Close Read the Text With your group, revisit sections of the text you marked Guring your first read. Annotate details that you notice, What questions do you have? What can you condlude? ores TRAVELING Analyze the Text Suaiotyer eee, Complete the activities. —— pevtew and Clarity Reread paragraphs 1~4 ofthe selection. Discuss why GROUP DIscussiON You think that the author's mother refused to change her sexe rertutviimesioes 2 Pesetand dass Nov wo vahsourger cece, ee interpretations of the text, from the selection that you found especially important. Take turns ‘These different, ‘perspectives Presenting your Passages, Discuss what you notice in the selection, the will help you to learn from ‘questions you asked, and the ‘conclusions you reached, oa ee 3: Essential Question: How can words inspire change? What has this thatieae es single text taught you about the power of words to effect change? interpretation or conclusion, Concept Vocabulary | Why These Words? the three concept vocabulary words are related with Hon a, discuss the words, and determine what they have in common How do these word choices enhance the impact of the won Add interesting words {elated to chil rights from the text to your Word Network, Practice {Confirm your understanding of these words by using them ‘nsentences, Include context clues that hint at each word's meaning, a smoatos | Reading informational Text expsiontendrness Word Study ; an ares odes or Etymology & word's origins are called its etymology, are. ptt shnal ‘You wil find every ward's etymology in its dictionary entry. For example, 5 in and dened ante if You look up the word adamant in, dictionary, you will see that it comes 5 fomections tha ate drawn fom the Greek word ademas, which was formed in Greek from the prefix a, g beten them, Ten nO" and the ot-laman-, meaning “to subdue’ or me tame.” i ieee eee Thus, the original meaning of adamant was “untameable or “unbreakable,” ‘fled by pats sentences {358 good dictionary to research the etymology of the following words: i FPagraphs or laiger partons ctoman. dsengaged, attentive, and remembrance, White exer words, . fons etymology, and then write its meaning ‘ety and caret use pater of $e cage hatha det ‘ ‘meaings oF pars of spec, into I 340 UNIT 3 « THE LITERATURE OF CIML RIGHTSPeano es Aah Analyze Cratt anc Author's Choices: Point of View and Structure The author's point ‘of view is the perspective from which events are related. In a memoir GROUP DISCUSSION like “Traveling,” the author's point of view can be compared to a physical ‘Members of your group may position. For example, an author may look at events from a distance, have responded in various reflecting on them from the perspective of an older, wiser self. Alternatively, ways to these questions. As a writer may choose a much closer perspective, perhaps attempting to ‘you discuss your responses, recreate the feeling of a long ago moment be sure to allow group members to explain their ‘The structure of a work is its overall shape, including the relationship of thinking. its different parts or sections to one another. In this memoir, Grace Paley ‘employs a different point of view in each of the work's three sections. The point of view and the structure she uses are fully intertwined, (cre TEXTUAL EVIDENCE Practice ‘osupport your answers. Work independently to answer these questions. Then, share your responses with the group. '. Reread paragraphs 1~6. Did Paley herself ive through the experience she describes in those paragraphs? Explain. 2. 4) What shift in author’ perspective happens in paragraph 7? ©:; How does this shift allow the author to clarify the memoirs opening scene? Explain. 3. (a] What isthe author’ perspective in the memoirs second section, paragraphs 1 through 15? ( Explain the shift in perspective that happens at paragraph 16. :-: How does the perspective shift again in the final section, paragraphs 17-21? “ Exolain how the changes in perspective in each section of the memoir follow the chronology of the author's life Why do you think the author chose to structure the memoir as she did? What does the shifting chronology and point of view allow that a more basic story structure might not? 5. 12) “Traveling” is a work of nontiction. Identify at least two sections in which Paley uses techniques commonly found in works of fiction, (b) How does her use of fictional elements add to or detract from the ower of the story? Explain, Does the fact that this is a true story make it more powerful or less Powerful than a fictionalized version might be? Explain Traveling 344TRAVELING, Read It Work individually. For each quotation from dialogue in the left column of the chart, examine the context. Then, write a note in the right column that comments on Paley’s use of direct speech without standard quotation marks, Include your thoughts about the effect of Paley's punctuation choices. te OE care The driver sighed, said, You can't sit here, ma'am, (paragraph 3) My mother said, No. (paragraph 6) Softly she said, Oh no, (paragraph 13) Ina loud voice, he addressed me: Lady, 1 wouldn't of touched that thing with a meat hook. (paragraph 14) | don’t know, she said, anyway you were only ‘about four years old, and besides, maybe Idid. | (Paragraph 19) Well | said, have a story about those buses, too, (oaragraph 20) IE STANDARDS Write tt Languoge Demonstate command of the ‘conventions of tandaud Engish ‘aptalzaton, puncuaton and sling wen ning, 342 UNIT 3 « THE LITERATURE OF CIVIL RIGHTS Author's Style Punctuation In her memoir, Paley uses a nonstandard format for unctuating dialogue. In standard English, a speaker's exact words are enclosed by punctuation marks in a direct quotation. When Paley quotes the ‘words spoken by her mother, her sister, her brother, and the bus driver in Paragraphs 1-9 of “Traveling,” however, she does not use quotation marks. | addition, Paley occasionally omits punctuation marks, such as commas, that are standard for lists or series. For example, in paragraph 12, she writes this way about her bus ride to Miami: "| had been sleeping waking reading writing dozing waking.” ‘White a brief anecdote about something that happened recently to you and someone you know, such as a friend or classmate, Include some direct speech without the use of quotation marks. into ‘onan tet 8 ie Aightanon cin ee A i ene Speaking and Listening : Inthe memoir “Traveling,” two generations of women make difficult choices in the segregated South. Each decision has the potential to produce both positive and negative results for all of those involved. with a group, plan a debate about a question raised by Paley’s memoir. Choose from among these options for your debate. Was Paley’ mother right to refuse to move to the front of the bus? Was her attitude helpful? \Was Paley right to hold the baby on the bus to Miami? Was she standing up for her principles, or was she endangering the child? Which story—Paley’s experience on a segregated bus or her mother’s—best reflects the tensions caused by the belief in “separate but equal” treatment? Support Your Position Working individually, identity atleast three specific supporting reasons for your position as well as passages from Paley's memoir that you could use to support your position. Collect your ideas in the chart. Before moving on toa new selection, go to your Evidence Log and record what you learned from “Traveling.” 1B STANDARDS Speaking and Usteing Propel conversations by posing and cespoging to questions that ‘alate the caret dui Iwoader hemes or arer ideas, actly incorporate others into the ‘dscasson; and day, very, 01 ‘halenge ideas and concsions. ‘Come to a Consensus invite each member of your group to share their positions on the debate questions, Discuss one another's positions, asking ‘questions and clarifying your responses. Work together to reach a conclusion ‘hat identifies the strongest argument. This conclusion may draw on points from several group members. Traveling 343