Quick-Write: I Have a Dream Quick-Write: I Have a Dream. I am as ______ as a _______, and I Have a Dream. (create a simile that describes you)
North Senior Academy Urban Literacy Twin Day at NSA
Agenda: Share Out Review author - Wright Metaphor and Simile Multiple Literacies Quizlet Text Analysis T-Charts View Dutchman
Targets: 0 0 I can analyze a text to interpret the author’s ideas. I can describe five key literacies.
Richard Wright 1908 - 1960 Author – Native Son, (1940) "father of African American literature"
Text Analysis Pattern: Reading, Viewing, Listening in order to . . . find the gist of the text find the significant moments interpret the author’s ideas analyze the author’s methods
Metaphor an implied comparison of two things -- never directly using the words, like or as Simile a direct comparison of two things -- using the words, like or as
Pam is a mean person. “Pam is one tough cookie.” “Pam is as tough as leather.”
You brighten my life. “A day without you is like a day without sunshine.” “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.”
Multiple Literacies Functional Literacy Academic Literacy Quizlet Functional Literacy Academic Literacy Critical Literacy Cultural Literacy Media Literacy
Amiri Baraka Born Leroi Jones (1934) 1960s - Founder of the "Black Arts Movement" Author of Dutchman, 1964
SigMo: Reason: Other passengers strangely appear Dutchman - sections 5 & 6 Gist Statement: A subway encounter between a Black man and a White woman. SigMo: Reason: Other passengers strangely appear Lula begins shouting and dancing through the train There are witnesses to the situation It forces Clay to act Meaning (“read between the lines”): The world is full of temptations . . . Life is a crazy subway ride Methods: mysterious dialogue, symbolism (apples), humor
I Am Somebody.