Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the television miniseries Roots. I admit with mild to moderate chagrin that I have never seen this highly acclaimed series–nor read the book. They were both au courant at a time in my life (high school) when I had other things on my mind, had given up television as a vast wasteland, and was in general alienated from the mainstream of American culture. Roots was part of that mainstream, I am happy to say in retrospect, and I need to read it, watch it, or both.
In any event, this is a half-page worksheet with a reading of two modestly complex sentences and two comprehension questions. Just the basics in a low-key, symmetrical introduction.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
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