Seating Chart (Period 2)

1. Seating Chart (Period 2)

2. SEATING CHART(Period 5)

3. Opening: Bell Work Complete the graphic organizer by describing an object of your choice using the five senses. Which part of speech are people, places, things, or ideas? Which part of speech do we use to describe people, places, things, or ideas? What are our five senses that help us to describe people, places, things, or ideas?

4. AgendaAugust 26, 2010 • Objective: We will be able to… • ANALYZE “Harlem: A Dream Deferred,” DEVELOP a thesis for its meaning, and JUSTIFY the thesis with supporting details from the text • Opening: Bell Work • Five Senses graphic organizer • Imagery, Metaphor, Simile, and Personification • “Harlem: A Dream Deferred” (Langston Hughes) • Closing: Exit Pass • Personal Narrative graphic organizer

5. Imageryisthe use of words to create pictures in the readers’ minds • Literary devices that help to evoke imagery: • Metaphor isa comparison of things, where one thing “is” another • Example: Life is a rollercoaster ride. • Simile isa comparison of things, where one thing is “like” another • Example: His hands felt cold like ice. • Personification iswhen inanimate objects are given human-like qualities • Example: The wind whispered softly.

6. Langston Hughes

7. Directions: Each group will be given one object from the poem. Use the graphic organizer to describe that object using your five senses. List adjectives in the appropriate columns.

8. Directions: Each group will be given one object from the poem. Use the graphic organizer to describe that object using your five senses. List adjectives in the appropriate columns.

9. Explosion Festering wound Rotten Meat

10. Harlem: A Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? - Langston Hughes, 1951 Vocabulary Defer: (v.)to delay Fester: (v.)to rot

11. Discussion Questions • What happens to grapes when they are dehydrated? Although raisins are edible, do they have the exact nutritional value as grapes? • What can happen to a cut or wound that is left untreated for a long period of time? What happens to a person’s health when they leave a cut or wound untreated? All of these things have a common occurrence. What is it? • What happens to meat when it’s not stored properly and is left unattended for a long period of time? • What happens to sugar when it’s not stored properly and is left unattended for a long period of time? • When someone puts something heavy in a bag, what happens to the bag over time? • When something explodes, what happens to it?

12. What do you think is the author’s message in the poem? Include details from the poem to support your opinion. What are your dreams and aspirations?

13. Closing: Exit Pass • Choose one event from your Life Map that you wouldn’t mind writing about and sharing with the class. • Then, complete the Personal Narrative graphic organizer • Hold on to it, and use it to help you begin drafting your personal narrative HW (write in your planner): Bring a hard copy of your personal narrative first draft to class on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. • typed, double-spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font