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Read the preface on page 4. Select a word, phrase, and sentence that stand out to you and write them down in your accordion book. Do Next After you've read the preface, read the footnote at the bottom of the page. Consider the following questions in your accordion book: Why would Weldon write his own preface? What was he trying to accomplish or say? What questions do you have? Turn and talk to the person next to you about what you wrote down. Whole Class Reading We will read the first two pages of the chapter as a class. Utilize your accordion book to take notes of your first impressions and any questions you need answered before we read independently. Independent Reading Finish the first chapter independently. Utilize your accordion book to keep track of your thinking, and model after the discussion questions below. Discussion What connections can you make to this chapter? To yourself? To your past knowledge? What ideas were new to you? What was surprising to you? What aspects of the chapter are challenging for you? What do you have questions about?
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Course DescriptionGreat World Text is an advanced English and Social Studies course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Humanities. This year will consist of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the landmark 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson. Known only as the “Ex-Colored Man,” the protagonist in Johnson’s novel is forced to choose between celebrating his African American heritage or “passing” as an average white man in a post-Reconstruction America that is rapidly changing. The course will encounter themes of racial passing, multiracial families, and African-American music traditions.
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