Per. 4 Collab. - English 1/2-https://zoom.us/j/5737447492?pwd=Y1pIbnlxY2lzQ05hK214VlZWa3Bzdz09 Assignments

MyPerspectives Volume 2 - Unit 5 - Journeys of Transformation

1. Read & Annotate pages 542-559
2. Complete the Summary on pg. 548 in a 1 paragraph format as I have shown you in previous assignments in how to complete a summary. Refer to Summary Guidelines pdf. attached below. Please write in complete and coherent sentences. The summary should be 7+ sentences and each sentence should have 8 words or more. I will give you a 0 (zero) if the summary is not written correctly.
3. Complete QuickWrite on pg. 549 in a 1 paragraph format. Please write in complete and coherent sentences and be thoughtful in your response. This paragraph should be 7+ sentences and each sentence should have 8 words or more.
4. There should be two paragraphs only in your answer. Please label each paragraph, Summary and QuickWrite.
5. Make note of the Due Date and Time. You cannot edit answers once you Turned In the assignment, so plan accordingly.
6. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -5 points
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I. MyPerspectives Volume 2 - Unit 5 - Journeys of Transformation
The Odyssey - Part I - The Adventures of Odysseus

1. Read & Annotate pages 560-576
2. Complete the Close Reads on pages 566, 571, & 574 - ONLY complete the BOLD Close Reads in the example shown below, in your answer.
Please write in complete and coherent sentences, each sentence should have 8+ words or more. 
3. Refer to the example below of the Close Read on page 563 that I worked with you in class.
Label each Close Read with page number, and skip a line between each Close Read.
4. Make note of the Due Date and Time. You cannot edit answers once you Turned In the assignment, so plan accordingly.
5. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -5 points
6. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

EXAMPLE: 
Close Read page 563
Annotate: Highlighted Lines 52-56
Question: I understand that Odysseus wants to convey the wonder that he and his men felt. It seemed that the enemy army hadn't assembled; it had materialized. Odysseus and his men took it as a sign that they had fallen out of grace with Zeus. They were terrified of the mass army of Cicones.
Conclude: I think by using these words, Odysseus shows how threatening the enemy appeared to him and his men and how terrifying the future looked behind this vast army. Odysseus and his men knew that they were doomed.

Close Read page 566
Annotate: Highlighted "scattered"
Question:
Conclude:

Close Read page 571
Annotate:
Question:
Conclude:

Close Read page 574
Annotate:
Question:
Conclude:

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read & Annotate Chapters "Magpies" pages 213-241, "Waiting Between the Trees" 242-252, "Double Face" pages 253-266 & " A Pair of Tickets" pages 267-288
-Most of the questions will be from the stories listed above, some will be from the previous 4 sets of stories.
2. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time. You cannot edit answers once you Turned In the assignment, so plan accordingly.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -30 points
5. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

Questions...
1. Rose's dreams seem to be full of symbols. What do you think Mr. Chou stands for? What do you think the garden and weeds stand for?
2. What is the English translation of heimongmong? In this section, who is in heimongmong?
3. What internal conflict keeps Rose in bed for three days?
4. What connection can you make between the Chinese New Year's celebration described in this book and a celebration experience in your own life?
5. What does waigoren mean? Who are the waigoren with whom Jing-mei Woo's mother is in conflict? Whose side does Jing-mei take in this conflict?
6. The four daughters are Waverly, Lena, Rose, and Jing-mei; write one or two sentences about each daughter.
7. The author uses the narrative structure of a framework story to tell the story of the turtle and the magpies. Who tells this story? Why do you think the turtle story is included in this section?
8. What do you learn from An-mei's mother about the culture of the city of Tientsin?
9. What does Ying-ying think of her daughter Lena's marriage?
10. How does Ying-ying explain the stripes of the tiger?
11. Why is Waverly planning a trip to China? What is her first concern about the trip?
12. How do Lindo and An-mei meet?
13. What coincidence leads to the discovery of Jing-mei's twin sisters?
14. How does Jing-mei fulfill her mother's dream?
15. In a short paragraph (5+ sentences, 8+ words each sentence), tell how the interrelated narrative structure links the last story to the first one in The Joy Luck Club.

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read & Annotate Chapters "Rice Husband" pages 147-165, "Four Directions" pages 166-184, "Without Wood" pages 185-196, & "Best Quality" pages 197-209
2. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time. You cannot edit answers once you Turned In the assignment, so plan accordingly.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -20 points
5. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

Questions...
1. How is the end table in Lena St. Claire's guest bedroom a symbol of her marriage with Harold?
2. Why is Waverly reluctant to tell her mother that she and Rich are going to get married?
3. Compare and contrast Rich's table manners with the Jongs' at the birthday dinner for Waverly's father.
4. Waverly misunderstands her mother's reference to Taiyuan. What insight does this small incident give you about the differences between the two women?
5. Write a brief guide to proper table manners in a Chinese household.

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read & Annotate Chapters "Half and Half" pages 116-131 & "Two Kinds" pages 132-144
2. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time. You cannot edit answers once you Turned In the assignment, so plan accordingly.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points
5. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

Questions...
1. What are the Twenty-Six Malignant Gates? What is Rose Hsu's mother's superstition about them?
2. What tragedy befalls the Hsu family at the beach? How are Rose and her mother affected by this event?
3. Young Jing-mei and her mother are in conflict over Jing-mei's interest in playing piano. In a short paragraph (5+ sentences, 8+ words per sentence), compare and contrast the action of these two characters in this mother-daughter conflict.

1. Use the following link to access the Reading Inventory assessment.
2. Type in your score in the Private Comments when you are done with the Reading Inventory assessment.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete.
4. 20 Extra Credit Points for Completion.

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read Chapters "Rules of the Game" pages 87-101 & "The Voice from the Wall" pages 102-115
2. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time. You cannot edit answers once you Turned In the assignment, so plan accordingly.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -5 points
5. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

Questions...
1. Why is Waverly Jong considered a prodigy?
2. How did Waverly's talent cause external conflict between her and her mother?

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read Chapters "Scar" pages 42-48 & "The Red Candle" pages 49-66.
2. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -5 points

Questions...
1. What are the names of the three aunties in the San Francisco Joy Luck Club? Who is no longer there to play mah jong?
2. What is the historical context that leads the aunties to request that Jing-mei go to China to see her sisters?
3. In "Scar," why is An-mei left with relatives?

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
2. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

Questions...
1. In a paragraph (5+ sentences, 8+ words in each sentence), describe one aspect of Chinese culture from the novel, such as food, customs, care of children, or bereavement.
2. List the items in the picnic hamper when young Yingying and her family go to the lake for the Moon Festival.

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices - THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read Chapters "The Red Candle" pages 49-66 & "The Moon Lady" pages 67-83
2. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points
5. Questions or concerns, please leave me a message in the Add private comment...

Questions...
1. Describe the cultural context of the betrothal, or engagement, of Lindo Jong to Tyan-yu.
2. In what household duties is Lindo expected to excel as a new wife?
3. How does Lindo eventually leave her marriage to Tyan-yu?
4. Why do you think that, after being lost and then found during the Moon Festival, Yingying says that she is not the same girl?

Poems - "Morning Talk" & "Immigrant Picnic"

1. The test needs to be completed by the end of the period, 11:05am.
2. READ DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!! NO USE OF BOOKS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES ALLOWED!!
3. The Google Forms is CASE AND TYPING SENSITIVE!!!
4. I will review the test, but will only give points for COMPUTER ERROR, NOT HUMAN ERROR.
5. Hit Turned In once you are done with the test, late test will be docked 2 letter grades on top of incorrect answers.
6. I will dismiss you once I receive your Google Form and Google Classwork Turned In.

Blue Holt English Language and Writing Book - Grammar Chapter 22 The Sentence

1. Read pgs. 344-360 (I have also attached my notes for you to read over and use to help you complete this assignment.)
2. Complete Ex. 1-5, 7-8, 10-13 on the Google Forms attached.
-Use the Google Docs below to help you with the first 3+ answers for each exercise.
-Make sure you are writing your answers in the Google Forms exactly how it is done on the Google Docs.
-I will review the assignment, but will only give points for computer error, not human error.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -20 points.
5. Have questions and concerns, Private Comments within this assignment.

I. MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
THE JOY LUCK CLUB

1. Read over "The Joy Luck Club Notes and Vocabulary" attached below.
A. There is no assignment for Vocabulary, just study the words and definitions for future quizzes and tests.
2. Read the entire first Chapter, "The Joy Luck Club", including the poem "Feathers From a Thousand Li Away".
3. Please answer the following questions in complete and coherent sentences. I expect thoughtful responses to each question and each sentence should have 8 words or more. Number your answers.
4. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
5. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -5 points

Questions...
1. Who is the main subject of the first chapter, entitled "The Joy Luck Club"?
2. Who started the Joy Luck Club in Kweilin? Why are the women in Kweilin? Why was the Joy Luck Club created?

I. MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"Morning Talk" by Roberta Hill & "Immigrant Picnic" by Gregory Djanikian pages 98-109

Please compose a thoughtful response to the following poems, in complete and coherent sentences ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. I expect a paragraph of 8-10 sentences, each sentence having 8 words or more.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE "AMERICAN"? What have you learned about American identity after reading these poems?

1. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
2. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -5 points

Below is a Google Docs with the summary and answers to questions for the two poems, this is not an assignment. This will help you study for the test on these poems, next week. The assignment for this week are the two poems and the response to the questions above.

1. The test needs to be completed by the end of the period, 11:05am.
2. READ DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!! NO USE OF BOOKS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES ALLOWED!!
3. The Google Forms is CASE AND TYPING SENSITIVE!!!
4. I will review the test, but will only give points for COMPUTER ERROR, NOT HUMAN ERROR.
5. Hit Turned In once you are done with the test, late test will be docked 2 letter grades on top of incorrect answers.
6. I will dismiss you once I receive your Google Form and Google Classwork Turned In.

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"LATINO AMERICANS - Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride" PBS Video
Details the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity, as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process.

"LATINO AMERICANS - Episode 6: Peril and Promise" PBS Video
Takes viewers through the past 30 years, with a second wave of Cubans arriving in Miami during the Mariel exodus and with hundreds of thousands Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans fleeing civil wars, death squads and unrest to go north into a new land — transforming the United States along the way.

Please compose a thoughtful response to the following video, in complete and coherent sentences ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. I expect a paragraph of 8-10 sentences, each sentence having 8 words or more.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE "AMERICAN"? What have you learned about American identity from watching these latest video?

1. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
2. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"LATINO AMERICANS - Episode 3: War and Peace" PBS Video
Moves into the World War II years and those that follow, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands — but still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights back in the United States.

"LATINO AMERICANS - Episode 4: The New Latinos" PBS Video
Highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic that stretches from the post-World War II years into the early 1960s as the new arrivals seek economic opportunities.

Please compose a thoughtful response to the following video, in complete and coherent sentences ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. I expect a paragraph of 8-10 sentences, each sentence having 8 words or more.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE "AMERICAN"? What have you learned about American identity from watching these latest video?

1. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
2. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"LATINO AMERICANS - Episode 2: Empire of Dreams" PBS Video
Documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of people that began in 1880 and continues into the 1940s, as Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans begin arriving in the U.S. and start to build strong Latino-American communities in South Florida, Los Angeles and New York.

Please compose a thoughtful response to the following video, in complete and coherent sentences ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. I expect a paragraph of 8-10 sentences, each sentence having 8 words or more.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE "AMERICAN"? What have you learned about American identity from watching this latest video?

1. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
2. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"The Writing on the Wall" by Camille Dungy - pages 78-87
"Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems" YouTube Video
"Chapter 1 | The Chinese Exclusion Act" YouTube Video

A. "Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems" - Watch the video ONLY for your own knowledge!!
From 1910 to 1940, tens of thousands of immigrants entered the United States through the West Coast's Angel Island Immigration Station. Located in San Francisco's north bay, not far from Alcatraz Island, the buildings were nearly forgotten and their history practically lost, until one day Alexander Weiss, a California State Park Ranger, re-discovered them in 1970. His chance discovery began the long journey to save the Immigration Station, and ultimately, to save the stories hidden within it, and to help us remember its sad, but important role in American history.

B. "Chapter 1 | The Chinese Exclusion Act" - Watch the video ONLY for your own knowledge!!
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.

1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
-I will dock off -1 point for EACH spelling and grammatical error. This is when you have a red/blue line under a word or words.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"LATINO AMERICANS - Episode 1: Foreigners in Their Own Land" PBS Video
Explores the period from 1565-1880, as the first Spanish explorers enter North America, the U.S. expands into territories in the Southwest that had been home to Native Americans and English and Spanish colonies, and as the Mexican-American War strips Mexico of half its territories by 1848.

Please compose a thoughtful response to the following video, in complete and coherent sentences. I expect a paragraph of 8-10 sentences, each sentence having 8 words or more.

1. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
2. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -10 points

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen pages 12-21
"The Immigrant Contribution" from A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy pages 22-35

1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
-I will dock off -1 point for EACH spelling and grammatical error. This is when you have a red/blue line under a word or words.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -20 points

MyPerspectives Volume 1 - Unit 1 - American Voices
"American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer - pages 36-51

1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
-I will dock off -1 point for EACH spelling and grammatical error. This is when you have a red/blue line under a word or words.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. Late -20 points

1. The test needs to be completed by 11:15AM today!!
2. READ DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!! NO USE OF BOOKS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES ALLOWED!!
3. The Google Forms is CASE AND TYPING SENSITIVE!!!
4. I will review the test, but will only give points for COMPUTER ERROR, NOT HUMAN ERROR.
5. Hit Turned In once you are done with the test, late test will be docked 2 letter grades on top of incorrect answers.
6. You will get a confirmation email. If you DID NOT, your test was not recorded and you will have to complete it again.

1. The test needs to be completed by 11:05AM today!!
2. READ DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!! NO USE OF BOOKS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES ALLOWED!!
3. The Google Forms is CASE AND TYPING SENSITIVE!!!
4. I will review the test, but will only give points for COMPUTER ERROR, NOT HUMAN ERROR.
a. Initial Score x 2 = Final Score
5. Hit Turned In once you are done with the test, late test will be docked 2 letter grades on top of incorrect answers.
6. You will get a confirmation email. If you DID NOT, your test was not recorded and you will have to complete it again.

1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
A. The attached Dialectical Journal pdf. will be your guide, please refer to it.
B. Read the Preface and pages 1-288.
C. Complete 1 entry per Letter (90 letters in total) = 90 Dialectical Entries in total.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In. -15 points for lateness.

The Color Purple, a historical fiction novel by Alice Walker, published in 1982. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983. A feminist work about an abused and uneducated African American woman’s struggle for empowerment. The Color Purple was praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of Black English Vernacular.

The Color Purple movingly depicts the growing up and self-realization of Celie, who overcomes oppression and abuse to find fulfillment and independence. The novel also addresses gender equality. Walker’s best-known work, The Color Purple received widespread critical acclaim, though it was not without critics, many of whom objected to its explicit language and sexual content.

In 1985 Steven Spielberg directed an acclaimed film adaptation of the book; it featured Whoopi Goldberg (Celie), Danny Glover (Albert), and Oprah Winfrey (Sofia). The Color Purple was also adapted for the theatre, and the first Broadway production premiered in 2005.

Summary
The Color Purple documents the traumas and gradual triumph of Celie, an African American teenager raised in rural isolation in Georgia, as she comes to resist the paralyzing self-concept forced on her by others. Celie narrates her life through painfully honest letters to God. These are prompted when her abusive father, Alphonso, warns her not to tell anybody but God after he rapes her and she becomes pregnant for a second time at the age of 14. After she gives birth, Alphonso takes the child away, as he did with her first baby, leaving Celie to believe that both have been killed. When the widowed Mr.__ (also called Albert) proposes marriage to Celie’s younger sister, Nettie, Alphonso pushes him to take Celie instead, forcing her into an abusive marriage. Soon thereafter Nettie flees Alphonso and briefly lives with Celie. However, Albert’s continued interest in Nettie results in her leaving.

Celie subsequently begins to build relationships with other black women, especially those engaging forcefully with oppression. Of note is the defiant Sofia, who marries Albert’s son Harpo after becoming pregnant. Unable to control her, Harpo seeks advice, and Celie suggests that he beat Sofia. However, when Harpo strikes her, Sofia fights back. Upon learning that Celie encouraged Harpo’s abuse, she confronts a guilty Celie, who admits to being jealous of Sofia’s refusal to back down, and the two women become friends. More significant, however, is Celie’s relationship with Shug Avery, a glamorous and independent singer who is also Albert’s sometime mistress. Celie tends to an ailing Shug, and the two women grow close, eventually becoming lovers.

During this time Celie discovers that Albert has been hiding letters that Nettie has sent her. Celie begins reading them and learns that Nettie has befriended a minister, Samuel, and his wife, Corrine, and that the couple’s adopted children, Adam and Olivia, are actually Celie’s. Nettie joins the family on a mission in Liberia, where Corrine later dies. The letters also reveal that Alphonso is actually Celie’s stepfather and that her biological father was lynched. Questioning her faith, Celie begins addressing her letters to Nettie. However, Shug later encourages Celie to change her beliefs about God. An emboldened Celie then decides to leave Albert and go to Memphis with Shug. Once there, Celie comes into her own and creates a successful business selling tailored pants. Her happiness, however, is tempered somewhat by Shug’s affairs, though Celie continues to love her. Following Alphonso’s death, Celie inherits his house, where she eventually settles. During this time she develops a friendship with Albert, who is apologetic about his earlier treatment of her. After some 30 years apart, Celie is then reunited with Nettie, who has married Samuel. Celie also meets her long-lost children.

About the Author
Alice Walker, in full Alice Malsenior Walker, (born February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.), American writer whose novels, short stories, and poems are noted for their insightful treatment of African American culture. Her novels, most notably The Color Purple (1982), focus particularly on women. Walker was the eighth child of African American sharecroppers. While growing up she was accidentally blinded in one eye, and her mother gave her a typewriter, allowing her to write instead of doing chores. She received a scholarship to attend Spelman College, where she studied for two years before transferring to Sarah Lawrence College. After graduating in 1965, Walker moved to Mississippi and became involved in the civil rights movement. She also began teaching and publishing short stories and essays. She married in 1967, but the couple divorced in 1976.

Walker’s first book of poetry, Once, appeared in 1968, and her first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), a narrative that spans 60 years and three generations, followed two years later. A second volume of poetry, Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems, and her first collection of short stories, In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Woman, both appeared in 1973. The latter bears witness to sexist violence and abuse in the African American community. After moving to New York, Walker completed Meridian (1976), a novel describing the coming of age of several civil rights workers in the 1960s.

Walker later moved to California, where she wrote her most popular novel, The Color Purple (1982). An epistolary novel, it depicts the growing up and self-realization of an African American woman between 1909 and 1947 in a town in Georgia. The book won a Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. A musical version produced by Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones premiered in 2004.

Walker’s later fiction includes The Temple of My Familiar, an ambitious examination of racial and sexual tensions (1989); Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992), a narrative centered on female genital mutilation; By the Light of My Father’s Smile (1998), the story of a family of anthropologists posing as missionaries in order to gain access to a Mexican tribe; and Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart (2005), about an older woman’s quest for identity. Reviewers complained that these novels employed New Age abstractions and poorly conceived characters, though Walker continued to draw praise for championing racial and gender equality in her work. She also released the volume of short stories The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart (2000) and several other volumes of poetry, including Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth (2003), A Poem Traveled Down My Arm (2003), Hard Times Require Furious Dancing (2010), and Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart (2018). Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems (1991) collects poetry from 1965 to 1990.

Walker’s essays were compiled in In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983), Sent by Earth: A Message from the Grandmother Spirit After the Bombing of the World Trade Center and Pentagon (2001), We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For (2006), and The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm’s Way (2013). Walker also wrote juvenile fiction and critical essays on such female writers as Flannery O’Connor and Zora Neale Hurston. She cofounded a short-lived press in 1984. In the unconventional memoir The Chicken Chronicles (2011), Walker discussed caring for a flock of chickens while also musing on her life. The documentary Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth was released in 2013.

Themes
1. The Power of Narrative and Voice
2. The Power of Strong Female Relationships
3. The Cyclical Nature of Racism and Sexism
4. The Disruption of Traditional Gender Roles

Symbols
1. Sewing & Quilts
2. God

Motifs
1. Letters
2. The Rural Farm Community
3. Colors

Key Facts
1. Narrator - Celie (and Nettie at times)
2. Point Of View - Celie speaks in the first person through a series of private letters she writes to God and, later, to Nettie. At first, Celie’s letters focus only on what she does, hears, sees, and feels. Over time, they grow to include more complex themes and insights. Later in the novel, the narrative shifts back and forth between letters written by Celie and letters written by Nettie. However, the letters from Nettie are still read through Celie’s eyes.
3. Tone - The tone is very confessional and uninhibited, as Celie’s letters to God are private, much like journal entries. The genre of this novel is epistolary novel/confessional novel.
4. Tense - Present
5. Setting (Time) 1910–1940. Though The Color Purple is a historical novel, it never refers to any factual events. There are no dates, little sense of the passage of time, and very few mentions of characters’ ages.
6. Setting (Place) - Rural Georgia
7. Protagonist - Celie
8. Major Conflict - Celie is verbally, physically, and sexually abused by several different men, leaving her with little sense of self-worth, no narrative voice, and no one to run to.
9. Rising Action - Shug teaches Celie about God, sexuality, and love, and helps Celie locate Nettie’s lost letters. These actions enable Celie to find her voice and sense of self.
10. Climax - Bolstered by the self-confidence she has gained through her relationship with Shug, Celie suddenly lashes back at Mr. ______ in an angry verbal tirade. She then moves to Tennessee with Shug and opens her own clothing store.
11. Falling Action - Celie returns to Georgia as a successful entrepreneur and finds that Mr. ______ has undergone a personal transformation. After Alphonso’s death, she inherits her family’s home and welcomes the returning Nettie, Samuel, Olivia, and Adam into the house.

1. The test needs to be completed by 11:05AM today!!
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1. Read pgs. 327-336 (I have also attached my notes for you to read over and use to help you complete this assignment.)
2. Complete Ex. 2, 4, 5, 7, A, B on the Google Forms attached.
-Use the Google Docs below to help you with the first 3 answers for each exercise.
-Make sure you are writing your answers in the Google Forms exactly how it is done on the Google Docs.
-I will review the assignment, but will only give points for computer error, not human error.
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
a. Journal #9 (Chapters 25-27) - Choose two of the following topics in Journal 9 ONLY.
b. Journal #10 (Chapters 28-31) - Choose two of the following topics in Journal 10 ONLY.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
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1. The test needs to be completed by 11:05AM today!!
2. READ DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!! NO USE OF BOOKS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES ALLOWED!!
3. The Google Forms is CASE AND TYPING SENSITIVE!!!
4. I will review the test, but will only give points for COMPUTER ERROR, NOT HUMAN ERROR.
a. Initial Score x 2 = Final Score
5. Hit Turned In once you are done with the test, late test will be docked 2 letter grades on top of incorrect answers.
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
a. Journal #8 (Chapters 22-24) - Choose one of the following topics in Journal 8 ONLY.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In.

1. Read pgs. 307-323 (I have also attached my notes for you to read over and use to help you complete this assignment.)
2. Complete Ex. 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15 on the Google Forms attached.
-Use the Google Docs below to help you with the first 3 answers for each exercise.
-Make sure you are writing your answers in the Google Forms exactly how it is done on the Google Docs.
-I will review the assignment, but will only give points for computer error, not human error.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In.
5. Have questions and concerns, Private Comments within this assignment.

1. Due in 15 minutes!!
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
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1. Read pgs. 280-301 (I have also attached my notes for you to read over and use to help you complete this assignment.)
2. Complete Ex. 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 on the Google Forms attached.
-Use the Google Docs below to help you with the first 3 answers for each exercise.
-Make sure you are writing your answers in the Google Forms exactly how it is done on the Google Docs.
-I will review the assignment, but will only give points for computer error, not human error.
3. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
4. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states Missing/Done Late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In.
5. Have questions and concerns, Private Comments within this assignment.

1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
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1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
2. Make note of the Due Date and Time.
3. Hit Turned In once you are complete, if your assignment states missing/turned in late in my Google Classroom, I will dock off points for it being late once it is Turned In.

1. The test needs to be completed by 11:05AM today!! Late test will be docked 2 letter grades on top of incorrect answers.
2. NO USE OF BOOKS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES ALLOWED!!
3. Complete the Google Forms exactly how it was done for the Grammar Ch. 17 assignment. CASE AND TYPING SENSITIVE!!!
4. Directions and instructions for each of the Review Exercises are given before each set of problems.
5. Your initial grade may be your final score, so make sure you are reading the directions/instructions correctly.
6. I will review each test, but may not give you a new score based on excessive incorrect typing.
7. Hit Turned In once you are done with the test.

1. Complete the assignment exactly how it is set up for you in the Google Docs attached. DO NOT change the format of the document and DO NOT complete it in another document.
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1. Use the following link to access the Reading Inventory assessment.
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1. Read pgs. 264-278
2. Complete Ex. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 on the Google Forms attached.
-Use the Google Docs below to help you with the first 1-3 answers for each exercise and how to add answers into the Google Forms.
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Please follow the directions very carefully. I will dock off points if there are any discrepancies. Make note of the due date and time!
1. 1 member of the group, attach the video to the assignment.
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3. Once #1 & #2 are complete, EVERY member of the group must hit Turned In for this assignment. I will dock off points if I have to remind you.
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1. Please watch the 4 videos attached.
2. Group Project (4 max per group) & Presentation - Due Friday, Sept. 4, 2020!
-Per Group: Research 1 American Civil Rights Activist or Event that you saw in the videos that you would like to learn more in
depth. Do not pick Rosa Parks, MLK Jr. or Cesar Chavez. If you are unsure, get my approval first.
-Everyone in the group needs to turn in his/her own set of notes on the Activist or Event that the group has chosen, complete it
on the attached Google Docs below. Minimum 2 pages of notes. Notes can be done in bullet format, Cornell Notes, etc. Due
Thursday, Aug. 27 @ 11:59pm. Once complete, hit Turned In.
-Presentation - Minimum 3 minute video on chosen Activist or Event. I will create another Classwork Assignment for the
Presentation. Do not attach it to this assignment or send it to me via email.

Please read the following instructions before you begin.
1. I have attached the assignment and examples. Please look this over before you begin the assignment or send me a private comment.
2. I have included a Google Docs, please use the attached file to write your Letter of Introduction. This assignment needs to be in MLA style, which I will have already set up for you in the Google Docs attached.
3. Complete as many of the bullets in each paragraph as you can, remember that you are being graded on effort (details of letter) and not just the letter itself. The letter should be interesting and thoughtful and demonstrate your writing skills.
4. Delete my information before you begin your letter.
5. Send me a Private Comment if you have any questions or concerns.

Please see attached assignment instructions and examples.
Complete your Autobiographical Poem on the Google Docs attached.
Complete your My Collage on the Google Drawings attached.
Questions and concerns, please send me a Private Comment within the assignment.
Make note of the due date and time.
Once you complete the Google Docs and Google Drawings, hit Turned In.

Please read the syllabus, also have your parent(s)/guardian(s) go through it as well.
Questions and concerns, please send me a private comment within the assignment.
Make note of the due date and time.
Complete the Syllabus Signature Page in its entirety.
Complete Day 1 - Exit Ticket
Once you complete the forms, hit Turned In.