HOME ROOM STUDENTS Please remain seated and quiet

HOME ROOM STUDENTS • Please remain seated and quiet while students finish make up work. • Thank you!

What is Africa to me: Copper Sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women from whose loins I sprang When the brids of Eden sang? One three centuries removed From the scenes his father loved, Spicy grove, cinnamon tree, What is Africa to me?

When You Turn in Your Test. . . Brain Drain - What do you know about slavery? Make a list of everything you know or comes to mind when you think about slavery. This may be facts, stories, examples, ideas, opinions, adjectives, nouns, symbols, ANYTHING! Your thoughts are not wrong!

Brain Drain - What do you know about slavery? • Make a list of everything you know or comes to mind when you think about slavery. • Discuss with your group • Share with the class IQP – Analyze the cover of Copper Sun. – Record 2 initial IMPRESSIONS. – Generate 2 QUESTIONS that come to mind. – MAKE 2 PREDICTIONS about the novel.

Probable Passage • • • • • Giraffe Death Warrior Village Tremble Papayas Chuckled Screams Elder Rhythm Lovely Strangers Celebration Arrival Uneasy Manners Brother Drumbeats • Draw 5 boxes on your paper, labeling them as follows: – Characters – Setting – Problems – Outcomes – Unknown words • Sort the words from the list into the boxes you think they may go in. Every word should be placed in a box.

Probable Passage • Now that you have sorted the words, create a “gist statement” – a prediction – using as many of the words as possible. • Next, list three questions you need answered based on your prediction.

Copper Sun Journal Entry 1 • How do the students of today’s world express themselves, and what do they use as a tool for helping or healing? • Besa and Amari are teens from 200 years ago. Times have changed dramatically, but some things are similar to today. What elements can you relate to in our world? How are Amari and Besa the same as teenagers today?

Copper Sun Entry Ticket 1. What impacted you the most from your reading (pp. 15 -44)? Be specific, and tell how it impacted you – what did it make you think and/or feel? 2. Complete the following simile: The beginning of this novel (chapters 1 -7) is like (a / an) ________ because ________. 3. IRONY is an outcome of events contrary (opposite) to what was, or might have been, expected. Look back at the chief’s welcome speech on page 8. How is irony present? Mention at least 4 points.

Copper Sun Character Chart • Think about how the author characterizes Amari. What personality traits does she display? • Identify at least TWO traits and think of a symbol to represent each. Following the examples, begin a metaphorical character chart for Copper Sun’s main character.

Copper Sun Notebook 1. CS Introduction (Brain Drain and IQP) 2. Probable Passage 3. CS Journal 1 (2 questions) 4. Character Chart - Amari