Read the following overview of Alice Walker as a background to your essay.
Here is what you need to do:
- Read the poems below. You can find the poems after an overview of Alice Walker and her life and work.
- Interview six people—students, co-workers, family, friends—and tell each a little about Alice Walker—who
she is, what she wrote, why she is famous, and what she is famous for. - Then share one poem for all interviewees or a separate poem for each interviewee for a total of six poems.
Ask what ideas come to them as they read the poem.
Share your own thoughts and together explore the theme of the poem.