toward communist view points.
Believed that the Christian religion was based on the white culture.

29. Dr. King on Integration
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

30. Malcolm X on Integration
"If I have a cup of coffee that is too strong for me because it is too black, I weaken it by pouring cream into it. I integrate it with cream. If I keep pouring enough cream in the coffee, pretty soon the entire flavor of the coffee is changed; the very nature of the coffee is changed. If enough cream is poured in, eventually you don't even know that I had coffee in this cup. This is what happened with the March on Washington. The whites didn't integrate it; they infiltrated it. Whites joined it; they engulfed it; they became so much a part of it, it lost its original flavor. It ceased to be a black march; it ceased to be militant; it ceased to be angry; it ceased to be impatient. In fact, it ceased to be a march."

31. Malcolm X on Dr. King
“He got the peace prize, we got the problem. ... If I'm following a general, and he's leading me into a battle, and the enemy tends to give him rewards, or awards, I get suspicious of him. Especially if he gets a peace award before the war is over.”
“Dr. King wants the same thing I want - freedom!”

32. Dr. King on Violence and Power
“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”

33. Friday, November 20th, 2015 and Monday, november 23rd, 2015
Objectives
Write another paragraph (in class!) but make it like a quiz, meaning, leave ____________ spaces for your words
Switch with the person next to you and try to solve their quiz
(I will check annotations while you do this.)
Let’s look at a non-literary text conneciton to the novel
Homework: Quiz on November 24th and November 25th. The format is a short (5 question) fill in the blank section and then YOU write a fill in the blank section!