Thursday, October 23 - Period 6 - Everyday Use

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze character and motive in short fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Answer question on the paper provided. Use the back if needed.

Direct Instruction

Finish reading - pages 64-66 soft holt reader. 

clip from Everyday 

 Guided

analysis of Everyday Use

Independent

Answer the following FOUR questions in notebooks:

• Why does Maggie have a real smile at the end of the story? Comment on the mother’s choice at the end.
• Why is the story titled “Everyday Use”

•  Which daughter, do you think, should have the quilt and why? 
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• How Does Mama change from the beginning of the story compared to the end? What in her actual character changes? 

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work

Closure 

Review for test tomorrow

Exit Pass

Name one specific trait that each MAMA, Dee and Maggie have that are reflective of Alice Walker herself.