Malcolm X: Point of View DAY 2 (Quiz/Review/Close Read) 2023

Open Ended

How many point of views are present in "How Malcolm Learned to Read" by Clint Smith? Explain using third person point of view and evidence from the text.

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Match

REVIEW! Match the following Latin prefixes with their corresponding meanings:

• Bene

• Scrib/Script

• Man

• Im/In/An/Un/Dis

• Re

Well/Good

To Write

Hand

Not

Again

• Well/Good

• To Write

• Hand

• Not

• Again

​Notes*** Mandatory for Grade

Write down the key terms for today, filling in the blanks as we go along.

1. P.O.V.: _____ is telling the story (1st/2nd/3rd?)

2. ​Narrator: The ______ or _____ telling the story

3. 3rd Person:

   1. Omniscient P.O.V. "ALL-______"

   2. Limited P.O.V. "Insight thoughts/feelings of ____ character only"

   3. Multiple P.O.V. "____ or more"

4. Perspective: A characters ______ or way of _________

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​Notes

Multiple Choice

Kevin and Brandon went to a movie this weekend. They saw "Finding Dory" and loved it. Kevin bought some popcorn while Brandon bought a big box of candy. 

• 3rd person Omniscient

• 1st person Limited

Multiple Choice

Third person point of view is when the narrator uses words like:

• She, They, He 
• I, Me, My

Multiple Choice

We lived on the main residential street in town—Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment… Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature.

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

Multiple Choice

True or False: A character can also be a narrator

• True

• False

​	​ (Character or voice speaking)	​P.O.V. (1st/2nd/3rd)	​Influence on Reader
​Stanza 1, Lines 1-2 "Malcolm" "he"	​Clint Smith	​3rd Person Limited	​Demonstrates how Malcolm worked hard teaching himself to read/write.
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​Visually, what stands out?

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Three stanzas.

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PAY ATTENTION​

Multiple Choice

What does writing provide Malcolm X while he is in prison?

• I think dwindling means “gradually decreasing in size or amount.”

• The reader notes that the change from third to first person means that the thoughts of the character get revealed.

• Malcolm X finds asylum, or refuge, in the written word. Writing seems to give him both comfort and a sense of freedom

• The speaker is addressing Malcolm X, but he is also wondering aloud. He wants to know if Malcolm X had a similar experience of being defined by his words

Multiple Choice

Whom is the speaker addressing in the final lines of the poem? Why?

• It is about how Malcolm X learned new words by copying the dictionary in priso

• The speaker is addressing Malcolm X, but he is also wondering aloud. He wants to know if Malcolm X had a similar experience of being defined by his words.

• ” The speaker of the poem is discussing how he and Malcolm X used writing to achieve “something new,” so that definition makes sense.

• Malcolm X is spending all night writing in his prison cell with a lead pencil

Multiple Choice

Inscribe

• place firmly

• short time

• Brief

• to write, engrave, or print on or in something

Multiple Choice

Who and what are the subjects of this poem? What is the setting? Use evidence from the text to support your response.

• The poem’s two subjects are Malcolm X and the speaker himself. Both of them found comfort and freedom through the written word. While Malcolm X started writing in prison, the speaker’s setting seems to be public. I know this because he refers to “stages” and “applause from strangers.

• The line must be a quote from Malcolm X. I know this because of the previous stanza. It is about how Malcolm X learned new words by copying the dictionary in prison.

• Like Malcolm X, the speaker has used writing to improve his life. He says, “Malcolm, I, too, have tried to inscribe my way to something new.” He also says that, like Malcolm, he has used writing “to leave behind the man I wasn’t proud to be.”

Multiple Choice

What do the speaker and Malcolm have in common? Explain, using evidence from the poem.

• I think dwindling means “gradually decreasing in size or amount.” Malcolm X is spending all night writing in his prison cell with a lead pencil. All that writing would make the pencil get smaller and smaller.

• Like Malcolm X, the speaker has used writing to improve his life. He says, “Malcolm, I, too, have tried to inscribe my way to something new.” He also says that, like Malcolm, he has used writing “to leave behind the man I wasn’t proud to be.”

• The word inscribe must mean “to write.” The speaker of the poem is discussing how he and Malcolm X used writing to achieve “something new,” so that definition makes sense.

Multiple Choice

In the final stanza, the narrator talks directly to Malcolm X. What is the purpose of this shift in narration? Support your answer with evidence from the poem

• The narrator asks Malcolm X these questions, but it also seems like the narrator is talking about himself. Talking directly to Malcolm X is a way for the narrator to think about himself.

• The narrator says that he started writing to become a new person. He wasn’t happy with who he was, so he wrote to be someone he felt proud to be.

• This is a simile where the light is being compared to a little kid who won’t listen.

Multiple Select

Select two examples of figurative language. Then, explain how each one contributes to the tone and meaning in this poem

• The narrator says that he started writing to become a new person. He wasn’t happy with who he was, so he wrote to be someone he felt proud to be.

• There is a simile where the light is being compared to a little kid who won’t listen. Malcolm X needs the light so he can keep reading the dictionary. But this is probably against the rules to stay up all night reading, so the light in the hallway is not doing what it should because it should be dark

• Malcolm X learns to read to make himself a better person in jail. The narrator says that he also used language to try to be a better person. The narrator wasn’t in prison, but he wasn’t proud of who he was, so he tried to change.

Multiple Choice

The Latin word inscribere means “to write.” With this information in mind, write your best definition of the word inscribe as it is used in this context.

• The line must be a quote from Malcolm X. I know this because of the previous stanza. It is about how Malcolm X learned new words by copying the dictionary in prison.

• The word inscribe must mean “to write.” The speaker of the poem is discussing how he and Malcolm X used writing to achieve “something new,” so that definition makes sense.

• The poem’s two subjects are Malcolm X and the speaker himself. Both of them found comfort and freedom through the written word. While Malcolm X started writing in prison, the speaker’s setting seems to be public. I know this because he refers to “stages” and “applause from strangers