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“Everyday Use”

“Everyday Use”. Alice Walker. Objectives:. To develop vocabulary and word identification skills To use a variety of reading strategies to comprehend literature To express and support responses to the text To analyze literary elements (motivation)

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“Everyday Use”

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  1. “Everyday Use” Alice Walker

  2. Objectives: • To develop vocabulary and word identification skills • To use a variety of reading strategies to comprehend literature • To express and support responses to the text • To analyze literary elements (motivation) • To increase knowledge of the rules of grammar and language (fragments & run-ons)

  3. Background for Understanding: • Born in Georgia in 1944 • Scarred and nearly blinded as a child • Valedictorian; Spellman in Atlanta • Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York • Worked in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi • National recognition for The Color Purple (Pulitzer Prize)

  4. Literary Focus: • Motivation – what drives a character to do what he/she does. • Explains characters’ thoughts, feelings, actions, speech • May be internal or external

  5. Reading Strategy: • Contrasts (differences) • Identify characters • Distinguish between characters • Personality • Behavior • Analyze conflicts caused by differences

  6. Vocabulary: • Furtive • Lye • Oppress • Doctrine

  7. Grammar & Style: • Sentence Fragment – a group of words punctuated as a sentence • A complete sentence must contain a subject, a verb, and express a complete thought. • Example: • The dog ran. • The dog ran across the street. • Ran across the street.

  8. Project: Create a quilt. • Create a quilt using common materials • Quilt must be representative of you and your life (family) • Quilt must contain elements of culture, history, and lifestyle (symbolism) • Must display shape, texture, and color • You must be able to explain the displays in your quilt • Size: (max: 1 poster, minimum: ½ poster) • Materials: cloth, construction paper, poster board, coloring and craft items (no pictures unless drawn) • Due date: Thursday, May 10 • Project will be graded on • Neatness & Appearance • Creativity • Use of shape, texture, and color • Applicability of symbols (explain) • Compliance with directions

  9. Review: • What similarities exist between Maggie and Alice Walker? • How does Maggie feel about Dee’s return? • What is the setting of the story? • Why is Maggie shy and insecure? • How do Dee and Maggie differ physically, emotionally? • How does Dee show her love for her family? • Why does Dee want the quilts? • What are some of the motivating factors in Dee’s life? • Why did Maggie agree to let Dee have the quilts? • Why does Momma give Maggie the quilts?

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