1. 1. Read the paragraph below. 2
1. Read the paragraph below Identify each sentence as simple, compound, or complex.
1. The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. 2. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee, and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey's mind. 3. Bailey was the son she lived with, her only boy.

2. Activator
Introduce Alice Walker Biography Video Clip mysterious-wonder-of-life YouTube clip from “The Color Purple”

3. Your Task: Read the biography of Alice Walker.
Use the planning sheet to guide your note taking.
Complete the BioCube on Alice Walker

4. Summarizer
Letter to an Absent Student “Hello, my name is Alice Walker….” Complete the prompt telling the absent student all the vital information necessary about Alice Walker. Make sure they understand and have the same amount of information you do although they were not here.

5. Activity
Read a poem by Alice Walker, “Expect Nothing.” Discussion & Analyzing Activity Things to Consider: What is the poem saying? What is it telling you to do? Not to do? What can you take away from this poem? How was it (if in any way) influenced by Alice Walker’s life?

6. “Expect Nothing”
Considered to be a “homily” poem which means the author is preaching about something. In short, it means sermon. What figurative language does she use? Simile? Metaphor? Hyperbole? Your heart is referring to a metaphor similar to smallness, and the star would be equivalent to something large. You could also say that "smaller than your heart" and "greater than a star" are poor examples of hyperbole- something that’s over exaggerated.

7. Writing
Brainstorm and jot down three ideas about what you would write an advice poem about. After you have down three ideas, pick one of the ideas and write an advice poem to someone. Think in your mind about who you want your audience to be and write to that audience.

8. My Poem
College is great, College is fun. Some days are dark, Some days are in the sun. Some people will tempt, And some people will run, But be who you are, And don’t change for anyone.

9. Summarizer
Share poems

10. In Alice Walker’s poem, “Expect Nothing,” the author uses figurative language to warn her readers about the dangers of expecting too much and being disappointed. She says, “Tame wild disappointment with caress unmoved and cold; make of it a parka for your soul.” What does this mean to you? Give a personal experience that comes to mind when you read this line from the poem.

11. Today is important… don’t waste the opportunities before you!
Station 1: Correct and rewrite memoir and participate in a Peer Edit
Station 2: Teacher led, Direct Instruction on how to write a literary analysis
Station 3: Independent Activity - Students will access MobyMax to complete a lesson.

12. Dear Teacher,
On a scale of 1-10, I rate my understanding of writing a memoir as ___. I need help with/best understand…
On a scale of 1-10, I rate my understanding of writing a literary analysis as ___. I need help with/best understand…
Sincerely,
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