1. Bell Ringer 1/21  Please get out your books and your questions on the Harlem Renaissance.  Answer the following question with a partner:  What were the overall goals of the Harlem Renaissance?  Hint: Everyone should have a response ready.  Pd. 1

2. Bell Ringer 1/21  Please get out your Imagist Poetry Packet and turn to “The Red Wheelbarrow.”  Pd. 2: Make sure you’re ready to start discussing this poem when the bell rings.  Pd. 3: You have 5 more minutes to work on this poem. Please make sure you have:  Drawn the image.  Listed the imagery.  Described the emotional moment this poem captures.

3. Bell Ringer 1/21  Please get out your hand-out on the Harlem Renaissance and your books.  Turn to pg. 910  Read the article aloud with a partner  Answer the questions as you read  Pd. 4, 7

4. Bell Ringer 1/21  Please get out your Harlem Renaissance hand-out. We will be watching a short video and answering the following question:  What factors made Harlem the ideal place for a “rebirth” of African-American literature?  Pd. 9

5. 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  The Rise of the Harlem Renaissance (video)  The Harlem Renaissance (pg. 910)  Dust Tracks on a Road by Z.N. Hurston

6. EQ Vocabulary  Inference: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.  Conclusion: a judgment or decision reached by reasoning.

7. English III  EQ: How can we use strong and thorough textual evidence to support what imagist poetry says both explicitly and implicitly?  Agenda  Bell Ringer  Agenda/EQ  Examining Other Imagist Poetry  William Carlos Williams, H.D.

8. Bell Ringer 1/21  Please get out your Pacing Peer Review.

9. Bell Ringer 1/21  Please get out:  Your Pacing Prompt  Your Pacing Prompt Peer Review (from Friday)  Please be able to answer the following question:  In a plot mountain (look at top right of board), what is this “graph” tracking?

10. 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  Agenda/EQ  Pacing Prompt  Sharing Responses/Peer Review  Dramatic Structure

11. Pacing Prompt Peer Review 1. Name of Partner: 2. Story Summary (1-2 sentences): 3. Fast Paragraph  What did they do to speed it up?  What could they to make it faster? 4. Slow Paragraph  What did they do to slow it down?  What could they do to make it slower?

12. Dramatic Structure & Conflict  Create Dramatic Structure & Conflict for a story that starts with this line:  The hallway was silent.  Make a plot mountain that accurately reflects your pacing.  Include a description of all parts (exposition, inciting incident, etc)  List the conflicts in the story.  Make sure each conflict is what is actually driving the action forward.