Study Guide: Days of Grace. A Memoir

I. Pre-reading Activities

  1. Interpreting a Poem
  2. Scoring Points in a Debate According to the Rules of a Tennis Game

II. Chapter One: My Outing

  1. General Comprehension
  2. Writing Incentives

III. Chapter Two: Middle Passage

  1. General Comprehension
  2. Writing Incentives

IV. Chapter Three: Stars and Stripes: A Captain in the Davis Cup Wars

  1. General Comprehension
  2. Writing Incentives for Chpter 4

V. Chapter Four: Protest and Politics

  1. General Comprehension
  2. Writing Incentives

VI. Chapter Five: The Burden of Race

  1. General Comprehension
  2. Writing Incentives

VII. Chapter Six: The Striving and Achieving

  1. General Comprehension: Guided Note-taking
  2. Writing Incentives

VIII. Chapter Seven: The Beast in the Jungle

  1. General Comprehension: Guided Note-taking
  2. Writing Incentives

IX. Chapter Eight: Sex and Sports in the Age of AIDS

  1. General Comprehension: Guided Note-taking
  2. Writing Incentives

X. Chapter Nine: Stepping Up

  1. Scanning for Necessary Information
  2. Writing Incentives

XI. Chapter Ten: The Threads in My Hands

  1. Scanning for Necessary Information
  2. Writing Incentives

XII. Chapter Eleven: My dear Camera

  1. General Comprehension: Appreciating Literature
  2. Writing Incentives

XIII. Writing a Letter to the Editor

  1. Personal Reflections About Arthur Ashe
  2. Reading and Responding