Copy exit slip.Exit 5:1. In your own words define allusion. 2. What type of allusion does Walker use in “..Our Mother’s” and why does she use them? 3. What is the main idea of this story (sentence)?
R5-Our Mother's Garden-continued
Teacher explains how to complete chart and helps students do first part of assignment. Students are to read Holt pg 1294-1298 and document allusions on the left and notes/important details on the right. On the allusion side, list the allusion, the pg number and why you thought Alice Walker randomly included this allusion. Do not just write what the footnote says about the allusion, but instead think about it. For example, on 1296 Ma Rainey is alluded to. You would not put for your reason that Ma Rainey is a blues singer, because I don't want to know who she is. I want to know why Alice Walker put a random blues singer in the middle of an essay about her mom. If you think about it and read the context around Ma Rainey's name in the text, you'll see it says "Unlike Ma Rainey's songs...No song or poem will bear my mother's name." So you might infer that she included an allusion to Ma Rainey to show a contrast between an overly confident singer who sang about herself and her mother who will never truly be recognized for her creative genius, even though she is just as creative as Ma Rainey.
Allusions documented as a class:1296 Virginia Woolf-because she too felt women needed a place to express themselves like Alice Walker believed. She also believed that genius exists in the lower class and the suppressed, like Walker believed about her mother.
1296 Emily Bronte-because she is an English author who made it
1296 Robert Burns-because he is an Irish author who made it.
1296 Sainthood- because they were suppressed African American women who went crazy with no outlet to create.
1296 Jane Austen- because she is a successful women writer who made it.
On your own add on at least 5 more allusions
Notes documented as a class:
-her mother ran away at 17 and got married
-At 20 has 2 children and pregnant with the 3rd
-Mother struggles with racism
-Mother worked in field and at home
-Quilt in Smithsonian made by unknown black woman
-Most women have passed on their "creative spark"
Finish reading the story and complete on your own.
Class reviews assignment and completes Exit 5.
Work on R6-R8-Visualizing- due 9/26 A or 9/27 B in spare class time.
