Central Park 5
Family moved from Puerto Rico to New York.
Who is Raymond Santana?
How many pages have we read so far?
47
What you need to know to understand what's going on.
What is Context?
The relationship between power struggles, otherness, and The American Dream.
What is the Essential Question?
Something non-living described with human-like qualities.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Went to Art School, but got kicked out for bringing a knife.
Who is Yusef Salaam?
Related to society where individuals are raised in and how the culture affects behavior.
What is Cultural Context?
The act or quality of being different; people without power seen as inferior.
What is Otherness?
Lived in foster care.
Who is Korey Wise?
"He took art classes and spent a lot of his free time sketching."
Who is Raymond Santana?
Information about the period, place, and events that created or formed the background of the story.
What is Historical Context?
a criminal case over the aggravated assault and rape of a white woman in Manhattan's Central Park on April 19, 1989.
What is the Central Park Jogger Case?
"Built in 1975 as a city development for middle-and-low-income families.
What is the Schomburg Plaza?
A group of individuals who are stuck together and have to interact with each other.
What is Society?
"If you want to, you can!"
What is the American Dream?
The attitude an author write in OR how something is said.
What is TONE?
Lived in Schomburg Plaza.
Who is Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, and Kevin Richardson?
New Yorkers got used to this happening everyday in their neighborhoods.
What is "soaring crime rates?"
The ability to understand or feel what someone else has experienced.
What is Empathy?
Being seen as a lesser; not as good as anyone else.
What is inferior?
To discover TONE in a text, just ask yourself this question...
What feeling or mood do you get from the writing?