October 14 I can use a dash correctly. I can analyze non-print sources. I can demonstrate comprehension of text. I can make inferences.

Dashes Use a dash before and after a long interrupter. Remember interrupters may come at the beginning, middle, or end. The dash may be used to signal a substitution for parentheses or as a substitute for the phrases like “it is” or “they are.” When used as a substitute, the words after the dash become more important. * Dashes are often used in pairs. EX: All the cafeteria’s vegetables –broccoli, green beans, peas, and carrots-were cooked to a gray mush.

Dashes Complete the worksheet. Review the answers.

Photo Analysis Exam the following photo. Complete the photo analysis sheet.

Photo

Share Share your analysis with a partner. Share and discuss with the whole group.

Analysis The photo is by Will Counts. The subject is Elizabeth Ecford, as she tries to enter Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 4, – Think about the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and in particular school desegregation.

Analysis Continued… What do the facial expressions of the white people suggest? Why are only women in the foreground? What does the African American girl’s body language say? This is one of the most famous images from the civil rights movement. How might this experience affect Elizabeth’s identity?

Photo #2 Complete the analysis for photo #2. This photo is of a sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi.

Photo #2

Analysis #2 Summarize what you know about the time and place this photo was taken. Make inferences about what appears to be happening. Identify what appears to be missing from the photograph. Share with a partner. Share and discuss with the whole group.

Analysis Continued… In drugstores there used to be counters where people could have a drink or sandwich. In some parts of the country, these were only open to white people. Just sitting at these counters was dangerous for an African American. The woman in the photo is Anne Moody, who wrote the book Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968).

James Baldwin’s essay My Dungeon Shook Keep in mind the following question: – How do the time and place in which a person lives influence his or her identity?

Before reading James’s father was a minister- he describes his father being holy James lived in Europe for most of the 1950s. He wrote novels such as Go Tell it on the Mountain and If Beale Street Could Talk. His essays are some of the greatest American essays written in the 20 th century; they often deal with issues of race, identity, and African American rights.

Active reading Read with a pen… – Read the essay with a pen in hand. – Annotate the essay.

Something to think about… How can you relate? In what way might your country’s attitude toward you or your people affect your sense of identity? How do a person’s cultural values and sense of identity affect his or her obligation to the community?

Questions Why is the word integration such an important part of the essay? What is Baldwin saying about the relationship of white people to African Americans? Why does Baldwin think “The country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon. We cannot be free until they are free”? To whom does they refer in the closing sentence?

Wrap up Write a letter to a younger sibling, cousin, niece or nephew about the ways students' identities have been affected by living in your city or town.