"As the Night the Day"
by: Abioseh Nicol
About the Author: Abioseh Nicol
PREADING REFLECTION:
What does it mean to be true to yourself?
Be true to yourself means that be original, don't let nobody change you.
Do you think that being true to yourself helps you avoid being false to others?
Yes because, if you are always being your trueself you dont have to worry being fake.
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 - a chaos "As soon as a posted sentinel announced that he was out of sight, minor pandemonium broke out." (p.63)
Culprit - a bad guy or a suspect "Its was a method of finding out a culprit by divination. " (p.67)
Exasperation - to be frustrated "the class sat and stood around the blackboard and demonstration bench in attitudes of exasperation". (p.69)
Intolerable - to be unbearable "He felt now that he must speak the truth, or life would be intolerable ever afterwards." (p.69)
Emphatic - showing meaning "Bandele wan empathic" (p.73)
Inconsolable - unable to be conterable "He touched tht edge of inconsolable eternal grief." (p.75)
Stifle - to not breathe correctly "He pushed his wet face into his wet pillow to stifle his sobs, but she had heard him." (p.75)
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
Provide 5 examples from the text to support each idea
- was a writter and a poet
- was educated in medicine
- born Steptember 14, 1924. Died September 20, 1994 in England
- married Dr. Marjorie Johnson Nicole
- one famous poem is "The Meaning of Africa"
PREADING REFLECTION:
What does it mean to be true to yourself?
Be true to yourself means that be original, don't let nobody change you.
Do you think that being true to yourself helps you avoid being false to others?
Yes because, if you are always being your trueself you dont have to worry being fake.
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 - a chaos "As soon as a posted sentinel announced that he was out of sight, minor pandemonium broke out." (p.63)
Culprit - a bad guy or a suspect "Its was a method of finding out a culprit by divination. " (p.67)
Exasperation - to be frustrated "the class sat and stood around the blackboard and demonstration bench in attitudes of exasperation". (p.69)
Intolerable - to be unbearable "He felt now that he must speak the truth, or life would be intolerable ever afterwards." (p.69)
Emphatic - showing meaning "Bandele wan empathic" (p.73)
Inconsolable - unable to be conterable "He touched tht edge of inconsolable eternal grief." (p.75)
Stifle - to not breathe correctly "He pushed his wet face into his wet pillow to stifle his sobs, but she had heard him." (p.75)
CONTRASTING IDEAS:
Provide 5 examples from the text to support each idea
Kojo is BEING TRUE TO HIMSELFKojo is being true to himself by telling Abu that he is going to confess about the temonetor.
Kojo is true to homself by not changing who he is. Kojo is true to himself by helping Basu to not get in trouble |
Kojo is NOT BEING TRUE TO HIMSELFKojo is not being true to himself by throwoing books Basu so he can look cool to the other kids.
Kojo is not being true to himself by thinking that Basu really did break the temoniter. Kojo is not being true to him self by confessing that he was the one who broke the temonitor. |