Abioseh nicol
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Abioseh Nicole - 5
important facts about the author, an image and how the author's personal life
relates to the story
Abioseh was born on September 14, 1924
Abioseh died on September 20, 1994
His education was the university of Cambridge
He was a sierra Leonean academic
He was able to get degrees in arts. etc
PREADING
REFLECTION:
What does it mean to be true to
yourself?
It means that you don't lie
Do you think that being true to
yourself helps you avoid being false to others?
Yes because you can still be friends with them.
Abioseh Nicole - 5
important facts about the author, an image and how the author's personal life
relates to the story
Abioseh was born on September 14, 1924
Abioseh died on September 20, 1994
His education was the university of Cambridge
He was a sierra Leonean academic
He was able to get degrees in arts. etc
PREADING
REFLECTION:
What does it mean to be true to
yourself?
It means that you don't lie
Do you think that being true to
yourself helps you avoid being false to others?
Yes because you can still be friends with them.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:
Define each term
as it is used in the context of the story. Provide a quote from the story
in proper quote format.
Pandemonium - Pandemonium is chaos. "As soon as a posted sentinel announced that he was out of sight, minor pandemonium broke out." (p.
63)
Culprit - Culprit is a bad guy. "It was a method of finding out a culprit by divination." (p.67)
Exasperation - Exasperation means to be very annoyed. "The class sat and stood around the blackboard and demonstration bench in attitudes of exasperation, resignation, and self righteous indignation." (p.69)
Intolerable - Intolerable means harsh. "He felt now that he must speak the truth, or life would be intolerable ever afterwards." (p.69)
Emphatic - Emphatic means to be emphasising and insisting. "Bandele was emphatic." (p.73)
Inconsolable - Inconsolable means to be sad. "He touched the edge of an inconsolable eternal grief." (p.75)
Stifle - Stifle means to stop. "He pushed his face into his wet pillow to stifle his sobs, but she had heard him." (p.75)
Define each term
as it is used in the context of the story. Provide a quote from the story
in proper quote format.
Pandemonium - Pandemonium is chaos. "As soon as a posted sentinel announced that he was out of sight, minor pandemonium broke out." (p.
63)
Culprit - Culprit is a bad guy. "It was a method of finding out a culprit by divination." (p.67)
Exasperation - Exasperation means to be very annoyed. "The class sat and stood around the blackboard and demonstration bench in attitudes of exasperation, resignation, and self righteous indignation." (p.69)
Intolerable - Intolerable means harsh. "He felt now that he must speak the truth, or life would be intolerable ever afterwards." (p.69)
Emphatic - Emphatic means to be emphasising and insisting. "Bandele was emphatic." (p.73)
Inconsolable - Inconsolable means to be sad. "He touched the edge of an inconsolable eternal grief." (p.75)
Stifle - Stifle means to stop. "He pushed his face into his wet pillow to stifle his sobs, but she had heard him." (p.75)
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
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Kojo is NOT BEING TRUE TO HIMSELFKojo is not being true to himself when he started throwing books at Basu. " He felt somehow that there was an awful swelling of guilt which he could only shed by punishing himself through hurting someone." (p.70-71)
Kojo is not being true to himself when he stole something with he was with the other boys. "Kojo gave in and, unwillingly, took a little nitrate for some gun powder experiments which he was carrying at home. (p.64) Kojo is not being true to himself when he lies to his mother. "What is the matter with you, my son?" He pushed his face into his pillow. "Nothing," he said, muffled and choking. (p.75) |