Discuss Passing, Part 3 Chapter 1; Watch Film on Langston Hughes
Lesson Outline
1)Oral Quiz: What happens in this segment of Passing? How do Irene's feelings for Clare progress? What does Irene confess about Clare's intelligence? What does it mean for Irene to have "unseeing eyes?"
2) Discussion Questions: Do you think Brian and Clare are truly having an affair? Cite evidence from the text to support your answers. Is Irene a reliable narrator?
3) Langston Hughes film.
- Review all of the profiles (from text) of influential economists.
.after the review of each,rank each based upon "Your Favorite"
.support your position with evidence.
Assignment
Begin your review of economists
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
It was great to see Jessica again. Since her text was not unpacked, we used the time for her begin the review independently.
Passing Part 2, Chapters 3 and 4 Review and Discussion
Lesson Outline
1) Review Passing Pt. 1, and its subsequent chapters. Have Jessica place our break reading on a timeline in Larsen's narrative: how is the novel crescendoing? What, ultimately, is the major preoccupation of the work, and how will its characters react when they can no longer "pass" as white?
2) Oral Quiz: What happens in Part 2 of Passing?
3) Discussion Questions: How do Irene's feelings for Clare develop here? Discuss the role of the "honorary negro" in this reading. How is the white/black nightclub considered a liminal/transitive space? How is black culture influencing white society? When white emulate black music and art, are they saying that it is "cool" to be black, or are they denigrating African American art?
4) Read Passing Part 3 Chapter 1.
5) Continue Watching Harlem Renaissance Video
Jessica missed only 2 items in the 60-item exam. Remarkable performance. Jessica's grade for the exam is A. Jessica is the most outstanding student it has been my pleasure to teach!
