Friday, August 13, 2010
Feathers Golden Lines
Golden Lines "Golden lines" are powerful quotes that automatically provide interesting discussion material. Many students find it much easier to select something the author said than to come up with their own reactions. Therefore, Golden Lines are an easy and effective strategy for gathering information to discuss.Post your Golden Lines for Feathers to invite discussion.Please respond to each others' golden lines entry.
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"There weren't white people on this side of the highway. You didn't notice until one appeared. And then you saw all the brown everywhere. And then you started to wonder."
ReplyDeleteI thought these were very descriptive lines about segregation. I have never been in a position about being the "only one" in a particular place. I'm sure I would be very uncomfortable.
I think that line is really good for discussing racial tension and exploring other books like The Watsons Go To Birmingham. It can also help focus discussion on differences and acceptance of others.
ReplyDelete"'Don't no palefaces go to this school. You need to get your white butt back across the highway.'" - page 4. This is a good line to promote discussion about attitudes toward others and the climate in the 1970's.
ReplyDelete"Seems kids on this side of the highway were always trying to figure out ways to fly and run and cross over things and . . . get free or something." page 21.
ReplyDelete"'No offense, Ms. Johnson, but even if that Jesus Boy was spirit-colored, he wouldn't be coming to Price.'" page 25
ReplyDelete"He looked up and around at each one of us. It felt like everything stopped. There weren't tears in his eyes, but they were sad. "My daddy said it would be better here," he said, almost whispering it." page 27 This reaches out to the hurt and how hard it can be to adjust to new schools or places when others are not accepting.
"'Yuck!' I said, covering my ears. 'Yuck on the blood-wine. Yuck on the body-bread. Yuck on the dead walking back into the world after we went and had a whole expensive funeral for them.'" page 33.
"I tried to find the word surreal in my mental vocabulary bank where Ms. Johnson had said we should save vocabulary words so that we could grow up and have rich brains, but it wasn't there." page 35.
ReplyDelete"'Maybe Jesus is the color he needs to be when he comes to a place, Frannie. Maybe this time around he needs to be a skinny white boy-something way different from everything around him.'" page 37.
"Everyone said I was going to be tall like him one day, but it wasn't the tallness I wanted. I wanted his laugh-all loud and silly." page 49. This makes me think about how as kids we all make-believe, dress up and pretend to be like our parents.
"And some days I wished I could climb inside all the quiet and stillness inside Sean's head, curl up there and just rest awhile." page 59. I think about how Frannie seems to be old for her age and that she must see lots of problems. I think she carries a lot of burden.
ReplyDelete"I tried to close my eyes and picture the place where all the tiredness was coming from, the place where the baby was growing and wearing Mama out." page 60. Frannie goes on to say that she wants the power to lift the pain out of people's bodies. I get a feeling of heaviness.
"'You know that world's changing, Frannie. I don't want to hear about you messing with that boy just because he's white.'" page 72.
ReplyDelete"'Yes-I do. I tell you if you get saved, you don't have to worry after you die.' 'Yeah, Samantha, but that doesn't make any sense to me because once I die, I'll be done and I won't be worrying anyway.'" page 76