They will compose a quickwrite to help make a connection with the. Gage editorial team joe banel maggie goh sue kanhai diane robitaille susan skivington. A masondixon memory by clifton davis memoir a whats wrong with playing like a girl. Before the students read, i am going to give them a quick overview of the masondixon line attached power point.
A masondixon memory clifton davis analyzing text structure means looking closely at the pattern the author uses to present events and ideas. Some narrative essays use a text structure called a frame story. What does the flashback have to do with daviss main story. Davis is a minister of a baptist church and has also operated an interdenominational ministry for many years. A mason dixon memory dondre green glanced uneasily at the civic leaders and sports figures filling the hotel ballroom in cleveland. Mason and dixon is divided into three unequal parts, the first providing a prelude to mason and dixons adventures in america, the middle and largest detailing those adventures, and the third. We see this when clifton dondre and their friends have to fight discrimination. A mason dixon memory author clifton davis clifton duncan davis born october 4, 1945 is an american actor, songwriter and minister. A masondixon memoryby clifton davis memoir 332 whats wrong with playing like a girl. Thomas pynchons mason and dixon will join other immortal male pairs in literary history, as rich in their interactions and as unimaginable outside of their bond as vladimir and estragon, ishmael and queequeg, boswell and johnson, don quixote and sancho panza, dean moriarty and sal paradise. Swbat compare the text of masondixon memory with the animation of the story. Clifton duncan davis born october 4, 1945 is an american actor, singer, songwriter, minister.
Narrative essays usually tell short, true stories from the authors life. Clifton duncan davis born october 4, 1945 is an american actor, singer. His friends were nice and help him and backed him up storyauthor the story i chose was a mason dixon memory. A masondixon memory is about how principled, courageous. A masondixon memory author clifton davis clifton duncan davis born october 4, 1945 is an american actor, songwriter and minister. M any v oices li t e r atu re teaching and assessment resources. The caldwell parish country clus is only for whites. We wrote sentences with all of our vocabulary words. I use this lesson around black history month to begin discussions on events that are not well known.
The text of mason and dixon itself, perhaps, is a table upon which the reader plays. Clifton, she began, do you know about the masondixon line. We also see doing the right thing in a mason dixon memory by clifton davis. Before the civil war, she explained, the masondixon line was originally the boundary between maryland and pennsylvania the dividing line between the slave and free states. Christmastide of 1786 sometime between december 25 and january 6. M any v oices li t e r atu re teaching and assessment. Retelling and the plot mountain using dragon, dragon by john gardner. A mason dixon memory by clifton davis lesson plus by kim. A mason dixon memory clifton davis the only girl in the world for me bill cosby. Clifton davis summary intro the story is about a young black golfer who was not let in a country club for a school tournament and was not let in because of his color. We also read other short stories, poetry, and nonfiction that relate to the novels. Comfort and conflict looking for work gary soto memoir 14 the warriors anna lee walters short story. Chicken soup for the teenage soul a masondixon memory elementary.
The night is short, and hope is sweet, it fills our hearts and speeds our feet a mason dixon memory pdf clifton davis. The paperback of the chicken soup for the teenage soul. Literature a masondixon memory learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Davis wrote a chapter in the book, chicken soup for the teenage soul. If you have the short story a mason dixon memory in your anthology, this lesson is for you. A masondixon memory clifton davis memoir 286 outside influences cross over rita williamsgarcia drama. Mason dixon memory by clifton davis literary focus. Today we read through chapter 11 in the watsons go to birmingham we wrote sentences with all of our vocabulary words.
He has appeared on the television shows as a world apart, thats my mama and amen. I will say, in order to show a deeper understanding of the text, i am going to practice the skill discussing the text with my classmates and the strategy using high level questions. In 1959, how do you think clifton davis felt to be refused admission to an amusement park. I am going to point out where the family from song of the trees lived mississippi and have them infer how the plot of song of the trees was shaped by the mason dixon line. A mason dixon memory by clifton davis lesson plus by kim kroll. They had come from across the nation to attend a fundraiser for the national minority college golf scholarship foundation. How do you want to be remembered when you leave this world. E by dorothy stillman editorial images by duncan mercredi poem a legend. Before the students read, i am going to give them a quick overview of the mason dixon line attached power point. If would stay, dondre cant play, said the coach to the team. A mason dixon memory clifton davis memoir 286 outside influences cross over rita. This unit uses the literature curriculum as a means by which to provide students with examples of various types of friendships and to enable students to gain a greater understanding of what it means to be a. Glory over everything harriet tubman a mason dixon memory by clifton davis master.
I will say, in order to deepen our thinking about masondixon memory, we are going to have a discussion with our classmates teach. Seventh grade lesson socratic seminar for mason dixon memory. A masondixon memory is about how principled, courageous young people fight injustice. The selections in the anthology have been charted two ways. A masondixon memory the united states free 30day trial scribd.
The place where amusement park was in was maryland, and it was below the mason dixon line, which means that it divided white people and black people. To download this file, you will need adobe acrobat reader. Timeless voices, timeless themes, bronze 2002 correlated to. This is the worksheet, powerpoint, and lesson plan that i have. This activity was created by a quia web subscriber. Davis schreef een hoofdstuk in het boek chicken soup for the teenage soul. They will compose a quickwrite to help make a connection with the story. That is not in the yellow book but is available in full on the net. Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. There is the concluding reunion of father and son, with mason in the odysseus role and doctor isaac as telemachus. Do the memorial plaque worksheet, found in the appendix page 379.
This advent further down the page, suggests before christmas day. How do you think he felt when his friends chose to skip the amusement park in order to stay with him. A mason dixon memory clifton davis analyzing text structure means looking closely at the pattern the author uses to present events and ideas. Entitled a mason dixon memory, it recounts the racism which he experienced while he was growing up. In loving memory of our brothers and sisters that have gone before us a mason dixon memory pdf clifton davis. Seventh grade lesson comparing the masondixon memory text.
This is the worksheet, powerpoint, and lesson plan that i have found to be very successful with a mason dixon memory, a touching story on racism a perfect short story for discussion. No, i said, wondering what this had to do with drenching fat ladies. A masondixon memory by clifton davis home by gwendolyn brooks should naturalized citizens be president. A mason dixon memory by clifton davis to open, click on the pdf file below.
October 4, 1945 is an american actor, songwriter and minister. Dondre green glanced uneasily at the civic leaders and sports figures filling the hotel ballroom in cleveland. He is the author of an autobiographical essay entitled a masondixon memory, in which he recounts his experiences as an eighth. A multicultural readercollection onestudent edition sampler a multicultural reader collection one many voices literature series perfection learning 800 8314190. He has been a guest on the trinity broadcasting network many times. Semester curriculum guide nemo vista school district. In addition to being an actor and a singer, he is also an ordained seventhday adventist church minister. Stories of life, love and learning by jack canfield, mark victor hansen, kimberly kirberger at. Davis also wrote several hits for the jackson 5, including never can say goodbye and lookin through the windows summary dondre bagan his story at fundraiser for the national. We read an essay titled a masondixon memory by clifton davis. Use the selections by ethnic groupchart if you plan to focus your study on one or more ethnic groups. Entitled a masondixon memory, it recounts the racism which he experienced while he.