3/4 Lesson and ACTIVITY 2

1. Take Notes on Big Read Radio Show. Students will present the three most important things they learned from the radio show. Discuss Carla Kaplan’s argument that Hurston “depicted black difference.”

2. Share Zora Neale Hurston Info

3. Discuss Opening Lines of Novel

4. Begin Reading aloud.

5. Homework: Pages 1-7.


ACTIVITY 2:

Keeping a Double Entry Journal

Introduction

While you are reading Their Eyes Were Watching God, you will notice some wonderful thought-provoking ideas that make you stop and ponder. In this activity you will keep a response journal to capture some of these ideas and give your opinion and interpretation of them.

The Task

During the reading of the novel, you will note and respond to 10-20 quotes that you find especially important. Doing this Double Entry Journal will help you with Activity 4 and Activity 5.

The Process: Exploring the Web, Creating a Product

Step 1. First of all read about the Double Entry Journal so you will understand how to organize your quotes and your responses.

Step 2. Choose between 14-20 quotes from throughout the novel to reflect on and write them on the left side. Perhaps you would like to follow a theme such as marriage, the role of women, issues of race, Janie's growth as a woman or the folkways of the people. On the other hand you may write down those quotes that are powerful poetic images, that are surprising, that make you laugh, or that relate to your own experience.

Step 3. On the right hand side reflect on the deeper significance of what is being said. Ponder, question and try to answer your own questions. An example of a thought-provoking quote is the third sentence of Chapter 3, "Did marriage end the cosmic loneliness of the unmated?" This question certainly makes a person think. That is what you will be doing. Thinking on paper. Having a dialogue with yourself.

How You Will Be Graded

The Double Entry Journal will be evaluated on the following:

Choosing from throughout the novel a substantial number of quotes which follow a theme or which are about ideas of interest to you.

The dialectal journal, as a response to literature, will reflect:

a judgment that demonstrates a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of work

support for key ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text

awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created

the impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within text.