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“The Secret Life of Bees”
By: Clara McMillian
Student Sample
“Understanding Bees”Video Presentation
•The Importance of Bees•A Bee’s Life•Bees Communication
A Bee’s Life Video
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Main Character
Lily is a fourteen-year-old girl whose mother died when shewas four years old, an accident that Lily feels she was responsible for.She dresses in clothes she made in home economics. She is not apopular person in school. She has jet-black hair that resembles a nest
ofcowlicks, no chin, Sophia Loren eyes and an inferiority complex. Shetakes to picking scabs on her body and biting the flesh around her fingernails until they bleed. Boys, even the hard-up ones, ignore her. Rosaleen makes Lily wear breeches in the cold, which are neither fashionable nor complimentary, especially under her dresses. Girls become quiet when she walks passed, because she has no fashion sense and is a little bit strange.
Lily Owens
How can this novel be related to human experiences?
Example:
Equality is explored prominently throughoutthe book, not only in relation to civil rightsbut also in relation to gender segregation.
People can understand what love is, thatpeople can be loved and that they canlove others without dire consequences.
My K-W-L
What I knowabout bees…
What I want to know aboutbees…
What I learned
about bees…
Assignment
Create your own PowerPoint Presentationanswering the following questions:
Identify ways that the novel relate toyou.
What do you know about thetreatment of African-Americans in
theU.S. prior to the 1960's?
JOURNAL WRITING
RESEARCH
What does the name of the book make me think of? Example:
I feel that the book was named after all the secrets that most of the characters in the book had. Lily had secrets from the calendar sisters. The calendar sisters had secrets from Lily. Rosaleen had secrets from the calendar sisters and Lily.
Zach kept secrets to protect his friends. T-Ray never told Lily much about her mom. Lily’s mom was a huge secrets though most of the book. All of the characters were the bees. That is how I get the secret life of bees.
I feel a hive of honey bees was used to represent the characters.August was the Queen bee. She was the one person that kept the rest of the workers going and living. She out lived all around her. The other sisters, Rosaleen, Lily and Zach were her workers that worked their way thru the days to support the home (hive). The drones in the story were all the nasty men like T-Ray and the racist pigs. The only thing they were good for was mating.
How are bees symbolic to humans in relation to working together as a
team?
What provokes the men of the Esso station to attack Rosaleen, and why does she retaliate?
(See pages 38 to 40.)Lily is incredibly intelligent.How does she manage to persuade the young policemanto leave his watch?
(See pages 59 to 60.)
What process does Augustexplain to Lily when she first arrives at the Boatwrights'?
(See pages 95 to 96.)
The Boatwrights life is ruledby honey. When and where is the product used and for what purposes? (See page 103.)
What is bee etiquette, and what does August teach Lily about it?
(See page 114.)
How are May and April connected, and how does April die?
(See page 114.)
What are the origins of Black Mary, and what nickname was she given?(See page 134)
Technology Integrationhttp://www.trinitywallstreet.org/resources/article.php?id=204
This is a news article review of a speech that Sue MonkKidd gave about the Black Madonna.
The Black Madonna is the goddess that May,June and August base their religion upon and is a central theme in the novel. This article offerssome background information of the mythicalfigure in the context of the novel.
Summarize this article.
http://www.cassandraeason.co.uk/candles.htm
This website offers a bounty of knowledge about the mythologyof bees and honey. It includes beliefs and traditions from manydifferent cultures, especially Greek and Egyptian.
There is also a paragraph relating bees and the Virgin Mary, which is interesting considering the Black Madonna motif.The bee serves as an important symbol in this novel, and understanding the mythology of the bee willenrich the inferences you can make from the novel.
Review this Website and compare and contrastbees and the Virgin Mary.
Technology Integration
Compare & Contrast
Bees Virgin Mary
Research the Civil Rights Act,
discuss racism in the South, and
explore the relationships between
the white and black characters in
the novel.
Racism in the 1960’s:
DisciplineRemember there will be consequences
forbad behavior.
on time for Class!
Recess
