1. “Everyday Use”
Alice Walker

2. Objectives: To develop vocabulary and word identification skills
To use a variety of reading strategies to comprehend literature
To express and support responses to the text
To analyze literary elements (motivation)
To increase knowledge of the rules of grammar and language (fragments & run-ons)

3. Background for Understanding:
Born in Georgia in 1944
Scarred and nearly blinded as a child
Valedictorian; Spellman in Atlanta
Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York
Worked in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
National recognition for The Color Purple (Pulitzer Prize)

4. Literary Focus:
Motivation – what drives a character to do what he/she does.
Explains characters’ thoughts, feelings, actions, speech
May be internal or external

5. Reading Strategy: Contrasts (differences) Identify characters
Distinguish between characters
Personality
Behavior
Analyze conflicts caused by differences

6. Vocabulary:
Furtive
Lye
Oppress
Doctrine

7. Grammar & Style:
Sentence Fragment – a group of words punctuated as a sentence
A complete sentence must contain a subject, a verb, and express a complete thought.
Example:
The dog ran.
The dog ran across the street.
Ran across the street.

8. Project: Create a quilt.
Create a quilt using common materials
Quilt must be representative of you and your life (family)
Quilt must contain elements of culture, history, and lifestyle (symbolism)
Must display shape, texture, and color
You must be able to explain the displays in your quilt
Size: (max: 1 poster, minimum: ½ poster)
Materials: cloth, construction paper, poster board, coloring and craft items (no pictures unless drawn)
Due date: Thursday, May 10
Project will be graded on
Neatness & Appearance
Creativity
Use of shape, texture, and color
Applicability of symbols (explain)
Compliance with directions

10. Review: What similarities exist between Maggie and Alice Walker?
How does Maggie feel about Dee’s return?
What is the setting of the story?
Why is Maggie shy and insecure?
How do Dee and Maggie differ physically, emotionally?
How does Dee show her love for her family?
Why does Dee want the quilts?
What are some of the motivating factors in Dee’s life?
Why did Maggie agree to let Dee have the quilts?
Why does Momma give Maggie the quilts?