Do Now: See. Think. Wonder What do you see in the image below? What does it make you think about? What questions do you have about it? Think about how Redmer Hoekstra makes one image into two images. Do you think the transition is effective? Does it fool you? Can you see both images?
Do Next Get out your accordion books and title the top of the page Chapter 2 and 3. Today, you will be reading both chapters and taking notes on things that stand out to you -- questions, sentences or paragraphs you like, etc. Additionally, please take note of at least three examples of transitioning, changing, duality, and two worlds that might be present in the protagonist's own life and in others' lives. Record this in your accordion book to prepare for discussion. Independent Reading Read by yourself for thirty minutes. Try to finish both chapter 2 and 3. Discussion What examples of duality/dual worlds did you find in today’s reading? What did you think about these examples? Why did you choose them? What can we infer from these examples about ECM’s character? About the rest of the novel? Why do you think this is such a big theme in these chapters?
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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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