Journal:
How did your perspective change when you told story with your powerpoint? Did the pictures help? How about the chunking?
Agenda:
Journal
Discussion
The role of the powerpoint in chunking text to propositional levels.
These propositional levels tell the main idea, and these main ideas are what we are looking for in making an outline.
Connect to the outcomes of the the class -- essay, outline, and objective test question practice.
Review of what we have learned.
Project forward to the exam.
Review assignment for the break--
Read:
Zora Neale Hurston, "their eyes were watching god"
you can check this out at the library or buy it used.
It must be read when we meet next on March 31st.
Please answer the questions in the packet available here and on the shared drive.
Use full sentences and restate the question-- Why? Because that is how you get a "5" on the exam. Practice makes perfect.
Here are the questions for the reading. Make sure you answer them while you read. Look for secondary sources to help your understanding.
Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God
1.
When was Their Eyes Were Watching God published?
2.
What was significant about this time?
3.
Zora uses the small black town where she was born as the setting for her novels. Where is the town located?
4.
Who arranges Janie’s first marriage to whom and why?
5.
Does Janie love Logan Killicks?
6.
When the people in Town talked negatively of Janie, what did she do?
7.
Who is Pheoby Watson?
8.
What metaphor does Janie use to describe the experience of being out in the world?
9.
When the story opens is Tea-Cake still around?
Chapter 2
1.
Who raised Janie?
2.
Why was Janie called alphabet?
3.
Why did Nanny slap Janie?
4.
What did Nanny say about Negro women?
5.
Whom did Nanny want Janie to marry?
6.
What did Nanny do with her baby?
Chapter 3 and 4
1.
Describe the marriage dinner of Janie and Logan Killicks?
2.
When Janie wants to wonder and think about love, where does she go?
3.
Describe the way Janie criticized Logan Killicks.
4.
What happened to Nanny?
5.
What metaphor did Janie use to describe the world?
6.
Describe Joe Starks when Janie first saw him.
7.
What did Joe Starks speak for?
8.
What does Janie do when she becomes fed up with Logan Killicks?
Chapter 5
1.
What does Joe Starks plan to do in Eastonville?
2.
What does Hicks think about Joe Starks building a post-office and a store?
3.
What was one of the first conflicts Jane had with Joe?
4.
What took the bloom off Janie and Joe’s marriage?
5.
What did the townfolks do at the barbecue?
6.
What were the folks celebrating?
7.
Why didn’t Janie like being Mrs. Mayor?
8.
What did Joe Starks become in town?
9.
What did Joe Starks do to Henry Pitts and why?
Chapter 6
1.
What was the main topic of conversation on the porch of the store?
2.
Why didn’t Joe want Janie to talk with the people?
3.
Why didn’t Janie enjoy working in the store?
4.
Do you think Mayor Starks should have pressured Matt into selling the mule for 55.00?
5.
Describe Mrs. Bogle.
6.
What happened to the spirit of Joe Starks and Janie’s marriage?
7.
Why did Joe slap Janie?
Chapter 7
1.
Why is Janie feeling so stultified and unfulfilled at the opening of the chapter?
2.
What changes have overtaken Joe?
3.
Is Janie sympathetic to Joe’s feelings? Explain.
4.
Where does the omniscient narrator come in and what does it explain?
5.
Why did Joe Starks strike Janie?
Chapter 8
1.
What did Jody do after he felt that Janie had insulted him? He moved his things and slept downstairs.
2.
Do you think Jody was justified in being angry with Janie?
3.
What was one of the symptoms of Jody’s illness? He didn’t eat his meals.
4.
What is the cause of Joe’s illness? Kidney failure.
5.
How does Janie describe death? “Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. The great one who lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it.”
6.
Why was Janie disturbed with living with Janie? He wouldn’t allow her to be the way she wanted to be.
7.
What happened to Jodie?
8.
How did Janie feel about Jodie and what did she say after he died?
Chapter 9
1.
Describe Joe’s funeral.
2.
Explain the following expression: “She sent her face to Joe’s funeral, and herself went rollicking with the springtime across the world.”
3.
What did Janie say she felt about her grandmother?
4.
What does the following expression mean: “Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.”
5.
Why didn’t Janie enjoy working in the store and collecting rents after Joe died?
Chapter 10
1.
After many people go to Winter Park to see the game, who visits Janie in the store?
2.
What is your first impression of Tea Cake?
Chapter 11
1.
Describe the way Tea Cake came to visit Janie the second time?
2.
Why didn’t Hezekiah want Janie going around with Tea Cake?
3.
How did Janie describe Tea Cake? He looked like the love thoughts of woman. He could be a bee to a blossom a pear tree blossom in the spring. He crushed herbs with every step he took. He was a glance from God.
4.
How did Tea Cake visit Janie on the fourth day after no seeing her for three days?
5.
How does Tea Cake feel about Janie? No one can hold a candle to you. You got the keys to the kingdom, he said.
Chapter 12
1.
What did the townspeople think about Tea Cake’s and Janie’s relationship? Give specific examples.
2.
What does Janie mean by the following remark: “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means to live mine.”
Chapter 13
1.
At the opening of the chapter, where is Janie going?
2.
When Janie went upstairs to dress at twelve o’clock, what did she discover?
3.
What story came to mind when she couldn’t find her money?
4.
What story did Tea Cake tell Janie, about where he had been?
5.
How does Tea Cake think he’ll get Janie’s money back?
Chapter 14
1.
Where are the Everglades located?
2.
What did Tea Cake and Janie plan to do in the Everglades?
3.
What does it mean to be “on the muck”?
4.
Why was Tea Cake’s house so attractive to others?
5.
What did Tea Cake and Janie do for entertainment?
Chapter 15
1.
How did Nunkie go about getting Tea Cake’s attention?
2.
How did Janie react when Nunkie made a play for Tea Cake?
Chapter 16
1.
Describe Mrs. Turner’s personality. Why did Tea Cake hate her?
2.
What did Janie mean by the following remark about Tea Cake: “He kin take most any lil thing and make summertime out of it when times is dull. Then we lives off a dat happiness he made till some mo’ happiness comes along.”
3.
Why did Mrs. Turner admire and visit Janie?
Chapter 17
1.
What did the workers do Saturday afternoon when their work tickets were exchanged for cash?
2.
How did the fight start in Mrs. Turner’s Restaurant?
3.
What happened to Mrs. Turner during the melee (confused fight) in the restaurant?
1.
When was Their Eyes Were Watching God published?
2.
What was significant about this time?
3.
Zora uses the small black town where she was born as the setting for her novels. Where is the town located?
4.
Who arranges Janie’s first marriage to whom and why?
5.
Does Janie love Logan Killicks?
6.
When the people in Town talked negatively of Janie, what did she do?
7.
Who is Pheoby Watson?
8.
What metaphor does Janie use to describe the experience of being out in the world?
9.
When the story opens is Tea-Cake still around?
Chapter 2
1.
Who raised Janie?
2.
Why was Janie called alphabet?
3.
Why did Nanny slap Janie?
4.
What did Nanny say about Negro women?
5.
Whom did Nanny want Janie to marry?
6.
What did Nanny do with her baby?
Chapter 3 and 4
1.
Describe the marriage dinner of Janie and Logan Killicks?
2.
When Janie wants to wonder and think about love, where does she go?
3.
Describe the way Janie criticized Logan Killicks.
4.
What happened to Nanny?
5.
What metaphor did Janie use to describe the world?
6.
Describe Joe Starks when Janie first saw him.
7.
What did Joe Starks speak for?
8.
What does Janie do when she becomes fed up with Logan Killicks?
Chapter 5
1.
What does Joe Starks plan to do in Eastonville?
2.
What does Hicks think about Joe Starks building a post-office and a store?
3.
What was one of the first conflicts Jane had with Joe?
4.
What took the bloom off Janie and Joe’s marriage?
5.
What did the townfolks do at the barbecue?
6.
What were the folks celebrating?
7.
Why didn’t Janie like being Mrs. Mayor?
8.
What did Joe Starks become in town?
9.
What did Joe Starks do to Henry Pitts and why?
Chapter 6
1.
What was the main topic of conversation on the porch of the store?
2.
Why didn’t Joe want Janie to talk with the people?
3.
Why didn’t Janie enjoy working in the store?
4.
Do you think Mayor Starks should have pressured Matt into selling the mule for 55.00?
5.
Describe Mrs. Bogle.
6.
What happened to the spirit of Joe Starks and Janie’s marriage?
7.
Why did Joe slap Janie?
Chapter 7
1.
Why is Janie feeling so stultified and unfulfilled at the opening of the chapter?
2.
What changes have overtaken Joe?
3.
Is Janie sympathetic to Joe’s feelings? Explain.
4.
Where does the omniscient narrator come in and what does it explain?
5.
Why did Joe Starks strike Janie?
Chapter 8
1.
What did Jody do after he felt that Janie had insulted him? He moved his things and slept downstairs.
2.
Do you think Jody was justified in being angry with Janie?
3.
What was one of the symptoms of Jody’s illness? He didn’t eat his meals.
4.
What is the cause of Joe’s illness? Kidney failure.
5.
How does Janie describe death? “Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. The great one who lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it.”
6.
Why was Janie disturbed with living with Janie? He wouldn’t allow her to be the way she wanted to be.
7.
What happened to Jodie?
8.
How did Janie feel about Jodie and what did she say after he died?
Chapter 9
1.
Describe Joe’s funeral.
2.
Explain the following expression: “She sent her face to Joe’s funeral, and herself went rollicking with the springtime across the world.”
3.
What did Janie say she felt about her grandmother?
4.
What does the following expression mean: “Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.”
5.
Why didn’t Janie enjoy working in the store and collecting rents after Joe died?
Chapter 10
1.
After many people go to Winter Park to see the game, who visits Janie in the store?
2.
What is your first impression of Tea Cake?
Chapter 11
1.
Describe the way Tea Cake came to visit Janie the second time?
2.
Why didn’t Hezekiah want Janie going around with Tea Cake?
3.
How did Janie describe Tea Cake? He looked like the love thoughts of woman. He could be a bee to a blossom a pear tree blossom in the spring. He crushed herbs with every step he took. He was a glance from God.
4.
How did Tea Cake visit Janie on the fourth day after no seeing her for three days?
5.
How does Tea Cake feel about Janie? No one can hold a candle to you. You got the keys to the kingdom, he said.
Chapter 12
1.
What did the townspeople think about Tea Cake’s and Janie’s relationship? Give specific examples.
2.
What does Janie mean by the following remark: “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means to live mine.”
Chapter 13
1.
At the opening of the chapter, where is Janie going?
2.
When Janie went upstairs to dress at twelve o’clock, what did she discover?
3.
What story came to mind when she couldn’t find her money?
4.
What story did Tea Cake tell Janie, about where he had been?
5.
How does Tea Cake think he’ll get Janie’s money back?
Chapter 14
1.
Where are the Everglades located?
2.
What did Tea Cake and Janie plan to do in the Everglades?
3.
What does it mean to be “on the muck”?
4.
Why was Tea Cake’s house so attractive to others?
5.
What did Tea Cake and Janie do for entertainment?
Chapter 15
1.
How did Nunkie go about getting Tea Cake’s attention?
2.
How did Janie react when Nunkie made a play for Tea Cake?
Chapter 16
1.
Describe Mrs. Turner’s personality. Why did Tea Cake hate her?
2.
What did Janie mean by the following remark about Tea Cake: “He kin take most any lil thing and make summertime out of it when times is dull. Then we lives off a dat happiness he made till some mo’ happiness comes along.”
3.
Why did Mrs. Turner admire and visit Janie?
Chapter 17
1.
What did the workers do Saturday afternoon when their work tickets were exchanged for cash?
2.
How did the fight start in Mrs. Turner’s Restaurant?
3.
What happened to Mrs. Turner during the melee (confused fight) in the restaurant?
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