Wk 6, Part IV of "Recitatif," by Toni Morrison

Wk 6, Part IV of "Recitatif," by Toni Morrison

Objective:

-  IWBAT identify a universal theme in a narrative based on its recurring motifs, central conflicts, and the resolution of those conflicts (RL12.2)

-  IWBAT analyze how the structure of a narrative impacts its meaning and beauty (RL12.5)

Review of Last Week's Text / Week 5

After reading ¶141 of part IV of "Recitatif," watch "Kamala Harris Confronts Joe Biden In Tense Exchange On Race Relations," by NBC News to review central ideas from the text, "There's a Generational Shift in the Debate over Busing," from week 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYMm3tivK7A&ab_channel=NBCNews

Open Ended

After watching the video, and based on your reading from our last lesson, contrast different viewpoints about the use of busing to enforce desegregation. In other words, what disagreement do Biden and Harris have in this video? What reasons or aspects of their identity could each individual to have that viewpoint? Use the frame: While Biden _________________busing, Harris argued that...

Let's recap part III of "Recitatif" from Week 4

Capture our class summary on #1 of this week's ActivelyLearn assignment, part IV of "Recitatif"

Review the following key vocabulary terms to prepare for today's reading:

• segregation (noun: idea) the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

• desegregation (noun: idea) the ending of a policy of racial segregation

• integrate (verb: action) to combine separate groups; to bring separate groups into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution

• busing (noun: gerund) the practice of transporting students to schools within or outside their local school districts as a means of promoting desegregation and encouraging integration

Multiple Choice

1. Which statement describes the conflict that arises in paragraph 141?

• A conflict that arises in paragraph 141 is that Twyla drives her car into a group of protestors.

• A conflict that arises in paragraph 141 is that Roberta ignores Twyla when they run into one another again.

• A conflict that arises in paragraph 141 is tension and protests due to the use of busing to promote racial integration in schools.

• A conflict that arises in paragraph 141 is that Twyla feels insecure about her appearance in contrast to Roberta.

Multiple Choice

¶165: Which of the following most accurately distinguishes Twyla's and Roberta's point of view on the issue of busing?

• While Twyla is glad her son Joseph will be attending a nicer school, Roberta feels like all of the schools are "dumps" anyway.

• Twyla was an outspoken supporter of busing as a means to end desegregation, but Roberta simply disliked the idea.

• Both Twyla and Roberta were opposed to busing because they did not want their children attending school with students of a different race.

• While Twyla is neutral about her son Joseph being bused to a faraway school, Roberta is so against her kids being bused that she participated in protests against busing.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best explain how ¶160-172 build upon the conflict introduced paragraph 141?

• In paragraphs 160-172, Twyla is heartbroken when Roberta seems to have forgotten all about their last encounter at the grocery store, in which they got along and "acted like sisters."

• In paragraph 141, there is tension and protests due to the use of busing to promote racial integration in schools.

• In paragraphs 160-172, Twyla and Roberta revisit their childhood memories, and the tension caused by the antibusing protest causes them both to emphasize how race has always negatively impacted their friendship.

• In paragraphs 160-172, Roberta argues that Maggie was black, although Twyla remembers Maggie differently.

Open Ended

In 2-3 sentences, describe how Twyla and Roberta's relationship has developed over time. For example, how does their encounter in part IV differ from their encounter in part III of "Recitatif"? In your response, be sure to cite at least 1 specific example.