"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker

Today we talked about traditions and heirlooms.  Students complete a quick write from page 69 of the literature book.  We then discussed what life was like for African Americans in the 1960s and how things were rapidly changing.  We talked a bit about heritage and the civil rights movement.  We then began to read the story.  Hopefully we will be able to finish the story tomorrow.  There was no homework, unless vocabulary has not been completed.  Then finish the vocabulary and sentences as homework.  Also, if the "unlarding" of their essays was not finished, it should be done as homework as well.