ENGLISH II
WORLD
LITERATURE
Unit 5:
Unit 5: Africa
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
February and March
Thursday
Friday
18
INSERVICE
25
HSAP 5.1 DUE
HW 5.1due
Quiz 5.1
4
HW5.2due
Quiz 5.2
Common Assessment
9-10 RI 8
11
HSAP 5.2 DUE
HW5.3due
Quiz 5.3
18
HW 5.4due
Quiz 5.4
Quarter 3 Ends 25
Common Assessment
9-10.W.1
HSAP 5.3 DUE
HW5.5 due
Unit Test
INSERVICE
Spring Holiday
Begins
In Class Reading – When 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)
College and Career Ready Students:
 Demonstrate Independence
 Build Strong Content Knowledge
 Respond to the Varying Demands of Audience, Task, Purpose,
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and Discipline.
Comprehend as Well as Critique.
Value Evidence.
Use Technology and Digital Media Strategically and Capably.
Understand Other Perspectives and Cultures.
Assignments
Each Unit, you will have a number of quizzes and tests
HSAP Bell Work is due bi-weekly
Homework is due each Thursday
A Writing Portfolio – This Unit, Your Portfolio should include:
1. Formal Summary With Citation
2. Letter – (Friendly or Business)
3. Constructed Response – Short Essay
4. Extended Response
5. PPT
6.
Grammar Notes/ Reading Notes and Response…. will also be graded.
Standards
• RI.8 Reading to evaluate validity and relevance (Page 40 CCM)
• W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of
substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant
and sufficient evidence.
Unit 5- Vocabulary and Literary Elements
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
Africa
5.1– Short Story
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Chinua Achebe - Civil Peace – Page 66
5.2- Epic
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D.T. Niane – From Sundiata Page 944
5.3– Nonfiction
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Mark Mathabane From Kaffir Boy Page 306
5.4–Graphic Novel
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Will Eisner The Lion of Mali, From Sundiata: A Legend of Africa Page 951
5.5 – African Poetry (handout and online web quest)
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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
Pages
64 - 70
Vocabulary :
Copy and define the vocabulary and literary elements on page 65:
1. Commandeer
Chinua Achebe
2. Amenable
3. Retail
4. Fortnight
5. Edifice
6. Dialect
Read Carefully : Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe – Pages 66 - 70
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)
Constructed Response
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Intro sentence (In your first sentence,
name the author, the short story, and the
topic of your paragraph)
Write a sentence to describe what the
happens .
Write a sentence to tell about the people
in the life.
Include a quote to support your points.
Write a sentence to tell about a conflict
the people face there.
Write a sentence to tell your opinion of the
Achebe’s descriptions.
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.
Truism
Achebe describes
everyday living in Civil
Peace.
Homework 5.2
Biography and Preview:
Read the Bio on Page 942 – List 3 Facts about the writer
Read the Preview on page 943 - List 3 facts
Pages
942 - 948
Vocabulary :
Copy and define the vocabulary words and Literary Elements on page 943:
1. Scrupulous
D.T. Niane
2. Elude
3. Confidante
4. Perpetuate
5. Dialogue
6. Genre
7. Epic
Read Carefully : Sundiata translated by Niane Pages944 - 948
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)
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Intro sentence (In your first
sentence, name the author, the
short story, and the topic of your
paragraph)
Write a sentence to describe
what the character looks like.
Write a sentence to describe
what the character does.
Write a sentence to tell about
the people in the life of the
character.
Write a sentence to tell about a
conflict the character faces.
Write a sentence to tell your
opinion of the character.
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.
Truism
Constructed Response
In Sundiata
translated by Niane,
______ is a _____
character.
Homework 5.3
Biography and Preview:
Pages
304- 317
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:
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Coterie
Admonish
Peruse
Credence
Vehemently
Theme
Mark Mathabane
Read Carefully this passage from: Kaffir Boy by Mathabane Pages 306 - 317
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)
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Intro sentence (In your first
sentence, name the author, the
short story, and the topic of your
paragraph)
Write a sentence to describe
what the character looks like.
Write a sentence to describe
what the character does.
Write a sentence to tell about
the people in the life of the
character.
Write a sentence to tell about a
conflict the character faces.
Write a sentence to tell your
opinion of the character.
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.
Truism
Constructed Response
In Kaffir Boy by
Mathabane, ______ is
a _____ character.
Homework 5.4
Preview:
Read page 951 - List 3 facts
Vocabulary :
Copy and define the vocabulary word below.
1. Compare
2. Contrast
Pages
951 - 954
Will Eisner
Cartoonist
Read Carefully : … The Lion of Mali by Will Eisner Pages 951 - 954
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:
Handout
and
online search
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.
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Stanza
Lines
Verses
Prose
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.
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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 _____________________________________________________________
SOAR
Expectations
on time ---- prepared ----- on task.