S e c o n d e d I t I o n 1 Reading for the Real World 1

Malcolm X: “By Any Means Necessary”
Discussion
Discuss the following questions.
1.
Do you think violence is ever necessary? Why or why not?
2.
What types of protests have occurred in your country recently?
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Vocabulary Preview
 
Match each word or phrase with the correct definition.
1.
blow 
a.
a room devoted to reading and studying
2.
bonfire 
b. 
a forcible stroke to the body
3.
curse 
c.
a large fire built outside
4.
remnant 
d.
an unusual public display
5.
spectacle 
e.
a small remaining part
6.
study 
f.
to bring great evil upon
Pre-Reading Questions
Think about the following questions.
1.
Do you know anyone who has a multiracial background?
2. 
In the past, how were multiracial people treated by society?
3. 
How are multiracial people treated by society today?
Desiree’s Baby
 
by Kate Chopin
 
L a n g u a g e & L i t e r a t u re
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Desiree’s Baby 
by Kate Chopin
 
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esiree sat in her room, one hot afternoon. The baby lay asleep upon 
her own great mahogany bed. One of 
La Blanche’s
little 
quadroon
boys stood fanning the child. Desiree’s eyes had been fixed absently 
and sadly upon the baby. She looked from her child to the boy who stood beside 
him and back again “Ah!” The blood turned like ice in her