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Dreams

Riddle : You have no control over me, I am not real, though sometimes you believe me, I come back every night, but I am often forgotten. What am I ?

Dreams… What comes to your mind when you hear the word ? Dreams?

Vocabulary pre-reading

hold

fast

die – يموت

broken-winged bird

fly

barren field

snow

Dreams Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

Stanza: a group of lines in a poem. Rhyming words: are words that have the same sound. For example: mail\detail- fame/game

Basic understanding questions How many stanzas are there in the poem? Write the rhyming words in each stanza.

An activity that reflects the background of the poem: I will ask different students to stand up. I will ask them to walk in an awkward way like "an injured bird", which struggles to walk normally, and imagine that their leg is broken. After this activity, I will ask each student how he/she felt while walking in this way. -My aim is to make students feel the difficulty and oppression that African Americans faced and connect this activity to the symbol of "the broken- winged bird".

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an African-American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright from Joplin, Missouri. Langston Hughes was first recognized as an important literary figure during the 1920s, a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance" because of the number of emerging black writers.

What is the poem “dreams” about? The poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes is about the importance of dreams and their ability to strengthen our lives. In the poem, Hughes instructs the reader to "hold fast to dreams" because life without dreams is like a "broken winged bird” that cannot fly and it is like a “barren field” that has no water and no trees.

Symbol The dove is a symbol of peace A red rose stands for love Black is a symbol of death or evilness

Symbolism in Dreams The hobbled bird symbolizes the discrimination and struggles that African- Americans faced during the poet’s time. So, dreams are very important and we need to work hard and believe in ourselves to make them come true. Otherwise, our lives will become dry and meaningless.