Monday January 11, 2010

PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE PUNCTUAL>

In class Friday, we finished reviewing chapter 4, Lost Names. Today we'll go over the following questions as pertains to chapter 5. These are due at the end of class. The questions are as follows:
Lost Names by Richard Kim
Chapter 5 questions for An Empire for Rubber Balls

1. (117) What is it that the narrator eats for breakfast?



2. (117) Our narrator is to be in a play at school, where he will play the part of a Japanese lieutenant, who will deliver a long speech. Why is this play being performed?




3. Why is this play an act of humiliation for the Korean people?




4. (118) The boy is told by his grandmother that “They are making you play the part because of your father.” Why is this statement true?





5. (120) What must every house have in preparation for the supposed bomb attacks on the Koreans by the Americans?




6. (122) What must the upper class children in school do with the bamboo sticks? And why?





7. (125) Why is there no school that morning?



8. (126) What does the narrator have his class do with the balls they have collected? Why?



9. (133-134) What does the Japanese teacher do to the narrator and how does the boy handle it?



10. (140-142) In several sentences describe how the narrator handled giving the speech that evening, even though he had been severely beaten. How do you think the audience reacted?

The following are the new vocabulary words from Lost Names. There will be a quiz on Friday.
Lost Names by Richard Kim

Vocabulary 2

1. guffaw (noun)- a hearty, boisterous laugh. (A loud guffaw bellowed from the back of the room when the principal announced that all the students must remain two hours later each day.)
2. to requisition (verb)- a formal written request for something needed. (The school must requisition everything from soap to paper to keep the building supplied.)
3. intricacies (noun)- complexities (The intricacies of filling out our tax forms is an annual frustration.)
4. humiliation (noun)- disgrace, shame, mortification (The humiliation imposed upon Germany by the allies after World War I helped feed the vengeance of World War II.)
5. to annihilate (verb)- To destroy completely: The naval force was annihilated during the attack.
6. predicament (noun)- a situation that is particularly trying or difficult. (Her predicament left her with choices that were both disagreable.)
7. contempt (noun)- The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn (Narrow minded people are often filled with contempt for those who do not share their ideas.)
8. rancid (adjective)- Having the disagreeable odor or taste (The milk was left out all afternoon in the warm room and now had a rancid taste.)
9. personae non gratae (noun) Fully unacceptable or unwelcome, especially to a foreign government: (The diplomat was persona non grata.)
10. gaudy (adjective)- tasteless, showy, flashy (Her bright yellow flowered dress was too gaudy to wear to the funeral.)
11. hara-kiri (noun) this is a colloquialism, the proper term being seppuku. This is ritual Japanese suicide ritual accomplished through disembowelment.
12. to entrench (verb) to dig in or occupy (The enemy was entrenched on to of the hill, so that we could not attack