PERSUASION

Lesson 10: Discussion of African American

Literature

10.1 REVIEW HOMEWORK

Take out your completed SA 9E.

Homework Discussion

Review Language of Persuasion

10.2 LITERATURE WEBS

Turn to SA 10A.

Complete the Literature Web for your novel

independently.

Refer to the list of structural elements on SA

4B to help you with your notes on structure;

some elements may not apply.

10.2 LITERATURE WEBS

You will now be divided into groups of

3-4 students who read the same novel.

Compare and discuss the your webs.

Use chart paper to create a web that

includes the ideas of all members.

10.3 WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION

Choose one member to share your group’s

Literature Web with the class.

You will now have a few minutes to walk

around the room to look at all of the groups’

Literature Webs.

Pay attention to similarities and differences

between Group A’s novel and Group B’s novel.

COMPARING NOVELS

Similarities Differences

D ISCUSSIO N QUEST IONS:REASON ING QUESTION S

Not only does each culture have its own customs and

traditions, but it also may perceive the world in its own

way. How does this statement apply to the book you just

read?

Literature from any culture employs strong characters to

tell a story. What characters from your reading impressed

you? Why? Give specific evidence from the book to

support your feelings.

D ISCUSSIO N QUEST IONS:REASON ING QUESTION S

What inferences can you make about what the

characters learned in the story? On what evidence

do you base your conclusions?

What predictions might you make about the life of

your favorite character after the story ends? What

evidence from the book supports your predictions?

D ISCUSSIO N QUEST IONS:REASON ING QUESTION S

Why does the author use a particular cultural

group as a context for the story? What purposes

does the author have in doing so?

How do the issues in the book relate to

problems in society today? What are the

implications of these problems for us or for you?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:CHANGE QUESTION

What elements of change are

evident in the book you read?

How do they support our

generalizations on change?

10 .4 CULTURE AND CHANGE MATRIX

Take out your written responses to the

questions on SA 1B or 1C for your most

recent novel.

Return to your group from yesterday and

discuss your answers before handing them

in.

10 .4 CULTURE AND CHANGE MATRIX

Turn to SA 7B, which should still be in

your book or your binder.

Complete the next two rows of the

Cultures and Change Matrix.

Continue to save this page for future

work.

HOMEWORK

Begin reading Esperanza Rising (Group A) or

Taking Sides (Group B).

Begin working on the questions on 1B or 1C for

this novel.

This reading and set of questions are due by

Lesson 15. Approximately ________________________.