Read chapters 1 and 2 of Their Eyes Were Watching God. I neglected to talk about tabbing today but I suggest starting a system tonight. Some suggestions for tabbing:
- Pick a different color sticky note for each category on the pink sheet you got today: narrative structure, plot, character, setting, and language. You may also choose to include an additional color for anything else you notice but are unsure of a category for it.
- Pick a different color for the different motifs (repeated patterns). Make your motifs a bit broad so you don't become too restricted. Finding patterns is a good way to start thinking critically about a novel.
- Identify themes and assign colors. Tab anything that contributes to that particular theme using that color.
Journal #1 (Reflective): If you could tell your life story to one person, to whom would it be? Where would you begin (moment that changed your world view)?
Journal #2 (Analytic): Pick a passage from your reading (between one paragraph and half a page). Copy the passage onto your blog and make a list of the decisions that Hurston made in writing that passage. What techniques, what patterns, what questions, what tone, what word choice, etc.
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