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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker Unit PlanCommon Lit: Book Pairings: "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker Unit Plan
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9th - 10th
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

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Celie is an African American woman living in Georgia in the early 20th century. She suffers decades of abuse as she struggles to find love and friendship in her life. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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Worksheet

QAR for The Color Purple

Curated OER
Have you heard of the QAR strategy? If your class is reading The Color Purple, provide them with this two-page worksheet to get them thinking. With the strategy, readers are introduced to four types of questions (right there, think and...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

The Color Purple: K-W-H-L Strategy

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Learners can chart what they know, what they would like to know, how they plan to learn, and what they have learned from Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Using questions about women's rights, kids study the themes of the novel...
7th - 12th English Language Arts
Unit Plan

The Best Notes: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Best Notes
This is an online study guide for the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

Pbs Learning Media: The Color Purple: American Masters: Alice Walker

PBS
Alice Walker chose to write "The Color Purple" as a series of letters in the spoken vernacular of the characters. This video [4:12] from Alice Walker: "Beauty in Truth" explores the significance of Walker's decision to use this form and...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

Gabrielle Union Discusses The Color Purple

PBS
Gabrielle Union discusses the role Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple, plays in her life. She stresses the importance of readers being able to find reflections of themselves in literature.
3 mins 9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Instructional Video

The Color Purple

PBS
A clip from the documentary Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth features Walker discussing her writing process and why she chose to write The Color Purple as an epistolary novel. The resource is part of PBS' American Masters...
4 mins 9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Interactive

The Color Purple Quiz

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In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
9th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
Interactive

The Color Purple Essay Questions

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In this literature worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer and essay questions about Walker's The Color Purple. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
9th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
Unit Plan

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

CommonLit
The Joad family leaves Oklahoma in search of work after their farm is destroyed by the Dust Bowl. They arrive in California only to find that fair jobs, food, and sympathy are scarce. Selected (9) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Alice Walker

PBS
This is a collection of three video lessons about Alice Walker and her works from the PBS American Masters Collection.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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