Bell Ringer 1/28  Please get out your “The Tropics in New York” graphic organizer and short essay.  Please hand this in before you go to the scheduling assembly.  1

Bell Ringer 1/28  Please get out your books and sit with a partner.  Turn to pg. 927  “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”  “Ardella”  Each group needs 1 piece of composition (or notebook) paper.  2, 3

Bell Ringer 1/28  Please get out your books and your Langston Hughes graphic organizer.  Answer the following question with someone sitting near you:  Why is the speaker in “Refugee in America” both happy and sad?  Be ready to discuss when I get done with taking attendance.  4

Bell Ringer 1/28  Please get out your books and your 2 nd Langston Hughes Graphic Organizer (“Dream Variations” and “Refugee in America”).  Please answer the following question with someone sitting near you:  How does the imagery in “Dream Variations” affect the poem’s interpretation and tone?  Be able to discuss when class begins.  Have specific examples ready.  7, 9

English III  EQ: How can we give strong and thorough evidence for our inferences and conclusions about the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance?  Agenda  Bell Ringer/Discussion  Agenda/EQ  Langston Hughes  Read Poetry/Create Graphic Organizers  Claude McKay  Read Poetry/Create G.O. /Short Essay  Poetry Vocabulary  Social Context: Author Biography (pg. 934)  Reading Cullen, Bontemp, & Toomer

Langston Hughes  “ The Negro Speaks of Rivers” & “Ardella”  What conclusions can we draw about the speakers in these poems?  Get a piece of lined paper  Fold in half (Side 1 = “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” Side 2 = Ardella)  Column 1 (on both sides) = Conclusion about speaker  Column 2 (on both sides) = Specific Line/Word (with line # from the poem)  Bottom Section – Imagery  List the Imagery in the poem

Langston Hughes #2  Repeat the process for creating the graphic organizer for “Dream Variations” and “Refugee in America.”  Follow the example on the board.  Don’t forget to list ALL the imagery you find.  List specific words/lines with their line numbers.  If it helps, break the conclusions down to answer the questions who, what, where, when, and why.

Claude McKay  Make the same graphic organizer that you made for Langston Hughes (see board).  Turn to pg. 930, “The Tropics in New York” by Claude McKay.  Analyze the poem (conclusions about speaker, proof from text, imagery) on the front of the graphic organizer.  On the back, answer the following question with a paragraph:  What can you learn about the speaker in Claude McKay’s “The Tropics in New York” by examining the poem’s imagery?  Use quotes from the poem to support your main idea.  Be thorough – use multiple quotes from throughout the poem.  Make sure you explain all proof so that any reader could understand your points.

Poetry Vocabulary  Metaphor: an implied comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things used to make writing more vivid and meaningful.  Extended Metaphor: elaborate, lengthy comparison developed throughout the course of a poem.  Social Context: the attitudes and customs of the culture in which the writer lived.

Bell Ringer 1/28  Please get out last night’s reading. Be able to answer the following questions when class begins:  What types of transitions could you possibly need?  What kinds of words and phrases are need for each type?  What should you avoid when creating transitions in stories?

Creative Writing  EQ: How do authors use pace and sequence to build a vivid, engaging, coherent story that works towards a particular tone and outcome?  Agenda  Bell Ringer/Discussion  Agenda/EQ  Sharing Our In Medias Res stories  Multiple Plotline Dramatic Structure & Conflicts

Multiple Plotline D.S. & C  Create the Dramatic Structure and Conflicts for a Multiple Plotline Story.  Make the characters relevant to each other’s plots.  Introduce breaks when the point of view changes.  Make the plots relevant to each other.  Each plot needs it own dramatic structure and conflicts.  Eventually the plotlines should merge and resolve together.  Respond to this prompt : Write a story about a town where items (large or small) keep disappearing and reappearing and only two people seem to notice.