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• Journal: Explain what the term prejudice means to you and how it influences how people act in 3 lines or more.(If you do not know what prejudice means, look it up!)
• Takeout your notes over Watsons.
Snapshots of a Year: 1963• May 12: President John F. Kennedy sends
troops to Alabama to protect citizens from violence between whites opposing school integration and blacks seeking equal rights.
Snapshots of a Year: 1963
• August 28: Martin Luther King, Jr., gives his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C.
• November 22: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a motorcade parade in Dallas, TX.
Birmingham 1963
• Birmingham became a focus for the Civil Right’s Movement in 1963, Bull Connor (chief of police)
• http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0915.html
Clark Elementary School in Flint, Michigan
About the Author/Novel
• See Worksheet and follow along!
Literary Elements:1. External Conflict
• Conflict that occurs outside the mind of a character.
• Example: Kenny faces external conflict as he struggles with the teasing and tormenting his brother inflict on him.
2. Internal Conflict
• Conflict that occurs inside the mind of a character.
• Example: Kenny faces internal conflict when he struggles with the church bombing and the way it makes him feel.
3. Plot
• Plot PowerPoint
4. Point of View (P.O.V.)
• The narrator’s perspective.• First-Person P.O.V: the narrator is also a
character in the story.– Uses the pronouns I and we– The reader can only see into the mind of the
narrator.
5. Theme
• The main idea• The message• There are several themes in this story.– The Importance of Family– The Power of Prejudice
Can you think of others?
6. Allusion
7. Atmosphere/Mood