Active Reading Questions

1. What is the main point of the paragraph I just read?

2. Which details in this paragraph seem most important? Why?

3. Which words don't I know? What are my guesses about the meanings of those words?

4. What do I think will happen next in this reading selection?

5. What are the most important ideas in the page that I just read? Why?

6. Which parts of this selection do I like best? Why?

7. What type of mood (emotional quality) does this reading

selection create? Which specific words add to this mood?

8. What is the purpose of the reading selection?

9. Is the writer trying to persuade me of anything?

10. Can I think of another reading selection to compare with this

reading selection? In what ways is it similar?

11. Does this reading selection remind me of anything in my own experience?

12. Now that I'm done reading the whole selection, what do I think are three main points?

Analysis of "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, an important voice of the Harlem Renaissance, was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist best known for her work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sadly, she died in 1960 after suffering financial and medical difficulties. In 1973, Alice Walker, another famous American writer, "rediscovered" Hurston and promoted her body of work. In the classic essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston explores the idea that all of us have multiple selves, depending upon the context and environments in which we find ourselves. Hurston's writing has an ebullience, self-assertiveness, and pride that is particularly evident in this text. She was a flamboyant and dramatic personality, at times clashing with fellow writers from the Harlem Renaissance, who believed that black Americans should use their art to speak out against racial oppression and the white majority. Hurston chose not to align herself with the political ideologies of ot...

Online Tutoring for the FAST or Anything Else Related to English (For example, the Digital PSAT/SAT)

ATC Students and Students from Any Other Secondary School or College: To help students prepare for the first "progress monitoring" session of the FAST, I will be tutoring during the summer months. Every Sunday, send your request for a time and day during the upcoming week in which you tell me when you would like to meet. I will do my best to meet your needs and then send you a link to an online Tutoring session. The first progress-monitoring part of the FAST will take place on September 17. 2024. Retakes will be given on September 24, 2024.

All Classes--Analysis Activity for Texts. (Only do when assigned)

You will complete the following tasks.

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