Poetry: Harlem Renaissance 2/21/14

DO NOW (7min) What images come to mind when you read the following poem: “Poems for my Brother, Kenneth VII” Sleep late with your dream. The morning has a scar To mark on the horizon The death of a morning star The color of blood will appear And wash the morning sky Aluminum birds flying with fear Will scream to your waking Will send you to die Sleep late with your dreams Pretend that the morning is far Deep in the horizon country, Unconcerned with the morning star

LIFEWORK DUE 2/25/14  Create a poem that relates to at least 3 of your 5 senses about the time we are living in now. Feel free to include influences from technology, music, fashion, art, language, etc.

OBJECTIVE  SWBAT analyze poetry from Harlem Renaissance era and apply imagery to develop a connection to literature.

Vocabulary  Imagery- the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively; figurative description or illustration  Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable to suggest a resemblance  Simile- a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared typically using words “like” or “as”  Alliteration- the use of words that begin with the same sound near one another  Onomatopoeia- the creation of words that imitate natural sounds

Harlem Renaissance  The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s centered around the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Harlem Renaissance  Great Migration: the movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from rural areas in the south to urban areas in both the north and south, due to WW I/end of slavery  W. E. B. Du Bois believed that artistic and literary work could be used as a form of propaganda to help combat racial stereotypes and gain new respect for the race. World famous acts include Poet/Author Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston(Author), Duke Ellington(musician), Countee Cullen(Poet), Paul L. Dunbar, Lena Horne(Singer)

GP: “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes“Mother to Son”  Analyze text using TPCASTT Title: Prediction based on title alone Paraphrase: Put text into your own words Connotation: What imagery is used? Attitude: What is the speaker’s tone Shift: Is there a shift in tone, speaker, or time Title: Was the initial title prediction correct? Theme: What is the message attempting to be conveyed by poet.

IP:  Analyze the text using TPCASTT “Life is Fine” by Langston Hughes “Life is Fine”  Analyze text using TPCASTT “Sympathy” “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Review of the Poets  Langston Hughes – born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. He published his first poem in He attended Columbia University, but left after one year to travel. His poetry was later promoted by Vachel Lindsay, and Hughes published his first book in He went on to write countless works of poetry, prose and plays, as well as a popular column for the Chicago Defender. He died on May 22,  Paul L. Dunbar - the first African-American poet to garner national critical acclaim. Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, Dunbar penned a large body of dialect poems, standard English poems, essays, novels and short stories before he died at the age of 33. His work often addressed the difficulties encountered by members of his race and the efforts of African-Americans to achieve equality in America. He was praised both by the prominent literary critics of his time and his literary contemporaries.Dayton, Ohio

Just to Review  The difference between summarize and paraphrase  Paraphrase - an expression of a statement or text in other words, especially in order to clarify  Summarize – a brief statement or restatement of the main points, and facts usually in the conclusion of a work

EXIT TICKET  WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE POEMS DISCUSSED AND HOW DID THEIR IMAGERY RELATE THAT MESSAGE?

Harlem Renaissance Cont. Now that we’ve viewed literature from some of the minority males during the Harlem Renaissance, let’s take a peak into the works of the females.  Georgia Douglass Johnson- an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance, the literary and cultural movement that flourished in the predominantly black Harlem neighborhood of New York City after World War I ( ). Johnson's four volumes of poetry, The Heart of a Woman (1918), Bronze (1922), An Autumn Love Cycle (1928), and Share My World (1962), established her as one of the most accomplished African American woman poets of the literary movement.World War I

Independent Practice II:  Analyze the following works using TPCASTT: -For connotation, our focus is still on imagery.(what senses are the poet attempting to connect with, and explain)  Black Woman Black Woman  Old Black Men Old Black Men

Exit Ticket  What appears to be the common imagery utilized by the Harlem Renaissance era poets? And why?  What do you believe would be the a common theme or imagery displayed amongst the poets of today? And why?