Malala's Speech
Midway
Encounter with MLK, Jr.
Malcolm X
Random Facts
100

The place where Malala gave her speech

What is the U.N. (United Nations)?

100

The definition of metaphor (in your own words).

What is comparing two things using descriptive language without using "like" or "as"?

100

What Martin Luther King, Jr. did that surprised Angelou?

What is that he played a joke on her by waiting for her in her office?

100

The name he had when he was a child.

What is Malcolm Little?
100

The title of Unit 4.

What is "We Are the World"?

200

The problem Malala identifies in her speech

What is inequality and girls not having the right to an education?

200

The issue the author writes about in this poem.

What is racial discrimination, injustice, etc.?

200

The town where Angelou grew up.

What is Stamps, Arkansas?

200

Malcolm X will be remembered for speaking out for these things.

What are: education, civil rights, integration, voting rights, and black pride? (name 2 to get this correct)

200

These are the steps to take when creating a "blackout" poem.

What are: read the text, select words that resonate with you, black out the rest of the text leaving those words to create a poem (optional: add a visual).

300

The reason Malala was shot by the Taliban

What is because she spoke out for girls' rights?

300

The author of this poem

Who is Naomi Long Madgett?

300

The author of this story.

Who is Maya Angelou?

300

The author of this story.

Who is Walter Dean Myers?

300

What is the definition of "innovation" (in your own words)?

What is: a new way of doing something?

400

Finish this saying that Malala includes in her poem: "The pen is __________ ______ __ _______."

What is "...mightier than the sword."?

400
"Mighty mountains loom before me" is an example of this type of figurative language.

What is a metaphor?

400

Angelou was nervous about telling Martin Luther King about this.

What is that her brother was in jail?

400

The title of the poem included in the story.

What is "The Great Bateleur"?

400

This is how many Dragon $s you get when you complete a Monitored Reading activity.

What is 10?

500

Name a person who Malala thanks in her introduction.

Who is: (any one of these is correct) UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon,  President General Assembly Vuk Jeremic, Mr. Gordon Brown, Respected elders and my dear brothers and sisters.

500
A theme of the poem.

What is "never give up" or "you can overcome adversity" or "the struggle against racism is not over"?

500

MLK, Jr.'s message to Angelou about her brother (a message we could apply universally).

What is: "..we must fight and win. We must save the Baileys of the world. And Maya, never stop loving him. Never give up on him. Never deny him."?

500

The last time he changed his name, it became this

What is El Hajj Malik el Shabazz?

500

How to spell Mrs. M.'s last name.

What is Marcinkiewicz?

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