Multicultural Literature

May 1-5

Turn to a neighbor and say, “Welcome to May, neighbor.”

• Check in about each of your weekends.
• Check in about assassins.
• Check in about the mechanics benchmark from last Friday!
• Check in about each of your choice books.

Quotations and Italics 5/1

What do you italicize/underline?

- Books - Newspapers - Magazines - Journals

- Websites - Online databases - Plays - Pamphlets

- Films/movie titles - Television shows - Radio programs/broadcasts

- Album titles - Operas - Dance Performances/Musical Compositions

- Paintings - Sculptures - Ships - Aircraft - Spacecraft

Italicize/Underline the following word(s) (if needed) to make each sentence correct.

1. Modern Fiction Studies, a peer-reviewed academic journal, of won eight awards in 2011.

2. The Nutcracker is one of the most popular holiday performances.

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a play from August Wilson’s Century Cycle, which features a song with the same title, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, was turned into a film in 2020. The film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was the last feature film starring Chadwick Boseman.

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Italicize/Underline the following word(s) (if needed) to make each sentence correct.

1. Modern Fiction Studies, a peer-reviewed academic journal, won eight awards in 2011.

2. The Nutcracker is one of the most popular holiday performances.

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a play from August Wilson’s Century Cycle, which features a song with the same title, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” was turned into a film in 2020. The film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was the last feature film starring Chadwick Boseman.

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BONUS 5/1

How many plays are featured in August Wilson’s Century Cycle?

1. Three plays one set in Chicago, one in Pittsburgh, and one in the city that helped launch his professional career, Saint Paul.
2. Five plays, each one telling the story of a different family living in the same neighborhood, the Hill District of Pittsburgh.
3. Unfortunately, due to an early death, there’s just the two: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Fences.
4. There are ten plays, five of which were nominated for Pulitzers.

BONUS 5/1

How many plays are featured in August Wilson’s Century Cycle?

• Three plays one set in Chicago, one in Pittsburgh, and one in the city that helped launch his professional career, Saint Paul.
• Five plays, each one telling the story of a different family living in the same neighborhood, the Hill District of Pittsburgh.
• Unfortunately, due to an early death, there’s just the two: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Fences.
• There are ten plays, five of which were nominated for Pulitzers.

Agenda:

Monday, May 1- Book Check/Mechanics Test Check In /Psychological Character Sketch/Reading Time

Tuesday, May 2- Interview with a Classmate/ Reading Time

Wednesday, May 3- W.W.N. Wednesday

Thursday, May 4- book conflict worksheet / reading time

Friday, May 5- blackout poetry / reading time

Quotations and Italics 5/2

What do you put in "quotation marks"?

- Article titles from magazines, newspapers, journals

- Essays - Short Stories - Poems - Book Chapters

- Specific pages within a website - Specific episodes of TV shows

- Specific episodes of radio programs - Songs

Add quotation marks where needed in the following sentences:

1. The American Economy Before the Civil War is my favorite chapter in the book Government Happens.

2. My least favorite episode from the radio broadcast All Things Considered is A Conversation with Margaret Atwood.

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1. “The American Economy Before the Civil War” is my favorite chapter in the book Government Happens.

2. My least favorite episode from the radio broadcast All Things Considered is “A Conversation with Margaret Atwood.”

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BONUS 5/2

Which Minnesota writer supported themself by logging timber, digging ditches, working construction, and being published as a freelance journalist, prior to finishing their first manuscript, Iron Lake, at the age of 40? Their work as an American novelist and crime writer would go on to often feature the fictional Cork O’Conner, a former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota.

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a) Tim O’Brien b) Carol Bly c) Sinclair Lewis

d) William Kent Krueger e) Scott Fitzgerald f) Vince Flynn

g) Louise Erdrich h) Robert Bly i) LaVyrle Spencer

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BONUS 5/2

Which Minnesota writer supported themself by logging timber, digging ditches, working construction, and being published as a freelance journalist, prior to finishing their first manuscript, Iron Lake, at the age of 40? Their work as an American novelist and crime writer would go on to often feature the fictional Cork O’Conner, a former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota.

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a) Tim O’Brien b) Carol Bly c) Sinclair Lewis

d) William Kent Krueger e) Scott Fitzgerald f) Vince Flynn

g) Louise Erdrich h) Robert Bly i) LaVyrle Spencer

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Agenda:

Monday, May 1- Psychological Character Sketch, Reading Time

Tuesday, May 2- Interview with a Classmate, Reading Time

Wednesday, May 3- mechanics test reflection/ W.W.N. Wednesday

Thursday, May 4- book conflict worksheet / reading time

Friday, May 5- blackout poetry / reading time

Agenda:

Wednesday, May 3- W.W.N. Wednesday

Thursday, May 4- book conflict worksheet / reading time

Friday, May 5- blackout poetry / reading time

Quotations and Italics 5/5

Insert quotations marks and italics/underline word(s) to make each sentence correct.

1. Christmas is my favorite holiday.

2. The Crohn's Disease page is found on the Children's Hospital website.

3. The Tyger is a famous poem by William Blake.

4. USA Today sells over 1,000,000 copies a day.

5. Wow, I would love to ride in Air Force One.

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Quotations and Italics 5/5

Insert quotations marks and italics/underline word(s) to make each sentence correct.

1. Christmas is my favorite holiday. CORRECT

2. “The Crohn's Disease” page is found on the Children's Hospital website.

3. “The Tyger” is a famous poem by William Blake.

4. USA Today sells over 1,000,000 copies a day.

5. Wow, I would love to ride in Air Force One.

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Bonus

How many adult teeth do humans have?

1. 26
2. 28
3. 30
4. 32

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Happy Friday

NO Laptops today :)

First 35 minutes of class= turn in a hard copy of at least ONE missing assignment. We will score and update this today! Need something printed to work on? Just ask!

Last 20 minutes of class= reading your book. You will get points for bringing your book and being on task during our reading time today.