Thurs/ Fri, Jan 21-22, chap 3 Trevor, Pray

IMPORTANT: the last day to turn in any late work for this quarter is Friday, January 22 at midnight. Nothing submitted after will be accepted. The material beginning Monday, January 25 will go into the 3rd quarter.

Today's work will go into the 3rd quarter!





Class materials

South African praise music   (watch 2 minutes)

Chapt 3 Trevor, Pray  pages 29 to 38

Chapter 3 part 1(13:23) ends at I can feel it

Chapter 3 part 2 beginning women in the township (10:47)

Vocabulary:

temperance-(noun)- abstinence from alcoholic drink.

pugilism (noun)- the profession or hobby of boxing (pugilistic- adjective)

dinky-(adjective)- small, insignificant

recourse- (noun)- source of help in a difficult situation.

matriarch- (noun)-a woman who is the head of a family or tribe.  patriarch 

shanty-(noun)- a small, crudely built shack

totem or talisman (noun)-an object that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.



Assignment: Respond to one of the following in a minimum of 200 words, weaving in text from chapter 3,

Discuss the role of religion within his Trevor's family and community?  As you read or listen, consider the ironies that he points out. OR

Discuss how the people of Soweto transformed their ghetto and why?


*The definition of irony as a literary device is a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. For example, the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning


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