TONI MORRISON

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TONI MORRISON

• born February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio
• grandfather was born a slave
• her family lost their land and were forced to
  work in the mines and mills of the industrialized
  North

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Lorain, Ohio
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• attended Howard University and later Cornell
• has taught at several universities
• is divorced and has two sons
• 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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HER NOVELS

• The Bluest Eye 1972
• Sula 1974
• Song Of Solomon 1977
• Beloved 1987

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a ghost story
a jigsaw puzzle
a work of historical fiction
?
a mystery
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one of the best books for young adults written
in the 1980s

• more suited for advanced students due to the
  complexity of the plot and the mature subject
  matter

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While reading Focus The plot / the different
characters

• 1. Keep a reading log in which questions are
  written and crossed out when they have been
  answered through the reading or in discussion
  with another reader. Try not to read ahead of the
  group.
• 1st date till 165 (Book One)
• 2nd date till the end (Book Two and
  
  Three)

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While reading

• 2. Develop a time line of the events in the
  story. Discuss it with the other group members.
• 3. Keep a list of characters and explain their
  relationships. Discuss and complete this list
  with the other group members.
• 4. Make a list of words ad phrases you have found
  particularly appealing or impressive and share
  these with the other group members.

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After reading

• Write responses to Beloved in which you express
  your thoughts and feelings about the novel as a
  whole.
• - approximately 15 lines
• - date 30 November
• 2. Share the written responses in small
  groups. Explore similar and different responses
  of group members, trying to understand what made
  different readers respond as they do.

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Evaluation

• Writing skills will be assessed in 15 lines
  personal responses to the novel as a whole
• Speaking skills will be assessed in group
  discussions (November 23 24 30) and active
  participation in final analysis
• No separate examination

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"Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I
feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him
personally." The Collected Works of Abraham
Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VIII,
"Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment"
(March 17, 1865), p. 361.
And finally ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• "I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty
  will burn in your bosoms until there shall no
  longer be a doubt that all men are created free
  and equal."
• The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by
  Roy P. Basler, Volume II, "Speech at Chicago,
  Illinois" (July 10, 1858), p. 502.