Quick Write #5: Aim to finish this today in class

Quick Write Topic #5:  Analyze how events in chapter 11 (pages 172-194) demonstrate Malcolm X’s development.

In your Quick Write you should: (I HAVE ADDED ON EXTRA NOTES IN RED IF YOU WANT TO ADD THEM ON)

• Describe Malcolm X’s development at this point in the text ----WHAT HAS CHANGED ABOUT HIS CHARACTER/WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT HIS CHARACTER
• Identify significant events in chapter 11 that demonstrate Malcolm X’s development (e.g., beginning to pray, writing letters, acquiring “a homemade education”, joining the prison debating activity, and recruiting for Mr. Muhammad).
• Analyze how these significant events in chapter 11 demonstrate Malcolm X’s development (CONNECT HOW THE EVENT SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT IN HIS CHARACTER)
• THINK ABOUT DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION/STEAL INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION IN YOUR BRAINSTORM

Event in Malcolm’s Life (Ch. 11 ONLY)	How it changed his character	Textual Evidence
Malcom tries to kneel/pray Malcolm acquires a "homemade education" in prison using the dictionary Malcolm becomes a Muslim and begins recruiting for The Nation of Islam Malcolm will not talk to his brother Reginald Malcolm joins the prison debate team/learns how history has been "whitened"	realizes how difficult it is to admit his guilt	pg. 173

Quick Write Help:

T—In The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley, Malcolm develops over the course of Chapter 11. 
R-This is mainly because......(basic summary only--no textual evidence yet)

E—(Event #1/explain/connect what we learned about his character)

E—(Event #2/explain/connect what we learned about his character)

E*--if needed a 3rd event

S—As you can see, in Ch. 11 many important changes are seen in Malcolm's character.