Curriculum / ELA / 11th Grade / Unit 3: To the Horizon and Back: Janie's Search for Identity in Their Eyes Were Watching God / Lesson 2
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Analyze how Hurston uses anecdotes, tone, and imagery to convey her perspective on race and identity.
Essay: “How it Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston
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Gain background knowledge Their Eyes Were Watching God by exploring a text set on the Reconstruction and Jim Crow laws, The Great Migration, Zora Neale Hurston, and African American Vernacular English.
Standards
RI.11-12.7SL.11-12.2
L.11-12.5RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.4RI.11-12.6
Analyze how Hurston uses dialect and narrative voice to characterize Janie and the community.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.5RL.11-12.6
Analyze how Hurston uses imagery and symbolism to introduce themes of love, relationships, and personal growth.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Analyze how Hurston characterizes Joe's relationship with Janie and the town of Eatonville.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Analyze motifs introduced in the first five chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God and how Hurston uses them to develop Janie's character.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5SL.11-12.1SL.11-12.4
Analyze how Hurston uses motifs and symbols to illustrate themes of power and control in Joe and Janie's relationship.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.5
Analyze how poets use imagery, tone and structure to convey a theme about womanhood.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze Janie's evolving sense of self through her actions and reflections after Joe's death.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Create a found poem that reflects Janie's transformation using language from Their Eyes Were Watching God and explain creative choices in a short poet's statement.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.1RL.11-12.3W.11-12.3W.11-12.9
Analyze how Hurston portrays the relationship between Tea Cake and Janie.
Analyze how Hurston uses setting to convey Janie's growth and to develop ideas about love.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze how Hurston addresses themes of internalized racism and colorism through the interactions between Janie, Tea Cake, and Mrs. Turner.
Analyze the structure of Chapter 18 and how Hurston uses the hurricane as a symbol to convey themes.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze how Hurston uses key events at the end of the novel to highlight Janie's personal growth as well as examine race, gender, and power dynamics in society.
Engage in a Socratic seminar about Their Eyes Were Watching God by supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.11-12.1.aSL.11-12.1.bSL.11-12.1.cSL.11-12.1.d
Write a strong thesis statement about how a motif evolves to convey Janie's journey and the novel's themes; outline body paragraphs needed to support the thesis statement.
RL.11-12.2W.11-12.1.aW.11-12.1.bW.11-12.1.cW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Write the body paragraphs of the literary analysis essay, using smooth integration of evidence and language that ties the body paragraphs together.
W.11-12.1.aW.11-12.1.bW.11-12.1.cW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Write a strong introduction and conclusion for the motif functional analysis.
W.11-12.1.dW.11-12.1.eW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Provide peer feedback and make revisions to the literary analysis essay.
W.11-12.1W.11-12.4W.11-12.5
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