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Collages

Have each student construct a collage that depicts a them from "A Virtuous Woman" such as grief, parenthood or social class. Display the collages and have the class try to guess which theme is being depicted.

Who Am I?

Write the names of characters from the book on slips of paper and drop them into a hat. Have a student draw a name and, without looking at what the paper says, stick the piece of paper on his or her forehead. The student can then ask the other students "yes" or "no" questions about who "they" might possibly be in order to try and guess the character he or she has chosen. For example, if the student has drawn the name of "Ruby," and asks if it is a man, the other students would have to answer, "no." Keep asking questions until the student has guessed who...

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