Reading to learn
Which actor plays the role as Mr. Keating?
Robin Williams
Who wrote the novel Girl in Translation?
Jean Kwok
Who wrote the song "Vossi bop"?
Stormzy
Ungood
Bad
"We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
Donald Trump
What does "Carpe Diem" mean?
Seize the day!
What happened at the end of the epilogue in Girl in Translation?
It was revealed that Kim kept Matt's baby and raised him on his own. Matt doesn't know.
Mention ONE of Tim Minchin's nine life lessons
Ethos, pathos and logos
Ethos: Credibility of the sender
Pathos: To persuade using feelings
Logos: To persuade using logic and reasoning
“I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions.”
Girl in Translation
What did the students and Mr. Keating do with their textbooks on poetry and why?
They ripped them apart. You can't judge a poem by mathemathical meters and rules.
Name all the characters or their stereotypes in the movie The Breakfast Club
Claire, Bender, Brian, Allison, and Andrew.
Which variety of English do we hear in Kendrick Lamar's "Blacker the berry"
African-American Vernacular
Mitigate
Calm down, less severe, less painful
"There is no frigate like a book"
Emily Dickinson
Which character was the one who committed suicide and what was he wearing on that final night?
Neil, and he was wearing a crown of flowers/wreath
Name one symbol in the novel Girl in Translation and explain it.
New York City/Statue of Liberty = immigration and the American Dream
Apartment = how Ma and Kim are welcomed into America
Ma's violin = lost identity and dreams
Clothing = poverty
What is the new language called in the novel "1984"?
Newspeak
Chariot
Horse-drawn carriage
“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”
Mr. Keating, Dead Poets Society
Mr. Keating recides the lines "O Captain, my Captain" in one of the first lessons. Who wrote this poem?
Walt Whitman
In which year did the movie The Breakfast Club come out?
1985
What happens to Winston at the end of "1984" and what is the message of the story?
Winston falls in love with Big Brother. It's a warning against totalitarianism and fascism.
Frugal
Cheap
“Eat. My. Shorts.”
Bender, The Breakfast Club