The Myth of the Happy Slave: January 27, 2020

Focus: Why is Beloved an important narrative for us to read?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Understanding the myth of the happy slave

(You can make a copy of the Google slides and type in the note section under each slide, or you can jot down ideas in your composition notebook.)

• What stands out to you in each image?

• What specific myth of slavery does each image propagate, and for what purpose?

• For each slide, find one line from Beloved that challenges / undoes the myth.

• So far, what do you see as Morrison's intent in writing this story?

3. Watching part of Ethnic Notions to understand stereotypes about slaves

HW:

1. For WEDNESDAY: Study your first three vocabulary lists for a brief quiz.

3. For THURSDAY: Finish Part 1 (Chapters 13-18--it's a little under 50 pages) and complete your Socratic ticket. Everyone will submit a ticket that day.

3. THIS FRIDAY, JAN 31 WILL BE THE POEM METACOGNITIVE: Decide on your poetry paper/project poem and bring it to class. Remember that it should be from a different genre / time period than your 1st poem.

4. ONGOING: Serial Reading and scrolling through your first three vocabulary lists.