Vocab exams will be given on Monday, come prepared to take the them. See the post below for the links to the words.
Stay warm and safe, and don't forget to study!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Vocab Exam Info
Here are the links to the vocab ppt's, again. I strongly encourage you to bookmark these so that you can access them easily all the time.
SL: For quarter 2, you will be tested on lessons 4, 5, 6, and 7.
HL: For quarter 2, you will be tested on lessons 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The exam is on Thursday, 1/23.
SL: For quarter 2, you will be tested on lessons 4, 5, 6, and 7.
HL: For quarter 2, you will be tested on lessons 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The exam is on Thursday, 1/23.
Friday, January 10, 2014
A Raisin in the Sun
Welcome back to school!
I hope everyone enjoyed the nice long break!
We are going to round out the end of the quarter by reading "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. We began the unit by briefly discussing the "Great Migration" and imagining the African American experience of starting new lives in the north. Additionally, we discussed the Harlem Renaissance and some of the artists to come out of that movement. Langston Hughes is one of the most famous poets to establish himself during that time, and his poem "Harlem" is the inspiration for the title of "A Raisin in the Sun".
To anticipate the experiences of the characters in the play, students have created a chart to think about what Hughes' different visions for "dreams deferred". This should be in the Pause and Think section of their notebook. There should be 3 columns. The first lists the different possible outcomes proposed in the poem:
1. dry up like a raisin in the sun
2. fester like a sore and then run
3. stink like rotten meat
4. crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet
5. sag like a heavy load
6. explode
Students were asked to identify what these metaphors may look like in real life. Eventually we will decide which characters fit each metaphor.
Students will be reading the play in small groups over the next week.
I hope everyone enjoyed the nice long break!
We are going to round out the end of the quarter by reading "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. We began the unit by briefly discussing the "Great Migration" and imagining the African American experience of starting new lives in the north. Additionally, we discussed the Harlem Renaissance and some of the artists to come out of that movement. Langston Hughes is one of the most famous poets to establish himself during that time, and his poem "Harlem" is the inspiration for the title of "A Raisin in the Sun".
To anticipate the experiences of the characters in the play, students have created a chart to think about what Hughes' different visions for "dreams deferred". This should be in the Pause and Think section of their notebook. There should be 3 columns. The first lists the different possible outcomes proposed in the poem:
1. dry up like a raisin in the sun
2. fester like a sore and then run
3. stink like rotten meat
4. crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet
5. sag like a heavy load
6. explode
Students were asked to identify what these metaphors may look like in real life. Eventually we will decide which characters fit each metaphor.
Students will be reading the play in small groups over the next week.
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