UNIT 5 African Literature

Unit 5: Africa MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 18INSERVICE 25 HSAP 5.1 DUE HW 5.1due Quiz Lab F 237 Letter 4 HW5.2due Quiz Lab F 237 Formal Summary 11 HSAP 5.2 DUE HW5.3due Test 5.1 Lab F 237 Constructed Response 18 HW 5.4due Quiz Lab F 237 PPT Quarter 3 Ends 25 HSAP 5.3 DUE HW5.5 due Test 5.2 Lab F 237 Extended Response Unit 5 Portfolio Due Spring Holiday Begins February and March In Class Reading – 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)

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

Homework 5.1 Biography and Preview: 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 Commandeer 2.Amenable 3.Retail 4.Fortnight 5.Edifice 6. Dialect Chinua Achebe Read Carefully : Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe – Pages 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 1.Intro sentence (In your first sentence, name the author, the short story, and the topic of your paragraph) 2.Write a sentence to describe what the happens. 3.Write a sentence to tell about the people in the life. 4.Include a quote to support your points. 5.Write a sentence to tell about a conflict the people face there. 6.Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the Achebe’s descriptions. 7.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. 8.Truism

Homework 5.2 Biography and Preview: Read the Bio on Page 942 – List 3 Facts about the writer Read the Preview on page List 3 facts Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary words and Literary Elements on page 943: Pages Scrupulous 2.Elude 3.Confidante 4.Perpetuate 5.Dialogue 6.Genre 7.Epic D.T. Niane Read Carefully : Sundiata translated by Niane Pages 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 1.Intro sentence (In your first sentence, name the author, the short story, and the topic of your paragraph) 2.Write a sentence to describe what the character looks like. 3.Write a sentence to describe what the character does. 4.Write a sentence to tell about the people in the life of the character. 5.Write a sentence to tell about a conflict the character faces. 6.Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the character. 7.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. 8.Truism

Homework 5.3 Biography and Preview: 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 Coterie 2.Admonish 3.Peruse 4.Credence 5.Vehemently 6.Theme Mark Mathabane Read Carefully this passage from: Kaffir Boy by Mathabane Pages 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 1.Intro sentence (In your first sentence, name the author, the short story, and the topic of your paragraph) 2.Write a sentence to describe what the character looks like. 3.Write a sentence to describe what the character does. 4.Write a sentence to tell about the people in the life of the character. 5.Write a sentence to tell about a conflict the character faces. 6.Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the character. 7.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. 8.Truism

Homework 5.4 Preview: Read page List 3 facts Vocabulary : Copy and define the vocabulary word below. Pages Compare 2.Contrast Will Eisner Cartoonist Read Carefully : … The Lion of Mali by Will Eisner Pages 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: 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 1.Stanza 2.Lines 3.Verses 4.Prose 5.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 Study for Quizzes and Tests 1.Commandeer 2.Amenable 3.Retail 4.Fortnight 5.Edifice 6. Dialect 7.Scrupulous 8.Elude 9.Confidante 10.Perpetuate 11.Dialogue 12.Genre 13.Epic 14.Coterie 15.Admonish 16.Peruse 17.Credence 18.Vehemently 19.Theme 20.Compare 21.Contrast 22.Stanza 23.Lines 24.Verse 25.Prose 26.Poetry 27.Argument