Poems
What was the mother trying to tell her son in the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes? What was the lesson she wanted him to learn from her?
What is : Life is hard but you can not give up, you have to keep working/ trying.
What does RACE stand for?
R
A
C
E
Restate
Answer
Cite
Explain
What does disparity mean?
There was a disparity in the amount of money that Matthew received in his paycheck and the amount of hours that he worked so he notified his boss so that he would be reimbursed for the mistake.
difference / great difference
Frederick Douglass is trustworthy because ____________________________.
He was a slave himself
What is a fact?
something that is true and can be proven
What are a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
Restate and Answer this question correctly...
What is Frederick Douglass' opinion on the Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass' opinion on the Fourth of July is that is does not include black people.
/ (is unfair ect.)
What does Prosperity mean?
The teen inventors enjoyed prosperity when they found an investor to financially support their product.
success
Frederick Douglass declares that America never looked _____________________ than on the ___________________ of _______________.
blacker / darker
Fourth of July
What is an opinion?
Give an example
something that someone thinks or feels about something or someone.
- Starbucks coffee is better than Dunkin'.
Explain what Gwendolyn Brooks meant in "Speech to the Young" when she says...
"Even if you are not ready for the day/ it can not always be night" ?
What is:
Even if you are not ready for life, you can not hide.
or
Even if you are not ready to do something, life keeps moving forward, it will not wait for you to be ready.
How do you begin to cite evidence from a text?
- How do you introduce the evidence
- What two things NEED to be in your citation?
- What do quotation marks show you are doing?
The text states on page or in line....
The author said in paragraph....
The speaker says in line....
- page/line/paragraph number and quotation marks
- taking from the text, using someones words.
What does Grievous mean?
The class was grievous as they stood together silently, waiting to hear if the announcement was a real lock down or just a drill.
sorrowful/ serious
Explain how "The manhood of the slave is conceded (admitted). Nobody doubts it" is a commonplace assertation?
not all people agree that slaves are equal men, even a person, some treated them like animals.
What is a commonplace assertation?
something people assume is true but may not be.
The speaker in both "Mother to Son" and "Speech to the Young" are speaking to what type of audience?
How do you know?
A younger person, someone who is growing up.
A mother is speaking to her son, giving him advice about life getting hard as he grows older so he must be younger.
Also, the title of Speech to the Young specifically says, "young".
What do you do when you Explain evidence?
- How do you start to explain in your response?
You tell why the evidence supports your answer.
This evidence shows....
All people in America are ___________________ to equal rights and fair treatment no matter what they look like or where they are from.
Entitled
What is Frederick Douglass' opinion on the Fourth of July?
The holiday does not include black people and only shows how unfair America is for them.
Give an example of a commonplace assertation. You should recall from homework and classwork.
(look in notebooks and homework bin if need to )
Metaphor - give an example
Simile - give an example
Personification - give an example
Alliteration - give an example
Onomatopoeia - give an example
1. Anthony was a gazelle on the basketball court, able to evade the other team.
2. NaZir is like a
3. The clouds cried powerful waterfalls until the earth was flooded with the sky's tears.
4. Sun Slappers, Harmony Hushers, Self Soilers
Alexis is Almost, Always, Awesome
5.BOOM! / SNAP! / CLAP!
What did the author do WRONG in the following response? ( I will NOT tell you how many errors there are, you TELL ME)
Question: What is Frederick Douglass' opinion on America?
Response:
He thinks that America is a horrible and unfair place for black people to live. The text says that, "there are seventy-two crimes in the state of Virginia, which, if committed by a black man, ( no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of these same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment". This evidence shows that Douglass thinks that America is a horrible and unfair place for black people to live.
Does not restate, jumps into answer.
Does not include a page number.
Does not explain why the evidence supports answer, does not tell what about the evidence shows life is horrible or unfair.
Fill in the blanks using FRAUD , SHAM and ENTITLED
The scammers were arrested for _____________ after they created a website that was a ______________ because people thought they were buying a t-shirt but instead their money was just being stolen. The court ordered that the scammers return the money because they were not_________________ to money they gained from a lie
Fraud
Sham
Entitled
What are 2 facts from the speech?
There are 72 crimes in the state of Virginia that if committed by a black man are punishable by death. BUT only 2 of those same crimes result in death for a white man.
There are laws preventing the teaching of a slave to read and write.
What is it called when a speaker asks questions that they do not want the audience to answer?
Give an example
rhetorical
I do not really need me to explain that again do you?