Born a Crime
This is the name of Trevor Noah’s mother, who plays a central role in his life.
Who is Patricia?
These are the names of Trevor Noah's brothers.
Andrew and Isaac
This is the easiest way to stay up to date on assignments/announcements for your classes each day.
What is Google Classroom?
This is the font and font size you should use on essays etc.
What is Times New Roman, 12 point?
The term "apartheid," an Afrikaans word, literally means . . .
separateness (apart-hood)
At the beginning of apartheid, people from subjugated groups (Black African people, Colored people, Indian people, etc) were forced to live in these segregated areas.
Townships
This is the first day of school (day/date).
What is Wednesday, August 19?
Name two good online resources you could use to review characters from a novel/book.
What are . . . Sparknotes, Shmoop, LitCharts, Quizlet, Quizizz, ChatGPT or any AI, etc?
This is the ethnic group Trevor's mom belongs to
What is Xhosa?
The township in Johannesburg where most of Trevor’s family lives
What is Soweto?
This floor of the Upper School is where the ARC (Academic Resource Center) is located.
What is the fourth floor?
We're in this person's room (he's the head of the English department).
Mr. Player
Roughly when apartheid ended
Early 1990s (the first negotiations to end apartheid took place in May of 1990, but the real end of legislated apartheid took place in 1994)
What is the name of Trevor's blind great grandmother?
Koko
This is the person you should talk to FIRST if you're struggling in a class.
Who is your teacher?
This is what you put at the end of a sentence when you directly quote from, summarize, or paraphrase an outside source
What is . . . an MLA in-text citation
This is the name of Trevor's grandfather.
Who is Temperance?
The African National Congress president who helped end apartheid and became the South Africa's first Black president
Nelson Mandela
This is the person I should go see if I want help or feedback for reading/writing/English/history assignments, and I've already talked to my teacher and asked them questions.
Who is . . . me (Mrs. Friday)?! I'm in the ARC, fourth floor of the US, room 422C.
Which of the following is an example of an integrated quote?
1. Noah writes, “I became a chameleon” (Noah 57).
2. Noah's “chameleon” qualities helped him "immediately endear" himself to any group (Noah 57).
What is 2?