"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker Quiz, Vocabulary Games, and Analysis Worksheet (Bundle)

Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of activities and assessments for teaching Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use.” A plot-based quiz, a close reading worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in a zip file as editable Word Documents and printable PDFs. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Define words and phrases as they are used in the text
• Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
• Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
• Discern the intended effects of the author’s narrative techniques
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Examine how point of view shapes the readers’ understanding of Dee’s character
• Apply knowledge of various literary devices including but not limited to dialect, syncope, and malapropism
• Contrast how two characters perceive the concept of heritage
• Support claims and inferences with relevant textual evidence
• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literature