1.  Please get out your Dust Tracks on a Road questions and your books so that we can begin our discussion. o Be able to answer the following question: How would you describe Hurston’s personality as a girl? Use specific details. o 1

2.  Please get out your Imagist Poetry Packet and turn to pg. 737, “Pear Tree.” o Find a new Partner. o Draw the image in the poem. o List the Imagery. o Describe the emotional impact of the poem. o 2, 3

3.  Please get out your Harlem Renaissance questions and your books.  Turn to pg. 914 and look at the photograph: o What elements of this photograph document the economic realities many of these children probably faced? Be able to answer when class begins. o 4, 7

4.  Please get out your books and your questions on the Harlem Renaissance. o Answer the following question with a partner: What were the overall goals of the Harlem Renaissance? Hint: Everyone should have a response ready. o 9

5.  EQ: How can we give strong and thorough evidence for our inferences and conclusions about the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance?  Agenda o Bell Ringer/Discussion o Agenda/EQ o The Rise of the Harlem Renaissance (video) o The Harlem Renaissance (pg. 910) o Dust Tracks on a Road by Z.N. Hurston o Langston Hughes Read Poetry/Create G.O. o Claude McKay Read Poetry/Create G.O. o Type 2 Writing

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

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

8.  “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” & “Ardella”  What conclusions can we draw about the speakers in these poems? o Get a piece of lined paper o Fold in half (Side 1 = “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” Side 2 = Ardella) o Column 1 (on both sides) = Specific Line (with line # from the poem) o Column 2 (on both sides) = Conclusion about speaker o Bottom Section – Imagery List the Imagery in the poem

9.  Please get out your Dramatic Structure/Conflicts Homework so that I can check it. o Take a look at your conflicts. In what category or categories would you put the conflict(s) for your story?

10.  EQ: How do authors use pace and sequence to build a vivid, engaging, coherent story that works towards a particular tone and outcome?  Agenda o Bell Ringer – Pacing Peer Review o Agenda/EQ o Dramatic Structure/Conflict Notes Homework Activity o Chronology & Sequence Reading Article Revising last night’s homework

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

12.  Take a look at last night’s homework.  Rearrange your dramatic structure so that your story starts In Medias Res. o Re-write each part (Exp, II, RA...). Make sure everything still fits. Change details if you must to make the story work. o Re-draw the graph (after you rewrite each part). Make sure the new graph reflects the change that you made.