- Finish watching To Kill a Mockingbird
- HW: Journal assignment:
- Choose one missing scene or significant absence (character) and discuss its importance in the novel with a connection to at least one theme the novel presents. Defend the scene/absence as if you are trying to convince a director or producer of its merit/significance and the necessity of its inclusion in the film. This assignment should be at least 2 paragraphs in length. Due tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 4:
- 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, February 5:
- Warm-Up
- Notes: Harlem Renaissance
- Read the three Langston Hughes poems on the handout. Analyze the poems for tone and theme.
Thursday, February 6:
- Warm-Up
- 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)
- Discuss Hughes's poems
- HW: Finish questions #5, 6, 7, and 8 on p. 865 - due tomorrow
- Bring Their Eyes Were Watching God to class tomorrow
Friday, February 7:
- Warm-Up
- Turn in Hurston Q's
- Read and listen to Ch. 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Fill in the processing sheet as you go.
- HW: Ch. 1 processing sheet due Monday
- HW: Read Ch. 2 by Tuesday
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