Agenda Sept. 23/24 2009Agenda Sept. 23/24 2009Take out Portfolios, HW, and HW Sheet Take out Portfolios, HW, and HW Sheet

1. Capitalization: Only write the words that need to be capitalized.1. Capitalization: Only write the words that need to be capitalized.

Some dutch tulips were growing by metrocenter mall in phoenix.Some dutch tulips were growing by metrocenter mall in phoenix.

2. 2. Punctuation: Punctuation: Which answer is theWhich answer is the BEST ANSWER. BEST ANSWER.

The sun is high, put on some sunscreen.The sun is high, put on some sunscreen.

A. Correct B. high; so C. high. So D. high, soA. Correct B. high; so C. high. So D. high, so3.3. Sentence or Fragment? Write Sentence or Fragment? Write sentencesentence or or fragmentfragment for each letter. for each letter.

a. A story with deep thoughts and emotions.a. A story with deep thoughts and emotions.

b. Leaving her team at a time when we needed her.b. Leaving her team at a time when we needed her.

c. I like people who pat my head and give me treats.c. I like people who pat my head and give me treats.4. Sentence Combining: Rewrite these sentences into one sentence.4. Sentence Combining: Rewrite these sentences into one sentence.

Parker's friends ate his food. Parker's friends ate his food.

They sprawled on his sofa. They sprawled on his sofa.

They pretended to listen to what he said.They pretended to listen to what he said.55. Sentence Imitation:. Sentence Imitation:

““The mental picture of himself sliding along the edge outside The mental picture of himself sliding along the edge outside was absurd---it was actually comical---and he smiled.”was absurd---it was actually comical---and he smiled.”

AnswersAnswers

1. Capitalization: Only write the words that need to be capitalized.1. Capitalization: Only write the words that need to be capitalized.

Some Some ddutch tulips were growing by utch tulips were growing by mmetrocenter etrocenter mmall in all in pphoenix.hoenix.

2. 2. Punctuation: Punctuation: Which answer is theWhich answer is the BEST ANSWER. BEST ANSWER.

The sun is high, put on some sunscreen.The sun is high, put on some sunscreen.

A. Correct B. high; so C. high. So A. Correct B. high; so C. high. So D. high, soD. high, so3.3. Sentence or Fragment? Write Sentence or Fragment? Write sentencesentence or or fragmentfragment

a. a. A story with deep thoughts and emotions.A story with deep thoughts and emotions. fragmentfragment

b. b. Leaving her team at a time when we needed herLeaving her team at a time when we needed her. . fragmentfragment

c. c. I like people who pat my head and give me treats. I like people who pat my head and give me treats. sentencesentence4. Sentence Combining: Rewrite these sentences into one sentence.4. Sentence Combining: Rewrite these sentences into one sentence.

Parker's friends ate his food, sprawled on his sofa, and Parker's friends ate his food, sprawled on his sofa, and pretended to listen to what he said.pretended to listen to what he said.

Pretending to listen to what he said, Parker’s friends Pretending to listen to what he said, Parker’s friends sprawled on his couch and ate his food.sprawled on his couch and ate his food.

55. Sentence Imitation:. Sentence Imitation:

““The mental picture of himself sliding along the edge outside The mental picture of himself sliding along the edge outside was absurd---it was actually comical---and he smiled.”was absurd---it was actually comical---and he smiled.”

Mandala Presentations ContinuedMandala Presentations Continued

Collect Remaining Mandalas Collect Remaining Mandalas and Poemsand Poems

Don’t forget to file the rest of Don’t forget to file the rest of your mandala work into the your mandala work into the writing section of your portfolio!writing section of your portfolio!

Honors JournalHonors Journal

o Write for 10 minutes on Write for 10 minutes on discussion question you discussion question you received. Use the received. Use the Power of OnePower of One text as a reference. text as a reference.

o After the mingling activity, this After the mingling activity, this journal should be stored in the journal should be stored in the WritingWriting section of their portfolio section of their portfolio..

Mingling Discussion: Maintain Mingling Discussion: Maintain posture and professionalismposture and professionalism Round 1:Round 1: Find the person who shares your Find the person who shares your

question---discuss your responses question---discuss your responses (purpose is to better understand the (purpose is to better understand the question in order to be able to competently question in order to be able to competently discuss your question and ideas with the discuss your question and ideas with the next 2 partners).next 2 partners).

Round 2 and 3:Round 2 and 3: Meet with new partners Meet with new partners and discuss questions and responses (both and discuss questions and responses (both partners must engage in the conversation partners must engage in the conversation by asking questions and adding on to what by asking questions and adding on to what each other has to say.each other has to say.

Introduction to the

Power of One

Bryce Courtenay Much of The Power of One is based on Bryce

Courtenay's own life. Courtenay was born in 1933 in South Africa. At five years of age, he was sent to a boarding school, which

was a mixture between a reform school and an orphans' home. Here he learned how to box in order to survive.

He then moved to Barberton in the North Eastern part of South Africa and met a German music teacher called Doc.

Courtenay attended a prestigious private high school, and then studied journalism at an English university.

He was banned from returning to South Africa since he had initiated a weekend school for black people at his high school.

Ponder and discuss these questions as you make connections throughout this lesson.

Can you think of any current or historical similarities between the described apartheid system in Africa and the U.S.?

Can you think of any current or historical similarities between the colonization of the Americas and the colonization of Africa?

Historical BackgroundAnglo - Boer War Between 1899 and 1902

Boers, white Dutch settlers, came and settled in Africa before the English/British

An army of 500,000 British fought against a clan of 87,000 Boers to take control of the land

The main protagonists of the war -Great Britain and two Boer republics - were mainly white

English wanted all of South Africa to come under English rule

Hostility and segregation between English (Rooinek) and Boers (Afrikaans) continued until the end of official apartheid 1994

Historical Background

First Concentration Camps Started by English Both blacks and white Boers were imprisoned 37 black concentration camps are recorded and These camps held an estimated total of 11,500

people at the height of their existence.

The Beginning of Apartheid In 1948 the Afrikaner Nationalist Party gained control of the South African

Parliament, and established the system known as apartheid.

Apartheid means "separateness" or "apartness" and included 317 laws which reserved civil rights for 5 million whites and denied them to 25 million blacks.

All citizens were classified by race

Marriage and sexual relations across color lines were made illegal

Separate living areas; whites get all of the best, over 80% of the population was crowded into areas which covered less than 13% of the total land mass.

Economic development was outlawed in black "homelands." Jobs were made available only in white areas.

All non-whites must carry a passbook at all times

All public places were segregated

Apartheid: What is interesting about these stats? Whole class discussion

Translated from Afrikaans, apartheid means “apartness.” The term is used to describe the legalized racist policy of the National Party (NP) between 1948 and (officially) 1994. Its roots can be found in South Africa's earlier policies of segregation. The only relationship that black people were allowed to have with white people was one in which they served them.

Divisions of Apartheid

The Nationalists argued that the people did not constitute a single nation but made up four race groups, namely white, black, coloured, and Indian. These races were further divided into 13 “nations.”

White people comprised English and Afrikaans language groups.

The black population was divided into 10 ethnic groups.

This made the “white” race the largest one in the country.

Pass Laws The movement of black people was severely limited.

Black people could only stay in “white” South Africa if they possessed documents proving they had permission to do so. The laws restricting the movement of people were known as Pass Laws.

The Urban Areas Act of 1945 outlined requirements for African people to “qualify” to live “legally” in urban areas in white South Africa. In order to do so they had to have Section 10 rights. These rights were based on whether:

a) The person had been born there and resided there continuously since birth;b) The person had worked continuously for ten years in any prescribed area for any

employer; or lived continuously in any such area for a period not less than 10 years;

c) The person was the wife, unmarried daughter, or son under 18 years of age of an African falling into classes (a) or (b), and ordinarily resided with him, and initially entered the area lawfully; or

d) The person had been granted a permit to remain by a labor bureau.

The Bantu Self-Government Act

The Bantu Self-Government Act further divided the whites from the African tribes and changed the political and geographic shape of South Africa. The Bantu Act declared that blacks must live with other members of their ethnic group in specifically established areas or “reserves.” This law created a South Africa with a white center and a cluster of black states along its borders. This law paved the way for the government to forcibly remove blacks from their long-time homes and forced them to resettle in assigned areas. The introduction to the Act read:

"The bantu people of the Union of South Africa do not constitute a homogenous people but form separate national units on the basis of language and culture."

Instead the government broke down the assigning of people to specific areas based on their tribal/culture heritage and language.

Resistance Resistance began in the 1950's, the first outbreak of violence occurred

in 1960 and was known as the Sharpville Massacre, 69 peopled were killed and 180 wounded by South African police.

Nelson Mandela rose to leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), but was arrested in 1964 and imprisoned for 26 years.

In the early 1970's Steven Biko founded the "Black Consciousness" movement patterned after the "Black Power" movement in the United States. Biko was arrested, tortured, then killed while in police custody in 1977.

In 1976 thousands of students protested in a black township in Johannesburg, this became known as the Soweto Riot. The government killed 600 students and arrested thousands.

In 1983 as protests continued the government declared a state of emergency and 30,000 more blacks were jailed.

International pressure began to mount. South Africa was expelled from the UN in 1974. They were banned from the Olympic Games in 1976, in 1986 the U.S. Congress banned new investment by U.S. companies.

Apartheid ends

In 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison and the ANC works with the government to write a new constitution which would put an end to Apartheid.

In 1994 Mandela is elected as the first Black President of South Africa

QUIZ 1. Peekay was sent to the boarding school because…a.   He was too young b.  His mother was sick c.  He wets bed 2. Peekay’s major problems in the school include …a.  Bed-wetting and prejudice b. Gibbering and incomprehension c.  Desperation and

thoughtlessness 3. The Judge and his Jury are ….a.  White children who hate Peekay because he is English b.  Black and white children who

hate Peekay c.  Black children who torture Peekay because he is white 4. The prejudice Peekay endured in the boarding school is the result of …a.  Inkosi-Inkosikazi’s visit b. Anglo-Boer War and the incarceration of Boer men and

women in a concentration Camp c.  His attitude towards Mevrou 5. ---------, ----------, and -------- are among Peekay’s survival strategiesa.  Adapt, blend, and camouflage b. Crying, faking sickness, and lying in bedc.  Silence, obedience, and suffering 6. How does Granpa Chook retaliate on the Judge for punishing Peekay?a. He poked out the Judge’s eye b. He poops into the Judge’s mouth c. He jarred at the

Judge 7. In the beginning, Peekay  needs a camouflage in order to disguise his ---- a. Englishness b. Smartness c. Outwit the judge 8 Peekay spends most of his time after school doing ---- a. His punishment from the Judge b. The Judge’s Math assignment c. Playing with Granpa

Chook 9. ----- is Peekay’s mentor who predicted that he would become welterweight of the

South Africa. a. Mr. Crown b. Hopie Groenewald c. Inkosi-Inkosikazi 10. What tattoo does the Judge have on his arm?a. Swastika b. Hitler c. a dove

QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Peekay was sent to the boarding school because…a.   He was too young b.  His mother was sick c.  He wets bed 2. Peekay’s major problems in the school include …a.  Bed-wetting and prejudice b. Gibbering and incomprehension c.  Desperation and

thoughtlessness 3. The Judge and his Jury are ….a.  White children who hate Peekay because he is English b.  Black and white children who

hate Peekay c.  Black children who torture Peekay because he is white 4. The prejudice Peekay endured in the boarding school is the result of …a.  Inkosi-Inkosikazi’s visit b. Anglo-Boer War and the incarceration of Boer men and

women in a concentration Camp c.  His attitude towards Mevrou 5. ---------, ----------, and -------- are among Peekay’s survival strategiesa.  Adapt, blend, and camouflage b. Crying, faking sickness, and lying in bedc.  Silence, obedience, and suffering 6. How does Granpa Chook retaliate on the Judge for punishing Peekay?a. He poked out the Judge’s eye b. He poops into the Judge’s mouth c. He jarred at the

Judge 7. In the beginning, Peekay  needs a camouflage in order to disguise his ---- a. Englishness b. Smartness c. Outwit the judge 8 Peekay spends most of his time after school doing ---- a. His punishment from the Judge b. The Judge’s Math assignment c. Playing with Granpa

Chook 9. ----- is Peekay’s mentor who predicted that he would become welterweight of the

South Africa. a. Mr. Crown b. Hopie Groenewald c. Inkosi-Inkosikazi 10. What tattoo does the Judge have on his arm?a. Swastika b. Hitler c. a dove

H.W. Each of you will be assigned a number 1-6.

“Numbered Heads” Everyone should circle their number on the back of their HW sheet.

Your homework is to fully explore the reflection questions provided.

Your response must contain: Well-developed ideas, questions, and reflections on the

assigned section of text Specific details and examples from the text 2-3 well-developed paragraphs (preferably typed)