Background Knowledge
Starting about 400 years ago, white people began building wealth by doing something that is now illegal. What was it?
Making other people work for free and not letting be free. In other words, enslaving people.
What does good trouble mean, according to The Story of John Lewis?
fighting for what's right
Mia's parents chose to move to the United States for a specific reason. They didn't know how hard life would be at first. What does Mia's mom tell her in chapter 1 about why moving here was the right decision?
She says that "it's freer here" (Yang 4).
List all 20 x-words in categories.
Do, does, did
Have, has, had
Am, is, are, was, were
can, could
will, would
shall, should
must, might, may
All new students at LaGuardia take a special course that helps them learn about college life and their major. The exact title and credits depend on the major, but what's the basic title?
First Year Seminar
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
John Lewis enjoyed taking care of the chickens, and his time with them helped him practice for his future career. Name this.
He used to preach to the chickens, and later he became a preacher.
He used to talk to the chickens, and later he became an activist, talking to others in public.
Mia is too young to work legally, but she joined her parents in these two places to do what was right for the family - her version of good trouble.
the restaurant and the motel
How does finding the x-word help us?
If you can find the x-word, you can find the subject and the verb.
When you graduate from LaGuardia, what kind of degree will you have? How many credits did you earn to get it?
An associate's degree with 60 credits
The system of traveling secretly to escape slavery, hiding in the woods and safe houses, was called...
the Underground Railroad
John Lewis didn't like injustice. He was born during a time when the law let white people keep Black people away from them, in separate schools, restaurants, sections of buses and theaters, etc. Name this discriminatory system.
segregation
Mia and her family are clearly different from Mr. Yao and Jason. Who notices this and comments on it first?
Billy Bob, one of the weekly motel guests
What is the foundation of any sentence in written English?
SVO.
Subject - Verb - Object.
LaGuardia uses the quarter system, not the regular semester system. It uses strange words like "Fall 2" and "Spring 2" instead of the word non-LaGuardia people use. What do these words mean?
Fall 2 means winter and Spring 2 means summer
The most deadly war in United States history was about slavery. Name the 2 sides and the war.
The Union versus the Confederacy
in the Civil War
John Lewis, Martin Luther King and others used nonviolence even when people who disagreed with them used violence. Give examples of the violence Lewis faced in his work - both directly and indirectly.
1- bombs (at a lawyer's house; on a bus used by Freedom Riders)
2 - yelling insults, beating protestors, and pulling them off their stools during the sit-ins at the lunch counters
3 - arresting the peaceful people instead of the violent ones (the violence of injustice)
Mia and her mom walk five blocks to the public school nearby. 'Mia's mom does something that seems right to her, but it makes Mia uncomfortable. What was it and how does it connect to the last page in chapter 4?
She told the principal that Mia "just moved her from China" (Yang 18). Later, Mia and her mom talk about learning English and who will be better than who.
What are FANBOYS?
Which ones are most common?
How do we use them?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
and, but, so (or too)
We use them to connect SVO, plus SVO. (We know this, so we should use it.)
We also use them in lists. (We need to read, write and understand.)
What does it mean to be a full-time student at LaGuardia?
You need to take at least 12 credits or units in a complete semester (Fall 1 and 2 or Spring 1 and 2)
This document made slavery illegal, but white people found other ways to keep Black people from owning property, making a profit, getting educated, and more. Name the document and tell us how many syllables are in each word.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Explain what nonviolent protest means and give 2 different examples of how John Lewis participated in nonviolent protest.
peaceful protest; pushing for change without violence
1- marches
2 - sit-ins at the lunch counters
3 - hiding under the porch to catch the school bus, before he even knew the term "nonviolence"
4 - the Montgomery Bus Boycott
5 - the Freedom Rides
Mia gets into some good trouble, doing what she thinks is right to save time for herself and her parents. What did she do?
She made a sign claiming to be the manager, and she started staring at customers until they treated her like a real motel worker.
Identify the x-word, subject, verb and infinitive in this sentence.
The book that Cyndi and some of her family members enjoyed in the summer might be too hard for some of you to understand comfortably.
Name at least three possible placements for students who leave CLIP and start college. Include some credit-bearing and non-credit courses.
Non-credit courses to build skills:
ESL 097, ESL 098, ESL 099, ENG 099
Credit-bearing courses to earn a degree:
ENG 101, MAT 106, MAT 115, MAT 120, and many others
Note: The First Year Seminar could go in either category, depending on the major