Learning Targets
I can read the text and make inferences based on what I have read (RL.11-12.1)
I can connect what I know about the author to the choices he made in the text (RL.11-12.3)
I can look at the word choice (diction) used in the text and connect it to the themes shown in the text (RL.11-12.4)
Reminders:Please bring your copies of the play to every class: (another copy below).
In class: Vocabulary quiz today! Take a few minutes to look at the words before we start. After the quiz, follow the directions below for today's quick write.
Coming up: for homework you should make sure to have read the text through Scene 3 on page 335. The last line you are responsible for is when Pilkings suddenly begins to hum the tango to which they were dancing before. Starts to execute a few practice steps. Monday's in class writing will require that you reference this material specifically.
Directions: collect your notebooks. If you do not have one, please take out a lined sheet of paper and write an MLA heading.
Respond to the following prompt: Make sure your response is grammatically correct and follows language conventions. This will be collected in 10 minutes.Copy the quote posted below:
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." -Cesar Chavez
Now in five sentences,
consider what we have read so far and what we talked about concerning the characters we were introduced to yesterday. How do the characters actions reflect this quote? How do you think the author's choices (word choice, plot, characterization etc) reflect the quote?
You do not need to weave in textual evidence.
When you have finished, turn your notebook into Ms. Parker for grading.
Silent reading after. Begin where we left off yesterday. Please be mindful, as it states above, that you are responsible to have read through scene 2, ending with Pilking on page 335. *********************************************************************************
Death And the King’s Horseman Vocabulary
Quiz on April 5th
1. impudent (adjective): improperly forward or bold
2. bereavement: (noun) state of sorrow over the death or
departure of a loved one
3. ostentatious: (adjective) intended to attract notice and
impress others
4. dearth: (noun) an insufficient quantity or number
5. to usurp: (verb) seize and take control without authority
6. redolent: (adjective) serving to bring to mind
7. to prostrate: (verb) render helpless or defenseless
8. gbedu: (noun) a deep-timbered royal drum
9. opele: (noun) string of beads used in Ifa divination
10.robo: (noun) a delicacy made from crushed melon seeds,
fried in tiny balls
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In class: Vocabulary quiz today! Take a few minutes to look at the words before we start. After the quiz, follow the directions below for today's quick write.
Coming up: for homework you should make sure to have read the text through Scene 3 on page 335. The last line you are responsible for is when Pilkings suddenly begins to hum the tango to which they were dancing before. Starts to execute a few practice steps. Monday's in class writing will require that you reference this material specifically.
Directions: collect your notebooks. If you do not have one, please take out a lined sheet of paper and write an MLA heading.
Respond to the following prompt: Make sure your response is grammatically correct and follows language conventions. This will be collected in 10 minutes.Copy the quote posted below:
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." -Cesar Chavez
Now in five sentences,
consider what we have read so far and what we talked about concerning the characters we were introduced to yesterday. How do the characters actions reflect this quote? How do you think the author's choices (word choice, plot, characterization etc) reflect the quote?
You do not need to weave in textual evidence.
When you have finished, turn your notebook into Ms. Parker for grading.
Silent reading after. Begin where we left off yesterday. Please be mindful, as it states above, that you are responsible to have read through scene 2, ending with Pilking on page 335. *********************************************************************************
Death And the King’s Horseman Vocabulary
Quiz on April 5th
1. impudent (adjective): improperly forward or bold
2. bereavement: (noun) state of sorrow over the death or
departure of a loved one
3. ostentatious: (adjective) intended to attract notice and
impress others
4. dearth: (noun) an insufficient quantity or number
5. to usurp: (verb) seize and take control without authority
6. redolent: (adjective) serving to bring to mind
7. to prostrate: (verb) render helpless or defenseless
8. gbedu: (noun) a deep-timbered royal drum
9. opele: (noun) string of beads used in Ifa divination
10.robo: (noun) a delicacy made from crushed melon seeds,
fried in tiny balls
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Death And The King's Horseman Play
https://www.uibk.ac.at/anglistik/staff/davis/death-and-the-king-s-horseman---wole-soyinka.pdf
https://www.uibk.ac.at/anglistik/staff/davis/death-and-the-king-s-horseman---wole-soyinka.pdf
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