APRIL 20th - APRIL 24TH WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR 11TH CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION

Monday, April 20th:
Today we will break into our groups and then begin presenting our “Hot Seats!”
Hot Seat:
Each group, with the five questions for each of the four characters in THE BLUEST EYE will present in front of the rest of the class.
Each student will represent one of the following characters: Pecola, Polly, Cholly or Claudia. The class will ask each student one to three questions about her/his character. The student will answer as that character. The other students in the group will then speak as Toni Morrisson and then answer as the author about that character. Then the next group will get up field questions regarding the four characters.

Tuesday, April 21st:
Shortened day!
Today we will finish “Hot Seat!”
We will break into new groups to read and analyze an article about one of the following topics and how it relates to THE BLUEST EYE: the after effects of rape; the long term effects stemming from the lack of a strong male role model in the lives of children; the dominant cultural definition of beauty and its effect on minorities. On Wednesday we will then present these articles to the rest of the class.

Wednesday, April 22nd:
Presentations of the articles to the rest of the class.

Thursday, April 23rd:
Today you will be given a list of essay topics for THE BLUES EYE which we will then discuss. You will choose one and then begin working on it in class. This essay will be due at the end of class on Friday, April 24th.

Friday, April 24th:
Continue working on your essay.