Objective:
To help students synthesize the material covered in the class by writing an organized theme on the material covered.
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Ask students if they know any aphorisms or proverbs. Whatever they know list on the board. After the sayings are on the board, ask the students if anyone knows what any of the sayings mean; they should give examples. This helps the student become involved in the class especially when their “sayings” are on the board.
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Give students aphorisms from the
Book of Negro Folklore
or the
Treasury of Afro American Folklore
plantation proverbs.
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Students choose from the aphorisms in the
Book of Negro Folklore
one quote and write short stories with the title and content suggested by the aphorisms.
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Examples of the quotes that might be used are:
It’s hard to make clothes fit a miserable man. De price of your hat ain’t de measure of your brain. Buyin’ on credit is robbin’ next year’s crop. De cowbell can’t keep a secret.
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Make copies of the best student stories excluding the titles, and hand out to the class.
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Have students title the compositions written by their classmates.
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This exercise allows the students to be creative and also to share what each person has gotten from the assignment; it serves as a reward for some and an incentive for others.