Print out and staple for class discussion. Read and annotate.
Check out this link posted on the internet. Here you will find the text of an excellent essay by Alice Walker, as well as some introductory information and great questions/suggestions at the end. At this point, you are not required to complete the activities at the end; simply read and annotate Walker's essay. Print out the pdf for class discussion.
http://www.2014hebert110.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2014/07/Alice-Walker-Beauty-When-the-Other-Dancer-Is-the-Self.pdf
If you are unable to print the text, please read it on an electronic device. Make sure you have copious notes in your binder (indicate page numbers, paragraphs, line numbers) when referring to different sections. Of course, it is preferable to have a printed copy of the text.
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How to Annotate a Text
http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more
https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text
