1. English III Wed & Thurs, 3/11 – 3/12

2. Objectivesand Standards  SWBAT: Explore the traits of a character in detail  SWBAT: Identify symbolism and themes in a play  SWBAT: participate in active learning, taking responsibility for making meaning of a text  RL.11-12.1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.  RL.11-12.2. Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.  RL.11-12.3. Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama

3. “Raisin in the Sun”  Begin Act I – Fill out “As You Read”  1. Choose a character from the play whom you will focus on for this activity. You will explore this character, and then write a character poem about an object associated with that character. (Scaffolding: Drama Map)  Character-item poem: Think of some item that could be associated with the character you have chosen, based on what is known about him/her from the first scene. The item can be a prop, an explicitly named item in the play, or it can be an unnamed item or an abstract idea. Any item is appropriate as long as it is something that you can relate to the character.

4. Character-Item Poem  Line 1: State the item’s name  Line 2: Give a literal description of it  Line 3: Give a figurative description of it  Line 4: Give one adjective for it  Line 5: Give another adjective for it  Line 6: State what the thing does for the person  Line 7: Give a final description (adjective then noun)

5. Sample Poems  Mama's Flower Mama’s flower, Live plant that needs water and sun to survive, Holder of her hopes and dreams, Living, Growing, Allows Mama to grow her dreams, Beautiful hope.  Dreams Dreams, Goals, ambitions, Unreached destinations crying out for new inhabitants, Grandiose, Frivolous, Reasons for living, Wistful “if’s.”

6. Share  Why do you think most of us wrote about __________________?  How are these items related? Do any of them have things in common?  Are any of these items symbolic?  Do any of these items tell you anything about the themes that will unfold in the play?

7. HW  Finish Act I and continue working on handout