Grade Checks and King Leopold's Ghost

To Start:

• First, retitle your starter document “Last Name, First Name – Starters”
  
• Then, name some of the superstitions that you, your family and friends or your larger culture hold. How would you explain them to an outsider to your culture?

In Class:

Check your grade in Powerschool. If there is an issue this class period is a great time to practice your self-advocacy skills.


If you are missing assignments or questions make a plan to get caught up and email it to me.

• I will grade missing starters and reading questions in my next round of GoogleDoc grading. Highlight changes or respond to my comments, so that I know it’s been added.
• I will check other assignments as I have time. Send me an email altering me that you turned it in.

If you aren’t missing any assignments or question, please consider a challenge extension book. It doesn’t require any extra questions or annotations, just the joy of reading, an informal book club lunch and more material to use for your fictional narrative.

Then, we’re going to watch part of the documentary “King Leopold’s Ghost” to get a sense of some of the problems that the Berlin Conference and colonialism ultimately caused.

For Reading:
First, retitle your reading log “Last Name, First Name – TFA Reading Log”
Then, answer the questions for chapters nine and ten.

Chapter 9

1. Why does Ekwefi prize her daughter Ezinma so highly? Why is Ekwefi so worried when Ezinma gets sick?
   
2. What is an “ogbanje”?
   
3. How do the people deal with ogbanje?
   
4. How do ogbanje affect people’s attitudes towards children?
   

Chapter 10

1. What are the egwugwu? How to the community members feel towards them?
   
2. What purpose does the egwugwu ceremony serve?
   
3. What does this chapter show us about the system of justice in this community?
   
4. How does this chapter change your understanding of the roles of men and women in this culture?