English 10 Syllabus April 29 – May 6

English 10C

Jane Belton

Syllabus April – May 2011

Friday 4/29

In Class: The Bluest Eye pp. 164-183: Group Work

Assignment: Read and annotate The Bluest Eye, pp. 187-206.

Monday 5/2

In Class: Discuss Soaphead Church’s story. What is the connection between the primer (“See the dog”) and the events in the chapter? Observe patterns of child abuse in the novel—how do Soaphead and other adults use and abuse Pecola? Discuss The Bluest Eye pp. 187-206 – summer imagery; narrative shifts—who is the “we” of this section? Who is to blame for what happens to Pecola?

Assignment:  Read and annotate The Bluest Eye, pp. 209-216, “Afterword.”

Tuesday 5/3

In Class: Watch Oprah’s interview with Toni Morrison. Discuss The Bluest Eye: ending, “Afterword,” and relation to Oprah’s interview.

Assignment:  WJ#17: What do Morrison’s comments in the “Afterword” and in the interview illuminate about the novel for you? What do you understand about the novel now that you did not understand previously? Please incorporate and analyze textual evidence from both the “Afterword” and the novel in your response (2 pages)

Wednesday 5/4

In Class:  Finish Bluest Eye discussion. Explain project.

Assignment: Assignment TBA

Thursday 5/5 – No Class

Friday, 5/6 – No Class, ARTS FESTIVAL