One Today
Who wrote "One Today"?
Richard Blanco
Who's the author of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”?
Zora Neale Hurston
Who wrote As I Lay Dying?
William Faulkner
What does the doctor think was wrong with Tea Cake at first.
Alcohol deprivation
What was the occasion for the poet to read this poem in front of the United States people?
The inauguration (and inaugural address) of President Obama.
How did Kossula end up in the United States?
He was brought to the United States from Africa as a slave on the last known slave ship, the Clotilda.
What point of view is this story told from?
First person point of view told from MULTIPLE Perspectives
How does Tea Cake act as the illness takes hold of him?
Paranoid
According to this passage, what unites America and makes it strong?
One sky: since the Appalachians and Sierras claimed their majesty, and the Mississippi and Colorado worked their way to the sea. Thank the work of our hands: weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report for the boss on time, stitching another wound or uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait, or the last floor on the Freedom Tower jutting into a sky that yields to our resilience.
Hard work, in all its forms, unites America and makes it strong.
When Kossula lived in Africa, his family was:
A. Mostly farmers
B. Not wealthy
C. Wealthy with high social status
D. There is no clear existing history of Kossula's family
B. Not wealthy
When Cora (the neighbor friend) baked cakes and found out that the ladies who were going to buy them had changed their minds, what does this passage tell us about the financial status of the characters in the text?
"She ought to taken those cakes anyway," Kate says.
"Well," I say, "I reckon she never had no use for them now."
"She ought to taken them," Kate says. "But those rich town ladies can change their minds. Poor folks cant."
It tells us that they are not wealthy.
How do Tea Cakes friends act during Janie's trial?
They are bitter and resentful.
According to this stanza, what unites Americans through time and experience?
One ground. Our ground, rooting us to every stalk
of corn, every head of wheat sown by sweat
and hands, hands gleaning coal or planting windmills
in deserts and hilltops that keep us warm, hands
digging trenches, routing pipes and cables, hands
as worn as my father’s cutting sugarcane
so my brother and I could have books and shoes.
The ground we all stand on... the physical geography of the United States that we all share.
How did the author mainly show her closeness with Kossula (Cudjo)?
She called him by his birth name.
What is the real reason that Jewel criticizes Cash for making the coffin so loudly and near to their mother’s death bed?
Because he believes that Cash selfishly wants recognition and praise for making the coffin.
When Janie comes home to Eatonville, how does she feel differently about herself compared to how she felt when she lived there with Joe?
When Janie lived with Joe, she felt oppressed, silenced, and isolated.
She now feels a sense of freedom, empowerment, and self-confidence.
Name one main theme of this poem.
Unity
Hope
The power of work
Patriotism and national identity
How does the use of vernacular (everyday language or speech used by people in a particular region, such as West Africa) help the author better convey Kossula’s story?
A.Hurston’s use of vernacular proves that she is an expert interviewer and listener.
B. Hurston’s use of vernacular allows the reader to better imagine Kossula’s life and experience, making the reader more invested in what he has to say.
C. Hurston’s use of vernacular makes the reader pay closer attention to the text, keeping them focused.
D. Hurston’s use of vernacular is meant to show how sad a life Kossula has lived.
B. Hurston’s use of vernacular allows the reader to better imagine Kossula’s life and experience, making the reader more invested in what he has to say.
Based on these two quotes from Cora, what adjective can be used to characterize her?
1. “But the eternal and the everlasting salvation and grace is not upon her.”
2. “If it is His will that some folks has different ideas of honesty from other folks, it is not my place to question His decree.”
She is very religious and (sometimes acts morally superior).
A frame story is a narrative that frames or surrounds another. Describe how Janie's narrative is framed.
The story is told by Janie to her friend Pheoby.