- Turn in TKAM vs. The Help Compare/Contrast Essay
- Book room "field trip" - return To Kill a Mockingbird and pick up Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby
- Binder clean out
- New homework and bathroom passes
Tuesday, January 27:
- Warm-Up
- Read "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" aloud as a class (p. 860 in the literature book) for the first half of the reading
- Finishing reading the second half of the essay in groups. Work on questions #5, 6, and 7 on p. 865.
Wednesday, January 28:
- Warm-Up
- Notes: Harlem Renaissance
- Read the three Langston Hughes poems on the handout. Analyze the poems for tone and theme.
Thursday, January 29:
- Warm-Up
- Zora Neale Hurston background - Talk to the Text and summary activity
- Bring Their Eyes Were Watching God to class tomorrow
Friday, January 30:
- Finish Langston Hughes poem activity and work on question #8 on p. 865 in the literature book (comparing Hurston's essay to Hughes's poems)
- Turn in questions, #5, 6, 7, and 8
- Discuss Hughes's poems
- Begin reading/listening to Ch. 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God - complete the processing sheet as you read/listen
