Long Way Down: How can an Author's or Speaker's Background Inform a Text

https://www.cc.com/video-clips/avk8pe/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jason-reynolds---serving-young-readers-with--long-way-down-

Answer the questions below with the video above.

Noah suggests that it was “insane” that Reynolds hadn’t read a whole book until he was seventeen. Reynolds claims that it was and was not “insane.” Why, in one sense, wasn’t it “insane” for Reynolds not to have read a novel until he was that old?

Why does Reynolds claim that his books to be “thank-you letters” and “love notes”?

Noah shares an anecdote regarding a young African-American man who asked him about making a movie about his book Born a Crime. Why does Noah share this story?

Reynolds claims three approaches that may help students to connect with literature. What are they?

Credit for the questions on this activity were adapted from this source: “Teacher Resource”. Columbus City Schools. Accessed on October 30, 2020.

True or false: Citing a source of information is important to give credit to the authors/creators.