Teaching Guide - Core Standards
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.8
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.8
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The Question and Answer section for July’s People is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Written before the end of apartheid, July’s People is a projection of the overthrow of the regime of official segregation that defined South Africa during Gordimer’s life at the time. The violence that engulfs the country in the novel at once...
Much of the narrative is constituted by the Smales family’s adaptation to primitive life. Comparisons are drawn between the life in July’s family settlement and the modern life in the city where the Smales had many rooms, cupboards for glasses...
July saved the Smales because he is a loyal employee and a caring man. He did the right thing without thought, simply because it was the right thing to do.