A Girl Named Disaster Blog # 2

Read Pages 47 - 65 and answer the prompts below in complete sentences.

Due: A Block: Friday, 11/26

         B Block: Thursday, 11/25

1.  Why did Nhamo and her family go to see the Muvaki?

2.  What was the Muvaki's diagnosis?

3.  A Scapegoat is a goat that historically was loaded with bad omens and sins and sent out into the desert to perish (die).  Nowadays, it is known as the practice of singling out a person, a race, a religious group, a country or an employee for negative treatment.  For example, if a TEAM loses a soccer game but they blame one person, he or she has become the scapegoat.  They put all the mistakes they made onto one person and blamed that individual for the loss of the team. 

With this in mind, and viewing the picture below, how has Nhamo become the Scapegoat?  

   

4.  Mozambique was a colony of the Portugese.  Usually one gets negative representations of colonial powers, but how are the Portugese represented in this novel.  Why do you believe the author does this?

5.  The Portugese Trader joked about the Muvaki on pages 64-65, but what does this say about his true views of this man?

6.  Do you believe in magic?  If so, explain why.  If not, how did the Muvuki logically know the information about Nhamo's family?  The book has the answers...there are no incorrect responses...just do your best to support your opinion.  

A Girl Named Disaster Blog # 1

Due Dates:  B Block - Thursday, 11/18
                    A Block - Friday, 11/19

Read through Pg. 25

Respond to the following questions.  You must use complete sentences.  Your responses should be between ONE and THREE sentences in length.

1.  Who is the Protagonist.

2.  What does she do to communicate with her dead mother?

3.  What time period do you believe the book is set in?

4.  Which country is the book set in?

5.  Describe in your own words one of the African expressions or words you found in the text.

6.  Explain why you can, or cannot identify with the Protagonist.

Things Fall Apart Blog # 1

Due Dates: B Block - Thursday, 11/18
                   A Block - Friday, 11/19

Read through Pg. 25.

Identify the following.  Each response must be in complete sentences.  You should use between one and three sentences for each response.

1.  Okonkwo

2.  Unoka

3.  Nwoye

4.  Why did Okonkwo dislike his father?

5.  Why was Ikemefuna ordered to live with Okonkwo?

6.  Select ONE of the African words used in the text and explain its meaning.

Assignment # 5

Finish the novel.  Write 3 paragraphs about how the book has impacted your view of relations between people.  Think of ethnicity, religion, and nationality in your response.  You must incorporate 3 quotes into your response.  For you conclusion, think about what we can take away from this book?  How can this book make us better people?

Assignment # 4 Night

Answer the following prompts in complete sentences.  HONORS students must incorporate a quote into their responses.  Your responses should be well constructed and between 3-5 sentences in length.  Use appropriate grammar and word choice.

DUE:
A BLOCK: FRIDAY, 10/22 
B BLOCK: FRIDAY, 10/22

1.  Did Elie feel comfortable around his doctor?  Why or why not?

2.  Who was the Red Army?  You might need to look this up to respond correctly.

3.  Who is the Red Cross?

4.  If you had been Elie, would you have left with your father or stayed?  Why?

5.  What did Wiesel mean when he wrote that "there were two of us: my body and I.  I hated that body"(85)?

6.  Why does Wiesel write that they had become the "masters of the world" (87)?

7.  Why does Elie feel that Rabbi Eliahu's

8.  What is Wiesel describing as a "trampled...eerily poignant little corpse" (95)?

9.  How did Elie save his father's life?  Why can this act seem ironic?

Assignment # 3

Read pages 66-79 (New Book) or 63-80 (Old Book) and respond to the following prompt.  Your response should be THREE paragraphs in length.  Each paragraph must have ONE quote and it must be cited in MLA format.

Due Dates:
A Block - Thursday by midnight
B Block - Friday by midnight

Writing Prompt:

On page 68 Elie Wiesel writes that he [Elie] "was the accuser, God the accused" (68).  Using quotes from the text, give three examples (1 paragraph each) of how Elie has transformed from a devout and pious individual to a man who blames God for the horrors that are occurring around him.

Night Assignment # 2 - Pages 29 - 46

The opening sentence to the assigned reading is as follows: "The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally our illusions" (Wiesel 29).

Based on this quote, what do you believe were the "illusions" that they had left behind?
Your response must be 2 paragraphs in length.  You must post it by Wednesday, 10/6 or Thursday, 10/7.

Also, write 5 comprehension questions for this section of text and bring those to class on Wednesday and Thursday to share with the class.