1. 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

2. Homework 5.1 Biography : Pages Vocabulary : 64 - 70 Chinua Achebe
Read the Bio on page 64– for each paragraph, write a summary sentence.
Vocabulary :
Write a sentence with the vocabulary and literary elements on page 65:
Pages
Commandeer
Amenable
Retail
Fortnight
Edifice
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 4 sentences)

3. Homework 5.2 Biography : Pages Vocabulary : (943) 942 - 948 D.T. Niane
Read the Bio on page 942– for each paragraph, write a summary sentence.
Vocabulary : (943)
Write a sentence with each :
Pages
Scrupulous
Elude
Confidante
Perpetuate
Dialogue
Genre
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 4 sentences)

4. Homework 5.3 Biography : (304) Pages Vocabulary : (305) 304- 317
Write a summary sentence for each paragraph.
Vocabulary : (305)
Write a sentence with each.
Pages
Coterie
Admonish
Peruse
Credence
Vehemently
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 4sentences)

5. Homework 5.4 Preview: (951) Pages Vocabulary : 951 - 954 Will Eisner
Read page List 3 facts
Vocabulary :
Write a sentence with each word.
Pages
Will Eisner
Cartoonist
Compare
Contrast
Read Carefully : … The Lion of Mali by Will Eisner Pages
Respond and Think Critically : Answer questions 1 – 6 on page Please use complete sentences and answer fully, completely.

6. Homework 5.5 Bio: Vocabulary : Keorapetse Kgositsile
Search online and list 6 facts about Keorapetse Kgositsile
Vocabulary :
Write a sentence with each.
Handout
and
online search
Stanza
Lines
Verses
Prose
Poetry
Keorapetse Kgositsile
Read Carefully : Spirits Unchained by Keorapetse Kgositsile Handout
Summarize the poem in 1 sentence.
Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, describe how literary elements are used in this poem.
(At least 4 sentences)

7. 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

8. 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__________________________________________________________