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After viewing the video below, read November 8 to November 10-12. Consider what this section tells you about religion in the South during the pre-Civil Rights time period.
What's happening today regarding religious beliefs and racism? Review the following story from CNN.
Read Novelguide.com's Summary & Analysis from November 10-12 to November 15. Think about the following questions as they will help you shape your views in future assignments and discussions:
1) How are the world views of each character shaped?
2) How is John impacted by his Catholicism?
3) How did "Christian" men and women view Blacks in the South?
Next, read November 15 - November 19. (Novelguide.com Analysis and Summary)
When John goes to buy a bus ticket, he experiences utter hatred from the ticket seller. Yesterday's (November 14) quote from the text, "You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, not so much because it threatens you as because it shows humans in such an inhuman light" (Griffin, 1960, p. 51). What do you think Griffin means by this?How would you respond if given such a hateful look from a complete stranger?
ASSIGNMENT 5 - Complete the Webquest (below) and look for the claims being made by the authors. Gain an understanding of what a claim is by reviewing the document below the Webquest.
Use Google Docs to complete your assignment and submit it in your English 11B Slate Classroom.
Then you will participate in a discussion circle (ASSIGNMENT 6) using Philosophical Chairs and you will need to be able to incorporate the following knowledge into your discussion:
- I can accurately and clearly analyze the author's choices in developing and/or relating complex events, characters, or ideas over the course of the text (e.g., where a story is set, how characters are introduced).
- I can use details from the plot to analyze how a complex character connects with, is distinguished from, or interacts with another complex character or complex event over the course of the text (e.g., conflict, dialogue, climate).
- I can analyze how a series of events unfolds and how the unfolding of the events helps develop or shape the storyline, tone, mood, or theme
Prompt: Where do you believe America stands on racial equality and what has/has not changed since this novel was written? Give examples from class discussions, reading questions/prompts, news/media, and the novel to support your response using the Philosophical Chairs discussion style.
Be prepared for this discussion. Your English 11B Instructor will schedule you in a group.
Be prepared for this discussion. Your English 11B Instructor will schedule you in a group.
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Visit Meridian and Eagle English 11A Google Group Page or Central Academy English 11A Discussion Board and submit your response.
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