pmwiki.php?n=Novels.TheirEyesWereWatchingGod To view the details of an annotation, use the '+' sign to expand an entry. If an entry is in boldface, this indicates it is also a link; clicking on those words will open the associated link for your view. Novelinks Before-Reading Activity Folklore With Hurston Novel of Emphasis: Their Eye Were Watching God by Zora Hurston State Core requirement: Eleventh Grade Objective 3 (Comprehension of Literary Text): Comprehend literature by analyzing the use of literary elements across genres and cultures. d. “Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.” “Folklore: Some Useful Terminology.” Before beginning the novel, it is important for students to have a thorough understanding folklore and its relationship to culture. Homework: Review the terms on the handout. Novelinks Before-Reading Activity Hurston in Context: The Harlem Renaissance c. “Party for Zora Neale Hurston, Obscure No More.” a. Novelinks During-Reading Activity Southern Transcription Tedesco, Priscilla. Online Print
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Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" In the years since Alice Walker's famous "rediscovery" of Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston's work has received new and richly deserved attention from high school English teachers. Hurston's work is lively, lyrical, funny, and poignant, but this consummate literary craftsperson was also a first-rate ethnographer, conducting fieldwork for Franz Boas, the father of American anthropology, and for the Works Progress Administration. It is not surprising, then, that Hurston's fictional output sings (sometimes literally!) with the sounds, songs, and stories of the Southern black folk tradition. In tribute to Hurston's fusion of social science and the author's art, this lesson plan focuses on the way Hurston incorporates, adapts, transforms, and comments on black folklife in Their Eyes Were Watching God . View EDSITEment Connections
Anticipation Guide: Day Three This is an alternative to the “Four Corners” activity, one where students are asked to move to four corners of the room if they “strongly agree,” “agree,” “disagree,” or “strongly disagree” with belief statements read aloud. Again, students are familiar with the format so, in an attempt to maintain the level of engagement but vary the approach, I turned the assignment into a gender analysis. I began by asking the girls to sit on the right-side, the boys on the left-side. I dim the lights, ask all the students to face the same direction and move to the right-side of the room to address the girls only. With this arrangement, I am asking questions directly to the girls, who are unable to see the boys behind them. For each statement that the girls agree with they must stand. Then, all students turned their chairs to face the wall to the left. While I’m asking the girls questions, the boys are observing the results and can begin thinking about whether or not they would stand.