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2. Thankful for Thursday Notecards Notecards Reading Time for Independent Biography Reading Time for Independent Biography Practice Essay Test Practice Essay Test

3. Practice Essays: “The Unmaking of a Man” and “Eyeing the Mountaintop.” Choose one of the following prompts to respond to. Choose one of the following prompts to respond to. This is a short essay response, with a beginning, middle, and end, that must incorporate citations from the book. This is a short essay response, with a beginning, middle, and end, that must incorporate citations from the book. 1. Identify a lesson that Mawi’s father has taught him. 2. Why is “metamorphisis” an appropriate term to use to describe Halieb’s transformation. 3. What important lesson(s) have helped Mawi achieve some of his dreams? (track, class president, Harvard) 4. Mawi learns that not all people share his view of life, in fact, some people are downright cruel. Identify some examples of when he saw such cruelty.

4. Responding to an Essay Question Turn question into an answer—the reason why. Preview the middle section of your essay. Ex: Haileab was an angel because… Turn question into an answer—the reason why. Preview the middle section of your essay. Ex: Haileab was an angel because… Start each body paragraph with a topic sentence. It also needs text support (Quotation) and citation (page number). If there’s more than one body paragraph, transition between them. Start each body paragraph with a topic sentence. It also needs text support (Quotation) and citation (page number). If there’s more than one body paragraph, transition between them. Conclusion: summarize the essay. Conclusion: summarize the essay.

5. Example Essay Response 2. The term metamorphosis is an appropriate term to use for Halieb’s transformation because it emphasizes that this transformation was complete and dramatic—Halieb’s transformation from an “angel” to a “beetle.” When Halieb lived in Ethiopia, he was considered an angel, a respected member of society he had “been an advanced dresser back home in Adi, and he had done everything: stitched head wounds, birthed babies, treated snakebites and malaria” (95). In Africa Halieb was respected, admired, an angel among his people. When Halieb lived in Ethiopia, he was considered an angel, a respected member of society he had “been an advanced dresser back home in Adi, and he had done everything: stitched head wounds, birthed babies, treated snakebites and malaria” (95). In Africa Halieb was respected, admired, an angel among his people. When Halieb and his family came to America, things drastically changed. No longer was Halieb a respected and revered member of the community, instead he was sometimes ignored, or even looked down upon: “Halieb Asgedom found himself, in America, transformed into a monstrous black beetle” (95). In America Halieb could only find a job as a janitor, and even lost that job due to his eyesight. Even though he was the same person inside, he was transformed in the eyes of the community and was now viewed as a beetle.