English with Miss Plazier week 9 lesson 3 The Absolutely True Diary

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answers to questions about THUG

I won't ask questions about the bonus material, but I may ask you a question on the following background:

- the writer's intentions with THUG (Angie Thomas see the video we used in class)

- the idea of "roses that grew from concrete"

- Tupac's idea on THUG LIFE

- codeswitching

- Emmett Till 

Who were the GDs? 

"OGs don't start stuff, they finish it. Young Gs always start stuff. ...Rule of the Garden - if it doesn't involve you, it doesn't have shit to do with you. Period. The King Lords in the Escalade see everything going down. Since we don't claim their set, we don't exist. But the boy on the merry-go-round runs over and pushes the GDs back" (p.144-145)

Any thoughts on what this abbreviation stands for? 

GDs means Garden Disciples, the enemies of the King Lords. 

A few rules for the online reading sessions

- Make sure that your camera and microphone are working.

- Make sure that you have the book next to you because I will ask you to read it sometimes. 

- Make sure that you have a pen and notebook next to you.  

- doodle/write/draw while we read, make notes so that you can read through it once you will prepare for the test. 

examples: important characters, events, cartoons, etc. 

What do you know about native Americans/Indigenous people?

Do you know other examples that are/ were used to suppress cultural groups around the world?

Why did the US put native american children in boarding schools?

Why does Junior draw cartoons? What do the first two cartoons depict?
What does this tell us about Junior?

Why is the first chapter called Black Eye of the Month Club you think?

What makes the tone so humorous in this first chapter?