UNIT 6: AFRICA –UNIT TEST REVIEW

ENG10A

Download the Unit Test Study Guide from the Class Website

Part I: Multiple Choice

• For the multiple choice portion of the test, you will be asked questions about the texts

you have read.

• Use the Quick Checks as a way to review.

• Use the study guide on the Class Website.

Part II: Essay Questions

• ALL essay answers must be submitted to CheckMyWork before

turning in your open book assessment.

• The CheckMyWork report link, along with the answer, must be

pasted into the assessment answer box.

• Since the essay questions are provided to students ahead of

time in the unit test study guides posted on the Class Website,

all students have the opportunity to write out their responses

before opening the assessment.

Essay Questions

• How to get full points on the essay question portion of the test.• Take time to review the question and map out a

response BEFORE opening the test.

• Answer ALL PARTS of a multi-part question.

• Use correct grammar and punctuation.

• Write at LEAST 3-5 sentences. Only writing ONEsentence is not acceptable.

• Make sure your response is clear and understandable.

• Give specific evidence by providing examples from the text.

• Include the CheckMyWork link with your responses.

• Use the R.A.C.E strategy!!

Essay Question

• Choose two of the following essay prompts.

• Respond to each in a paragraph.

• Answers should be written in complete sentences.

• FULLY explain your answer and give specific details for

support.

• Include the CheckMyWork link with your response.

Prompt I. In both "Marriage Is a Private Affair" and "A Meeting in the Dark," young men fret that their fathers will disapprove of their potential wives. Compare these two stories by looking at how the personalities of the young men and their fathers help to shape the eventual outcomes.

• Unpack the Prompt:

• "Marriage Is a Private Affair"

• The young man frets that his father will disapprove of their potential wives.

• How do the personalities of the young man and his father shape the eventual outcome?

• "A Meeting in the Dark"

• The young man frets that his father will disapprove of their potential wives.

• How do the personalities of the young man and his father shape the eventual outcome?

• Ex: Although both fathers oppose their sons’ choice because of their Christian beliefs, their

relationships with their sons are very different.

• Okeke is a kind-hearted man who believes he must oppose his son’s choice of a wife outside the tribe on principle. However, he becomes reconciled to the marriage when he realizes how the rift in the family hurts his grandsons. John’s father is stern and unable to forgive weakness in himself or his son; John’s fear of him is one factor that drives the young man to attack his pregnant girlfriend.

Prompt II. Examine how white people and black people regard each other in"No Witchcraft for Sale," "The Moment Before the Gun Went Off," and "The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses." How do they help to both teach and support each other, and how do they fail? Think about what each group is trying to protect and when it withholds something from the other.

• Unpack the Prompt: • "No Witchcraft for Sale"

• Examine how white people and black people regard each other.

• How do white people and black people help to teach and support each other?

• How do white people and black people fail?

• Ex: Gideon and the Farquars have a friendly relationship based on affection for Teddy and shared Christian values. However, the limits of that relationship are exposed when Teddy begins to treat Gideon as a servant when Gideon refuses to share his traditional love.

• "The Moment Before the Gun Went Off"• Examine how white people and black people regard each other.

• How do white people and black people help to teach and support each other?

• How do white people and black people fail?

• "The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses"• Examine how white people and black people regard each other.

• How do white people and black people help to teach and support each other?

• How do white people and black people fail?

• Think about what each group is trying to protect and when it withholds something from the other

Prompt III. A theme that runs through the poems in this unit is that a sense of pride is important to a sense of self-worth. What do you think is the connection between this theme and Africa's history of colonial rule? Support your view with details from at least two of the selections you have read.

• Unpack the Prompt:

• What is theme?

• THE MEssage

• Common theme in this unit - a sense of pride is important to a sense of self-worth

• What do you think is the connection between this theme and Africa's history of colonial rule?

• Theme

• a sense of pride is important to a sense of self-worth

• Africa's history of colonial rule

• Colonizers—and some educated Africans—tended to believe that whites ways were superior to those of “uncivilized” African natives. After independence, African nations began reclaiming their cultural heritage and their sense of pride.

• Support your view with details from at least two of the selections you have read.

• Provide the titles of two readings from this unit to support your connection between

• the theme of a sense of pride is important to a sense of self-worth AND

• Africa’s history of colonial rule

Quick Review!

• What strategy should you use to write your short response answers?

• R.A.C.E.

• What are the steps to the strategy?

• Restate the question

• Answer the question

• Cite evidence

• Explain your evidence

• When working on an essay question, what must you do BEFORE submitting

your assessment?

• Submit responses to CheckMyWork and then provide the link along with response.

• Where can you find the unit study guide?

• Class Website under Unit 6

Unit Test Essay Question & Portfolio Redo• Deadline is December 14, 2018

• Portfolios:• Unit 2 Lesson 13: Compare-and-Contrast Essay Portfolio (Personal Narrative) Essay FINAL DRAFT

(Portfolio Directions)

• Unit 3 Lesson 8: Multimedia Project Final Draft Portfolio (Literary Analysis) FINAL DRAFT (Portfolio Directions)

• Unit Test Essay Questions:• Unit 1: The Literature of the Americas Unit Test (Study Guide)

• Unit 2: The Literature of the Americas II Test (Study Guide)

• Unit 5: Europe II Unit Test (Study Guide)

• Unit 6: The Literature of Africa Unit Test (Study Guide)

• You are only allowed ONE opportunity to redo your final draft portfolios and unit test essay questions, so make sure you revise and edit carefully.

• For EVERY redo, you are required to send a new CheckMyWork link.

Looking ahead…

• Next LiveLesson

• November 21st - No LL (Fall Break)

• November 28th - Open Office Hours – No LL instruction – Come with questions

• Lesson Completion - 76% overall

• Reminders

• Fall Break (No School) – November 19-23

• Unit Test Essay Question & Portfolio Redo Work DUE December 14th

• End of Semester is December 21st

• Winter Break is December 24th – January 6th

• Escalation - Make sure you are staying out of alarm

• Contacts: call a teacher (me!)

• Attendance: get 28 hours a week and enter daily

• Participation: go do a lesson!