Their Eyes Were Watching God Resource Collection

Reading group guide

http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides/their_eyes_were_watching_god.asp

lesson plan

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/eyes/eyetg.htm

http://www.novelguide.com/theireyeswerewatchinggod/

http://jupiter.phy.ohiou.edu/~rouzie/307/hurston.html

questions


http://www.barrsenglishclass.com/zora.html

Wright and Hurston

http://www.womenwriters.net/editorials/hurstonwright.html

How does it feel to be colored me

http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/hbarajas/lp_hurston.html

http://www.barnard.edu/sfonline/hurston/wall_03.htm

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/hurston.htm

http://www.vdare.com/misc/epstein_hurston_on_blacks.htm

the essay:

http://people.whitman.edu/~hashimiy/zora.htm


http://www.aug.edu/~lngtba/southernlit/resp3B.htm


http://www.aug.edu/~lngtba/southernlit/resp3B.htm

http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/hurston_zora_neale.html




Their Eyes Were Watching God Study Questions -- For use with 1991 AP Lit Exam Passage and Multiple Choice Questions



Explain what the following phrases or lines mean or represent:

Starched and ironed her face (1)
Rollicking with the springtime across the world (11-12)
Asking lonesomeness some questions (27-28)
Great journey (37)

Answer each question with support from the text selection:

Why did Janie hate her grandmother?
In context, what depends on “the way you see things? (42)
In context, interpret the phrase “deal in scraps” (45).
What is the purpose of the parable of creation in lines 59-66?
What does Janie believe to the very basic characteristic of human nature?
What does “each little spark” (64) in the parable of creation mean?
What can be inferred about each man who drove “considerable distances” (line 74) to see Janie?
How would you describe Janie at the end of the passage?
Describe the tone of the last paragraph (lines 70-80).
Describe how Janie felt about the influence of her mother and grandmother on her character?

Finally, list and explain each instance of figurative language that appears in the passage with quotations and line numbers.


One more site...

http://www.fultonschools.org/teacher/stratton/hurston2.html