Objectives of Teaching
To comprehend the whole story
To lean and master the vocabulary and expressions
To learn to paraphrase the difficult sentences
To understand the structure of the text
To appreciate the style and rhetoric of the passage.
Important and Difficult points
The comprehension of the whole story
The understanding of certain expressions
The appreciation of the writing technique
Colloquial, slangy or black English
Cultural difference between nationalities in the US
IV. Character Analysis
Dee:
She has held life always in the palm of one hand.
"No" is a word the world never learned to say to her.
She would always look anyone in the eye. Hesitation was no part of her nature.
She was determined to share down any disaster in her efforts.
I. Rhetorical devices:
Parallelism:
chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle
Metaphor:
She washed us in a river of...burned us... Pressed us ...to shove us away
stare down any disaster in her efforts...