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Juniors: Read Chapter 8 "Identifying Central Idea" in the Review Book.
Rather than answering their questions identify
1) The central idea
2) Author's purpose
3) How the text is developed
4) Explicit/Implicit Meaning
5) Tone

Sophomores: Read Chapter 7 in Outliers by Tuesday 5/17
Listen the the Freakonomics podcast about "How to Become Great At Anything."  The podcast is 51 minutes long.  Write down what information you gain from this podcast and how it connects to Malcolm Gladwell's "10,000 Hours" chapter.

For those of you interested in finding out more about Peggy Orenstein's book Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, you can listen to a podcast from NPR's Fresh Air, where the author discusses the content of the book.  You can also get the book yourself.

HW #10 due 4/5

pg. 186- 192

1. What do Claudia and Frieda think about until they hear that Pecola is pregnant?

2. How do Claudia and Frieda realize that Pecola is pregnant?  What do they notice about the way people talk about it?

3.  What do they intend to do about it?

HW #11 due 4/6

Pg. 192-206

1. Who do you think Pecola is talking to? Why?

2. Based on the conversation, do you think that Pecola is happier than she was?  Explain.

3.  How do you interpret Claudia’s final narrative?

HW #9 pgs. 163-183 due Monday 4/4

Read the whole chapter, but this chapter is also super weird.  Focus on the parts about Soaphead Church’s interaction with Pecola.  It is okay if you feel a little confused by it.

1. What does it mean that Soaphead Church is a “clean old man”?  
2. Why does Soaphead Church say that his business is “dread”?
3. What does Pecola ask Soaphead Church for?  How does he “get” them for her?
4. How does Soaphead Church justify what he has done to/for Pecola?

HW #7 pg. 132-153 due Tuesday 3/29

1) What was Cholly's life like with Aunt Jimmy?

2) What happened to Cholly during his first sexual encounter?  How does this change him?

3) Why does Cholly decide to go to Macon?

HW #8 pg. 154-163 due Wednesday 3/30

1) What happens when Cholly finally finds his father?

2) What does Morrison mean when she says that Cholly was "dangerously free" (159)?

3) What are Cholly's emotions before and after the rape?  Explain.

This chapter is about Pauline Breedlove-- the narrator switches between a third person narrator to a first person narrator.  The first person narration is in italics.  

HW #6 pgs 110-131 due Thursday March 24

1.  What is the difference between the information found in the third person narration and the first person narration?  Why do you think that Morrison chose to do this?

2. How did Pauline and Cholly meet?  What do you think of their relationship? Include information found at the end of the chapter.

3.  How did the movies change Pauline's outlook on life?

4.  What was Pauline's relationship to her children, even from the beginning?

5.  Why does Pauline love working for the Fishers so much?