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AIM: SWBAT analyze external conflicts to interpret the emotions and traits of characters Do Now Do Now: The Watsons Go to Birmingham Review
Directions: Answer the following questions based on what you have read so far in the book. 1. Dad Momma ____________________ , _______________________, _____________________ Based on the family tree above, what names belong on the lines: a. Byron, Kenny, LJ c. Joetta, Byron, Kenny b. Larry, LJ, Joetta d. Joetta, Byron, LJ 2. Kenny calls the bad guys in his game “Nazis” because a. The book begins soon after the World War II b. The book takes place during World War II c. Kenny has World War II action figures d. Kenny’s family has a Nazi history 3. Which of the sentences below is NOT an example of figurative language in the book? a. Smiled a mile a minute b. Might as well have put me in the center and said “Ready, Aim, Fire!” c. A couple of girls thought he was cute d. It makes me sick the way she is always protecting Byron. 4. The Americans vs. the Nazis is an example of: a. Man vs. Man conflict c. Man vs. Society conflict b. Man vs. Nature conflict d. Internal conflict Word of the Day Word of the Day peon Part of Speech noun Dictionary Definition a person required by law or rule to serve another; a laborer Everyday Definition a person of lowly status (often used in a sarcastic tone) Example Because I was just a peon, I had to make coffee runs for everyone else in my office. Directions: With your partner, circle the scenarios in which “peon” is used correctly. A) He was the highest ranked officer in the army, and many referred to him as a peon. C) Imagine a peon like him, thinking he could speak with that tone to a queen! B) I worked my whole life to become a peon and once I earned that title, I would do anything not to let it go. D) He thought of himself as just a peon, and had very low confidence when dealing with the others in his office because of his self-­‐concept. Directions: Write a caption for this image using the word “peon” in the caption. DEMOCRACY
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Guided Notes: EXTERNAL CONFLICT Directions: Watch this video of conflicts between characters in many famous works of literature. Identify the examples of external conflicts you see. Write them in the appropriate part of organizer below by briefly summarizing the conflict and the characters involved. For example ”The witch yells at Dorothy on her broomstick” would go in Man vs. Man bubble. If you don’t know the names of the characters shown just give a brief description. For example, if you didn’t know Harry Potter’s name in the video you could write “the boy flying on the stick” instead. External Conflict Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society The Watsons Go to Birmingham (p79-­‐89) I Do: Before Reading Page # Character p62 carp Summarize Conflict In “The Great Carp Escape” a carp fish is trying to get free from a net but every time the fish got up from being knocked down by the net, it would keep getting caught in the net again because of the current of the river” Type of External Conflict What I Learn/Inferred about the character You Do: After Reading Directions: Read through page 89 of Watsons. Then identify three (3) examples of external conflict. Fill in the organizer below with the involved characters, a summary of the conflict, which type of external conflict it is and what you can infer about the character based on that conflict. Page # Summarize Conflict Type of External Conflict What I Learn/Inferred about the character DEMOCRACY
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When Kenny realizes that Byron signed for the Swedish Cremes at the store without his parents’ permission, Byron threatens him saying that he better not tell since he ate two of them as well. CLASS/HOMEROOM
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Directions: Answer the multiple choice questions below based on your knowledge of conflict and what you have read of Watsons. Explain why you chose your answer on the lines below each question. 1. Based on the man vs. man conflict in which Byron tries to hide his haircut from Momma, the reader can infer that: a. Momma knew about Byron’s haircut before he came home. b. Byron is proud of his haircut and wants to show it off to the family. c. Byron is embarrassed of his haircut and is afraid to show Momma. d. Momma does not allow her children to get haircuts. Explain why you chose your answer. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
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______________________________________________ Figure 1 -­‐ A "conk" was a p opular h airstyle from the 1920s into the 1960s in which African Americans straightened their hair. 2. Based on the man vs. society conflict, in which Byron’s parents don’t believe in getting hair straightened with chemicals, the reader can infer that: a. Byron’s parents have had bad experiences with straightened hair in the past. b. Byron’s parents have some old-­‐fashioned values. c. Byron’s parents have straight hair. d. Byron’s parents gave him money to get his haircut. Explain why you chose your answer. _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________
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Post-­‐It Page Directions: Please move all post-­‐its you have written during class to this page of your packet. Remember to record the page number where you made the note on the post-­‐it. Name ________________________ Date____________________________ Literature Studies Cohort: __________________ 2023 Vocabulary Review Homework Directions: Write a caption for the photographs below using one of the following words for each photo: regarding, era, civil disobedience, prejudice, deceptive, peon, injustice, and reflective. Be sure that the sentence you write makes obvious the meaning of the vocabulary term. DEMOCRACY
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Exit Slip #7 Directions: Read this excerpt from The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963. Then identify the main external conflict. Fill in the organizer below with the involved characters, a summary of the conflict, which type of external conflict it is and what you can infer about the character based on that conflict. “A week later I was walking down the alley behind Mitchell’s when a big cookie with pink frosting just about hit me in the head. It went by like a little flying saucer, then crashed in the dirt. I looked all around and didn’t see anybody so I put my hands over my face and stood still because I knew if something weird like this happened once it usually happened again. Sure enough, another cookie hit me right in the back and a big laugh came out of the green-­‐apple tree. Byron.” Characters Summarize Conflict Type of External Conflict What I Learn/Inferred about the character