Thursday, 1/22/04 -- Seventh
Grade End of the first semester! You should be able to check
grades by tomorrow afternoon!
Warm Up. Copy 1-3. Write out the answers to the m.c.
questions.
Inglewood : Los Angeles :: Harlem : _________
Fresno : California :: Winston-Salem : ___________
punk : rock :: bop : _________
(1) Bessie Smith was a famous _________ ____________
in the 20's and 30's.
"Being me, it will not be white." a) He is turning in his
theme on colored paper. b) His life experiences make him what he is, and
that will come out in his writing. c) The teacher will automatically be
prejudiced against his paper. d) The teacher will be able to tell it was
written by a black person.
"I guess you learn from me— although you’re older—and white—
and somewhat more free." Langston Hughes is probably saying...a) that he
has many things to teach his teacher. b) that his teacher can't really
ever understand what his life is really like. c) that older people are
sometimes wrong. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.
(2) YMCA is an ____________ that stands for _________
________'s __________ _________.
(4th Period only, from here on. Continued from yesterday.)
What are your first reactions to this poem? (Like? Dislike?
What kind of person wrote it? Theme? Lesson? Message?)
(1) The word "true" in line #5 most likely means: a) factually
correct, b) truly personal and important, c) straight, d) believable.
(1) The word "theme", as it is used here, most likely means:
a) what the poem is really about, b) what the poem relates to, c) another
name for a piece of writing, d) none of the above.
Why do you think he spends so much of the poem explaining
how he goes home?
What point do you think he is trying to make when he describes
what he likes?
Correct Test #13. Record extra
credit from yesterday and today.
