Cyber-Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
Complete a literal and free paraphrase for 5 sentences--your choice, 5 different pages in Chapter 1. From chapter 2, identify 5 analogies (type out with page numbers). Post both here.
Next week we will write and perform skits based on scenes from chapters 1-3. Students will also practice writing three three paragraph essays using paraphrase, direct citations and block quotes. We will also practice signal phrases.
We will also explore different ways to develop thesis and flush out themes from Holler.
Complete a literal and free paraphrase for 5 sentences--your choice, 5 different pages in Chapter 1. From chapter 2, identify 5 analogies (type out with page numbers). Post both here.
Next week we will write and perform skits based on scenes from chapters 1-3. Students will also practice writing three three paragraph essays using paraphrase, direct citations and block quotes. We will also practice signal phrases.
We will also explore different ways to develop thesis and flush out themes from Holler.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 2:22 PM
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Chapter one sentences:
1. Tupuc suggests that he is not alone in his adoration of his mother. " Ithink all young black males and all Hispanic males, all males period, but especial from the ghetto... we have a deep love for our mothers, because they usually raised us by themselves. (pg 21-22)
Analogies: the way he felt about his mother, and the bond that was there.
2. If the mother is central in black life, she also made a scapegoat for the social disintegration of black culture. (page 22)
Analogies: The mother's viewpoint about integration.
3. Alice revoked her"slave mame" and was reborn as Afeni Shakur member of the Black Panthers. (pg 24)
Analogies: Her slave name was released and later caused her to feel like a complete different person.
4. After the Ku Klux Klan imposed a ten o'clock curfew on the black and Indian communities, the Indians soundly thrashed the Klan, liberting the blacks from their fear of white supremacy. (pg 26)
Analogies: The Ku Klux Klan was trying to scare of the Indians and Black people. Their speech was basic white supremacy always rules.
5. Tupuc's father, Billy Garland, abanded his seed and left Afeni to raise him alone. (pg 30)
Analogies: Tupucs father Billy wanted nothing to do with him, so he left.
Capter 2 sentences
1. As he won fame and money, he brooked no ideological limits on what he could say and how he could live. (pg 48)
Analogies: How fame and money changes a lifestyle.
2. The Panthers' example inspired Tupuc to address racial confliicts. ( pg 53)
Analogies: He was all the great things the Panthers were doing and wanted to help himself.
3. He was surrounded by figures that lived and died the struggle for black freedom. (pg 50)
Analogies: He put himself with people who wanted the same thing as him.
4. Afeni remembers that her children inherited her sacrificial spirit. (pg 55)
Analogies: Afeni was glad that her children inherited her type of spirit.
5. Tupuc's spilt conscience reflected that confusion. Raper and actor Mos Def empathizes with the delimma. (pg 67)
Analogies: Tupucs friend Mos Def helped him through his rough confusing time in his life.
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5 paraphrases
Original: “Bonds like Tupac’s tie to his mama run through black culture.” (Dyson 22).
Literal: Relationships similar to Tupac’s connection to his mother are common in the African American community.
Free: In the African American community it is common to have relationships similar to that of Tupac and his mother.
Original: “What kind of relationship did Tupac have with his mother, and how did it shape his life and career?” (Dyson 23). Literal: What type of bond did the rapper have with his mom, but in what way did this affect his existence and job?
Free: How was the rapper’s existence and job affected by the type bond he had with his mom?
Original: “When she got out on bail, Afeni got pregnant, but not by Lumumba.” (Dyson 24).
Literal: After Afeni was released on a financial guarantee, she was expecting, but it was not Lumumba’s child.
Free: Afeni was expecting after being released on bail, but it would not be Lumumba’s child.
Original: “Her mother’s family was far less fortunate.” (Dyson 26).
Literal: Afeni’s mom’s kin were even poorer.”
Free: Even poorer was Afeni’s mom’s kin.
Original: “Afeni sought to give her son a sense of racial pride and personal security.” (Dyson 31).
Literal: She wanted to provide her child with honor in ones race and self-respect.
Free: Self-respect and honor in ones race was what she wanted her child to learn.
Original: "If the mother is central in black life, she also made a scapegoat for the social disintegration of black culture"(22).
Literal: One may be put to blame for all if they are sugnificant.
Original: “Her mother’s family was far less fortunate” (26).
Literal: Her grandparents were poor.
Original: "He was surrounded by figures that lived and died the struggle for black freedom" (50).
Literal: People around him were characters that worshiped freedom for blacks.
Original: "Afeni remembers that her children inherited her sacrificial spirit" (55).
Literal: The children of Afeni gained her disastrous embodiment.
Original: “When she got out on bail, Afeni got pregnant, but not by Lumumba” (24).
Literal: When Afeni was released by bail, she got pregnant from someone other than Lumumba.
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