BB/ARITS Essay: Compare and Contrast

Directions: You will write a Two-page essay comparing and contrasting the literary techniques/film techniques used in both the novel and the movie. You will need a clear thesis, one contrasting point (main idea), evidence from the novel AND the film. Then one comparative point (main idea), evidence from the novel AND the film.

TOPIC: Compare and contrast the literary techniques/film techniques used in both the novel and the movie. You will need to make a thesis about this. 

You will be uploading your essay to turn it in! NO HARD COPY! This will be graded by the rubric but done electronically! So, be sure you follow instructions on the assignment for using turnitin.

This will be a test grade for TERM 3

DUE: THURSDAY DECEMBER 22 BY 11:59 PM!!!  

UPLOAD TO TURN-IT-IN!!!!!

Tips: Your thesis should be simple and clear. Remember the work we did in class with comparative/contrasting points. Even for the contrast, you need to find what is similar:. “they differ on their interpretation of racism”  or something like that; find the collective difference.

Follow the outline given to you so you can structure your essay. CLICK HERE: to download the outline You will be graded on the following rubric:

Criteria	Point value	Your score
Clear Thesis: thesis follows the rules and is clear/concise. Remember: unclear thesis =unclear essay	4
Intro/conclusion organization: hook, topic, title/author the book/play, thesis. The conclusion restates and summarizes, but gives the “so what” and explains what you want the reader to do with your information.	4
Body paragraph organization Comparative point: Following the MEAL Plan, includes the comparative point/main idea, evidence from both and includes an analysis connecting both pieces to the M and the T.	4
Body paragraph organization Contrasting point: Following the MEAL Plan, includes one contrasting point/main idea, evidence from both and includes an analysis connecting both pieces to the M and the T.	4
Grammar/spelling: NO USE OF 1st Personal pronouns: I, me, We, you, etc.  Proper sentence structure and use of punctuation, correct spelling	4
Transitions/fluidity/voice: each sentence moves into the next, you explain what you are thinking in your head well enough to connect to the reader, no vague language!	4
MLA Format: margins, spacing, font, header/ing, proper citations, etc.	4
Works Cited Page: you include the source information given to you for the movie, but also properly include the book. Remember your rules!	4
Total Score/points:	32

Black Boy: Ch 12 Passage Analysis

Directions:

• Read the passages below (you will need your book).
•  Then, summarize and analyze them! You need to look up words/people/places, etc that you don’t know in order to analyze the passages! 
• Be sure to look for their connections to what we have been discussing in class: the influence of perspective, power, oppression, social status, dreaming of opportunities, and the growth/changes in Richard. 
• Each response should be about 100 -200 words. 

Respond to:

1. “I was now rapidly learning to contain the tension…or I had discovered deep within me ways of handling it” (224).
2. “To our minds the white folks formed a kind of…our talk was restricted to the petty relations which formed the core of life for us” (229).
3. “But Under all of our talk floated a latent sense of violence…from the memory of one slight wrong to another” (229-30).
4. “We fought four hard rounds, stabbing, slugging…when we are on the point of collapsing from exhaustion, they pulled us apart” (243).

DUE: MONDAY 12/5

BB: Quiz Review ch 1 – 11

Objective: You will be reviewing and You will need to make 15 flashcards to review for the DOUBLE quiz (meaning: it counts TWICE in my grade-book!).

DIRECTIONS: You will be making flshcards in order to Quiz your peers on the plot and events in chapters 1 – 11, Richards character development, passage analysis, vocab, background information,  supplementary information (poems, articles, essays, etc). Once you have your flashcards, you will be placed in groups/teams in order to play against other “teams.”

If you are unprepared for class, you will take a double ZERO for HW and CW. Then, you will have an alternative assignment! Class will only be as fun as you make it!!!

15 flashcards need to include the following and have this point value. You can decide how many you would like to make in each category, but no more allowed. Point values are the same for each category.

• Up to THREE flashcards of Vocabulary (1 point each): Use the word in a sentence providing context clues.
• Up to FIVE flashcards on Plot: (2 points each): this can be multiple choice, or an elaborative two-part answer
• Up to THREE flashcards Passage Analysis (4 points each): short 5 – 8 lines of a passage, be sure to identify the speaker, the scenario, and what it reveals about Richard, bigger picture, connect to what we have discussed in class. 
• Up to SIX  flashcards on Background information/supplementary information (4 points): You can ask questions that compare/contrast the novel to other poems and pieces of work/background information we have discussed in class (poem, articles, etc). You can ask multiple choice questions about THR, Jim Crow, Urban Migration, etc. 
• Don’t be limited to the examples I have provided for you! You can create something so difficult it makes your brain bleed! The harder the better! Stump your classmates!!

Bring ALL 15 cards with you to class and get ready to play!

I will be collecting them at the end of class!!!!

 

Black Boy: Chapters 9 to 11

Directions: Read chapters 9 to 11 and complete the following worksheet. You may be allowed to use this for the “pop” quiz you will have on chapters 7 to 11.

Due Wednesday!!!!

Ch 7-8

1. What was the Vodoo of Hell’s Half Acre?
2. What did the north symbolize for Richard?
3. What effect did the death of Ned’s brother, Bob, have on Richard? Give specifics from the text.
4. Why did Richard refuse to deliver the pre-written graduation speech?
5. Explain the passage on page 169: “I was building up in me a dream…Taboo.” Be sure to explain the “bigger picture” and don’t just tell me what, but how and why the what, the summary, is important.

Ch 9-11

1. What three incidents left an impression on Richard during his time working at the clothing store?
2. what advice did Griggs give Richard?
3. Why did Richard quit working at the optical company?
4. Describe Mr. Crane’s attitude towards Richard.
5. How did Richard get enough money to go North?
6. Why did Richard resort to crime?
7. Who was Mrs. Moss? Bess?
8. What plans did Mrs. Moss have for Richard? What is your opinion of those plans?
9. Why did Richard refuse Bess? Explain.
10. What kinds of relationships is Richard forming? With whom? Are they “good” or “bad,” healthy or unhealthy? How does Richard react to these relationships?
11. Describe and explain the difficulties that Richard is facing.

BB: Ch. 5 and 6 questions

Black Boy: Chapters 5 and 6: Reading Comprehension

Directions: read the chapters and thoroughly answer the questions. You will need to analyze the passages as well as give  a summary!!

1. How did Richard’s family react to his sixth grade promotion?

2. Why did Richard sell the anti-Negro news papers?

3. Why did Addie say she would kill Richard?

4. Who was Brother Manse and what did Richard gain from a job with him?

5. How did Addi and Granny react to Grandpa’s death?

6. What was Richard’s mother’s reaction to his defiance of Granny and Addie and their consent to his working?

7. Why does he say he is “truly dead” to them?

8. Why didn’t Richard want to work for the white woman who gave him moldy molasses?

9. “Perhaps I had waited too long…live with it, sleep with it, fight with it” (Wright 149). Give a summary and/analysis of this passage. Be sure to give the summary in your own words and an in depth analysis.

10. Find a passage from chapters 5 or 6. How does this passage show growth, development or change in Richard? Be sure to give your summary and analysis. Please complete it on the back of this worksheet/separate piece of paper.

Black Boy: Historical Background Webquest

Directions: Answer the questions below using the internet, the library and other resources available to you.  Do not cut and paste, but answer them in your own words, TAKE NOTES,  use your own opinions and define them in a way that you are able to explain and understand.  CLICK HERE to download a copy of the handout. Remember: you need to keep track of your websites and the content. You need to give at least 5 sentences of information!!  You can use more than ONE website!!! Make sure you are using CREDIBLE sources! Be sure to gather information that will help you answer the question! You have to put ideas together in order to find a solution or come up with an answer. These are NOT one-word answers or definitions! T-H-I-N-K!!

1. What is The Harlem Renaissance (THR)? Where and when?

2. What is “black urban migration” and how does it relate to THR? Explain and be specific.

3 and 4 (more room!!). What were some of the reasons and/or social/economic conditions that may have encouraged a large number of black Americans to migrate from the South to urban areas in the northern and western parts of the country during the early twentieth century? What impact did it have on the South?

5.  What does the term “Jim Crow” mean and where did it get its origins?

6. What are some major differences between plantations before the civil war and those that still exist in the twentieth/twenty-first century?

7. Who was H.L. Mencken? Why did many Southerners dislike him?

8.. What is “The Great Depression”? Define it and give a detailed description with dates, etc. Why is this an important event in American History?

Grade 9: Black Boy Essay

ESSAY TOPIC: Create an expository essay and choose a theme presented in the novel, prove the theme to be true, using supportive reasons and specific evidence from the novel.

Due Date: 12/18

Rubric:

_______(5)	Introduction: Hook, topic, title/author, clear thesis
_______(15)	Body Paragraphs: The topic sentences are direct extensions of the thesis. There are Relevant ideas, clear topic development, indicates knowledge of the thematic idea expressed in the novel.
_______(10)	Support: Each theme is supported with examples from the novel, explained and connected back to the thesis.
_______(15)	Conclusion: wraps up the argument, summarizes and gives “food for thought”
_______(5)	Grammar/spelling/voice: No use of FIRST PERSON, adheres to proper spelling/grammar, incorporates transitions, vocabulary and word choices are appropriate and indicate writer’s voice.
_______(15)	MLA Format: proper header, heading, font, margins, spacing, proper citations, etc
_______(5)	Work Cited Page: properly lists the novel and/or any other information used in the essay.
_______(5)	Final copy ready: handed in at the beginning of class, stapled and the rubric is attached to the TOP of your essay.
_______(25)	Turn-it-in: Submitted to the website BY THE START OF CLASS
_______/100	Total score and comments:

Grade 9: Black Boy Part II Questions

Directions: You have about 10 days to get this done. You should be reading a chapter each day, or spacing out so that you are doing a little at a time. YOU CAN NOT SAVE THIS FOR LAST MINUTE!

This will be due on Friday 12/11

Ch. 15-16:

1. Describe Richard’s reaction to Chicago. Why did it seem “unreal”? What were the racial differences?
2. Explain: “That voice jarred me…storekeepers in Arkansas” (263). How does this show his growth and marturity?
3. Describe Richards reaction and feelings toward Mr/Mrs. Hoffman. Use specific detail from the novel with page numbers!
4. Who are the “garveyites”? What was so intriguing about them?
5. What differences did Richard see in The Negro Communists and Negro Preachers?
6. Explain the significance of: “I felt that the Negro could not…so well as the negro could” (297-8).
7. Why did Richard write: “I protest this fraud”?

Chapter 17 and 18:

 

1. Whom does Richard identify as the most dangerous members of society?
2. Why and how is the “Devocalization” of the dogs symbolic to Wright?
3. What secret catastrophe is Richard involved in at the lab?
4. What are Richard’s first impressions of the Chicago John Reed Club?
5. As Richard becomes more involved with the Chicago John Reed Club, he becomes a more published writer. What is his goal as a writer at this point?
6. Explain the Circumstances of Richard’s decision to join the Communist Party?
7. Comrade Young causes an upheaval in the Chicago John Reed Club by viciously accusing the artist Swann of a number of infractions against the Communist Party. What is Ironic about the situation?
8. Explain the following quotation: “My life as a Negro in America had led me to feel . . . that the problem of human unity was more important than bread, more important than physical living itself; for I felt that without a common bond uniting men . . . there could be no living worthy of being called human.”

 

Chapter 19 and 20:

1. Why do the members laugh at Richard at his first Communist unit meeting?
2. Why does the black Communist who visits Richard demand that Richard prove his loyalty to the party?
3.  What makes Richard feel even more emotionally isolated than he did in his years in the south?
4. Why does the Communist Party dissolve the John Reed Club System?
5. What problem does Richard face at the writers’ congress?
6. What does Richard do at his final Communist Party meeting?
7. Why does Richard have problems at the Federal Negro Theatre?
8.  What Irony has Wright learned about racial hatred?

Grade 9: Black Boy Ch 12 to 14

BLACK BOY: Study Questions

 

Ch. 12-14:

1. Identify Shorty. Describe his character and compare his personality to Richard.
2. Why did Richard Fight Harrison?
3. What was the Result of the fight?
4. What author/editor intrigued Richard? Explain who he/she is.
5. How did Richard manage to get books from the Library?
6. What effect did the books have on Richard?
7. How did Richard finally get to go North from Memphis?
8. Explain the last line in ch. 14: “This was the culture from which I sprang. This was the terror from which I fled.”
9. Find one passage that indicates something about Richard’s development and insight, the themes, and its connection to life and society.

 

Grade 9: Black Boy Ch 7 to 11

Ch 7-8

1. What was the Vodoo of Hell’s Half Acre?
2. What did the north symbolize for Richard?
3. What effect did the death of Ned’s brother, Bob, have on Richard? Give specifics from the text.
4. Why did Richard refuse to deliver the pre-written graduation speech?

Ch 9-11

1. What three incidents left an impression on Richard during his time working at the clothing store?
2. what advice did Griggs give Richard?
3. Why did Richard quit working at the optical company?
4. Describe Mr. Crane’s attitude towards Richard.
5. How did Richard get enough money to go North?
6. Why did Richard resort to crime?
7. Who was Mrs. Moss? Bess?
8. What plans did Mrs. Moss have for Richard?
9. Why did Richard refuse Bess?