Harlem Renaissance Literature

Do Now Using the hole punch at your table, hole punch your book at your table and put it in your binder. Write your name on your binder Grab 10 sheets of loose leaf paper and put the sheets before the book pages

Today’s Objective Begin reading The Passing by Nella Larsen Describe the setting and backstory of the novel (Part 1 Chapter 1) Read pages Answer Questions Analyze particular passage for the use of word choice

Reading Questions: part 1 Chapter 1 Who does Irene receive a letter from? Who is Claire Kendry? Be sure to tell me what the text says in your response How does Irene describe Claire’s personality? What happens to Clare’s dad? Do you know anyone who could be described in a way similar to Claire? Why does Irene not want to see Clare? What do think Clare means by the “Pale Life?” What are the implications of this term? What inferences can we make about Clare’s ‘pale life’? Make your best predictions of what might have happened in Chicago.

Chapter 2 Questions 1. What is the setting of Chapter 2? DICTION: What words did the author intentionally use to describe this setting. 2. Where is Irene in the setting? 3. How does Irene react to the man fainting? What does this say about her character? 4. Using context clues: Look at the word Nebulous on page 12. What is the meaning of this word? 5. Why is Irene in the city? 6. How does Irene see while in the café? 7. What does this chapter reveal about Irene? What textual evidence is there? 8. What does Irene realize about the other person in this chapter?

Chapter 2 Questions 8. Irene’s nickname ‘Rene’ is associated with which part of her identity? 9. What happened to Clare after her dad died? 10. What were the rumors made about Clare when she left? What events inspired these rumors. 11. What were their assumptions of the “work” that she did? 12. What do we learn about Clare through her conversation with Irene? 13. When Irene invites Clare to meet with friends, why can’t she go? 14. What questions does Irene assume need to be asked while passing? 15. Look at the last paragraph on page 37, continued on to page 38. How does this statement connect with our discussions on colorism? (4-5 sentences) 16. What relationship does Clare say her dad had with her mom?

Descriptive Writing Refer to page 12 Setting the mood! We will pull one location or situation from the jar. In your NOTES, you will write a one paragraph setting description. Think of the mood that your location entails, and use as many descriptive words as possible. You will have 8 minutes to do this. GO!

Exit Ticket Characterization is How would you best describe Irene? 1 paragraph plot detail (what has happened up until this point?)