22 April 2015 Ms. Smith Index Card Quick Write RitS: Act 1 (roughly pgs ) and Vocabulary I can read and comprehend complex literary texts independently and proficiently. Please don’t forget that TOMORROW (4/23) is the last day to turn in your Grammar Book!

#FiveWordsToRuinADate Name at the top of index card Write three separate five-word sentences that could ruin any date! Example: You smell like my ex.

Things to Note Lorraine Hansberry was born in 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. She wrote A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a struggling black family, which opened on Broadway to great success. Hansberry was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award. Throughout her life she was heavily involved in civil rights. She died at the age of 34 to pancreatic cancer.

Things to Note During this era, segregation—the enforced separation of whites and blacks—was still legal and widespread throughout the South. Northern states, including Hansberry’s own Illinois, had no official policy of segregation, but they were generally self-segregated along racial and economic lines. Chicago was a striking example of a city carved into strictly divided black and white neighborhoods. Hansberry’s family became one of the first to move into a white neighborhood, but Hansberry still attended a segregated public school for blacks. When neighbors struck at them with threats of violence and legal action, the Hansberrys defended themselves. Hansberry’s father successfully brought his case all the way to the Supreme Court. (Hansberry Vs. Lee).

While Reading: (~pgs ) You MUST annotate your book. These annotations will be worth a grade at the end of the unit. I should see highlighting, underlining, circling, etc. Remember, these things MUST be accompanied by notes! Big moments in the plot References to the title Recurring: Ideas Words/phrases Images Symbols / Motifs Character development Contrasts & Contradictions Unfamiliar Words & Definition Author’s craft: Figurative language / Literary Devices Diction Voice Style Connections Facts / Important Information Predictions Questions About the Text Things You Really Like

From Yesterday Can you pay for dinner? My cats would love you! I live with my parents. How much do you earn? I dated your mother once. How much do you weigh? Your brother is more attractive. I sadly lost this bet. Wanna meet my puppet friend? You were my last option. What’s your name again? Sorry! Are you done talking yet? You were prettier in pictures