February 26th-March 2nd

Post date: Feb 26, 2018 8:57:50 PM

Here's a peek at the week ahead:

-Review/learn poetry and literature terms

-Read "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman

-Read "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes

- Read "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus

-Analyze the 3 poems for key poetic devices, purpose, audience, speaker, tone, and point-of-view and compare and contrast the poems in a 3-circle Venn Diagram

-Write 2-3 paragraphs explaining key elements of the poems and their connection to the concept of the American Dream

-Work on "What is the American Dream?" Mini-Poster (Unit 1 Final Assessment); gather quotes and images, create poster, and polish paragraph.