1. Ishmael Beah: A Long Way Gone Chapters 2 and 3
Mr. Rush/ Mr. Farrell
Go Muskies!

2. What you will do today! What you will do Objectives Quia- Chapter 1
Discussion book so far
Chapter 2
Chapter 3- Attack on Mattru Jong
Africa Map Review
Solutions to contemporary problems
Explain how scarcity influences decision making

3. Grades Missing Work ends in losing points.
More than 2 days missing, your grade drops.
Expectation Sheets
Collins/ Graphic Organizers all due
Help Sessions- every day after school.

4. Chapter 1 Reaction Questions
Describe life in Sierra Leone prior to the war.
What does this tell us about the culture of Sierra Leone?
What advice does his grandmother give him?
Do you agree with this? Why/ Why not?

5. While Reading Keep your head up. Be on the correct page.
Pay attention.
Ask questions.
Don’t call out.

6. Chapter 2 What is PTSD? What are flashbacks?
How does he experience this in this chapter?

7. Chapter 2
How might someone like Ishmael Beah be helped when he has these experiences?

8. Chapter 3 Who is about to attack Mattru Jong?
What happens when they attack? (Graphic Organizer)

9. Countries in Africa Sierra Leone Liberia Sudan Nigeria Senegal Tunisia
(Know these 6 countries and 14 more= 20 total- any more you get an additional .5)

10. Map of Africa
Worldproblemsshroder.wikispaces.com/

11. Quiz
1. What does Ishmael Beah experience at the beginning of Chapter 2?
he meets with his mother
He wins the rap competition in Mattru Jong
He first joins with the other child soldiers
He experiences flashbacks from his war experiences

12. Quiz
2. The rebels send a messenger to Mattru Jong. What did they do to the messenger to inform the people not to resist the rebels?
They gave him money to bribe the local chiefs
They cut off his fingers to show the villagers not to mess with the villagers
They killed all of his family so that he would tell them to flee
They gave him extra food to give to the villagers

13. Quiz 3. When did the rebels attack? The next day They never did attack
(x) Several weeks later
They passed over the town

14. Quiz 4. Why didn’t the rebels want the people to flee the town?
They wanted to use them as human shields against the military
They wanted them to work for them
They needed food for the soldiers
They needed them to help cultivate cocaine

15. Quiz
5. At the end of the chapter, what happened to Ishmael and his friends?
They ran away and escaped
They were recruited into the army
They reunited with their family
They were given food and shelter from the rebels