Monday September 10th

Journal Assignment: Compose the letter that Dee writes home after her visit to Mama and Maggie.  What does she most want to tell her mother?  What lessons about life might she still want to teach her?  What you write is speculative but must remain true to Dee's character.  We will read this letter out loud in class.  (DUE: Tomorrow)

Research: 

The black pride ideas that influence Wangero and Hakim-a-barber come from the Nation of Islam and one of its leaders, Malcolm X.  As a group research the Nation of Islam and Malcolm.  Discover what relationship the name Malcolm X has to Wangero and Hakim-a-barber's desire to avoid certain names.  Find visuals of Malcolm X and Nation of Islam and discuss how there styles might have influence how Wangero and Hakim-a-barber dress.  You will present these to English 9 (to show them how to present information - make sure you have at least five visuals.  You can do a poster board if you like).  (DUE: Thursday)

NOTE: AP English will be reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X (so, you have a head start on this information). 

HW: Look up new vocabulary words.

Doctrine

Hertiage

Commiserate

Indomitable

Rudimentary

Savoring

Voluble

Wizened

Fusillade

Maladroit