Argumentative +Explanatory Writing
Current/Historical Events
Narrative Writing
Things are Falling Apart
Potpourri
100
What is a claim
Answer to the essay question 
100
What country is banning Hip Hop?
China
100
What is a narrative?
A story
100
List three men in the story and who they are in relation to Okonkwo
Unoka - Father 

Nwoye - Son 

Ikemefuna - Sacrafice boy/son 

Nwakibi - Rich man who Okonkwo borrowed seed yams from

100
What is Annotating? Why is it important?
Taking notes and analyzing the text in order to understand the reading more. 

It is important to help us construct meaning of the text and follow closely along. 

200
What are the three components to an intro paragraph
Hook

Background Info

Thesis or claim

200
List one reason Rosa Parks was more well known than Claudette Colvin depsite them doing very similar things.
Rosa Parks was older

Claudette Colvin was a teenager and pregnant 

200
How does the SBAC typically ask you to write narratives?
They start the narrative for you and leave it up to you to write the middle and the end of the narrative. 
200
What was the name of Ikemefuna's village
Mbaino
200
Where is Constancia's grandmother from?
Puerto Rico
300
What is the major difference between an argumentative and explanatory essay?
The explanatory essay has many different sides, the argumentative only has two sides to the question. 
300
What recent event helped to calm tensions between North and South Korea?
They marched under the same flag at the olympics.
300
What is the difference between "showing" and "telling" in your writing?
Showing is where you are descriptive and allowing the reader to infer information about the characters. Telling is where you are not descriptive and just tell the qualities of the characters. 
300
Define Colonization
When a dominant group imposes their culture, imposes control and influences the natural course of things amongst a different group of peple.
300
What was the main idea of the "Reteaching Black History" reading?
Often, Black history lessons start with discussion of slavery and injustice. However, there is a much richer history of of success and achievement long before slavery ever occurred. 
400
Going to college is very important to succeed. 


Address potential disagreement. 

Some might say that going to college is unimportant to success because it cost too much money. However, even though it cost a lot, investing in your future is worth the cost. College is still very important. 
400
Who is Thurgood Marshall 
Supreme Court justice 

Lawyer who helped to end segregation of schools

400
What are the three things you need to do in SBAC Narrative Writing
1. Show, don't tell

2. Dialouge 

3. Solve the conflict 

400
List three ways that hypermasculinity affects Nwoye
1) Makes him fearful of his father

2) Feels that he has to be like his dad and cannot like things that women do in society

3) Feels he cannot cry when Ikemefuna is killed 

400
What do Maleeka Madison, Victor and Jose all have in common?
Their race presents struggles for them in terms of the opportunties they have and things that they must experience.
500
Is Claudette Colvin a significant figure in American history? Create a CLEAR, ACCURATE AND ORIGINAL thesis statement 
Yes, Claudette Colvin is a significant figure in American history because....
500
What is Yaguas

A national park in Peru, attempting to protect indigenous land.  

500
What are the two types of characterization. How would you describe them

Indirect leaves clues for the personality of a character whereas direct characterization just tells the personality of the character

500
What is the significance of the quote "Achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could he eat with kings."
A man is not judged by his father's accomplishments, but rather by his own achivements. It is significant because Okonkwo could still be respected even if is father was unsuccessful. 
500
In order, what are the 4 steps to fully analyzing a quote
1. Who said it 


2. Summarize, what was said

3. Why they said it 

4. Why is it significant 

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