The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

an independent, personal response to the work.
an interpretation of the ideas and issues raised throughout the work.
an understanding of the role context may play in appreciating a work.
an appreciation for and evaluation of broader literary choices made in the work, including narrative structure, narrative perspective, dialogue, dialect (AAVE), and their effects.
an understanding of the ways in which text juxtaposition can provide new insights and ideas into a work.
communicating complex ideas through writing.

Teaching Resources

The passage activities contain the first and last line of the passage in addition to the (Kindle) page numbers from which they were extracted.
There are several resources linked into the Activity Portfolio. If a source is no longer available, please leave a comment in the comment section so that we can find a suitable replacement. There are a few resources that require a subscription to JSTOR to view the full article; these articles may also be available on EbscoHost.
Each lesson ends with a “Daily Question”; these could easily be used as formative assessment tasks that lead to a summative assessment task where students revisit, revise, and submit one of these pieces of writing for assessment.
There is no official summative assessment task attached to the unit. The activities in the portfolio prepare students for a holistic assessment of the work (like an out of class or in class essay), a comparative essay, a comparative commentary, or a single text commentary.

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