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“The Secret Life of Bees” By: Clara McMillian “Understanding Bees”Video Presentation The Importance of Bees A Bee’s Life Bees Communication A Bee’s Life Video Main Character Lily is a fourteen-year-old girl whose mother died when she was four years old, an accident that Lily feels she was responsible for. She dresses in clothes she made in home economics. She is not a popular person in school. She has jet-black hair that resembles a nest of cowlicks, no chin, Sophia Loren eyes and an inferiority complex. She takes 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. View“BeesHumans”Video How can this novel be related to human experiences? Example: Equality is explored prominently throughout the book, not only in relation to civil rights but also in relation to gender segregation. People can understand what love is, that people can be loved and that they can love others without dire consequences. My K-W-L What I know about bees… What I want to know about bees… Assignment Create your own PowerPoint Presentation answering the following questions: Identify ways that the novel relate to you. What do you know about the treatment of African-Americans in the U.S. prior to the 1960s? How are bees symbolic to humans in relation to working together as a team? Technology Integration Compare Contrast Bees Virgin Mary Discipline Remember there will be consequences for bad behavior. on time for Class! Recess * Student Sample Lily Owens What I learned about bees… 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