📓FRONT HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK:  Reader's Responses

• Entry #1:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #2:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #3:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #4:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #5:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #6:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

📓BACK HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK:  Writing Prompts

American Dream Research 

• Entry #1     Response to “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus  

                    Prompt:  How does this poem connect immigration and the American Dream? (What words or images most clearly express its message?)

• Entry #2    Response to “The Problem We All Live With” by Norman Rockwell

  Prompt:  How does the painting comment on equality, inclusion, or barriers to the American Dream? (Use details from the image to support your    

                   answer.)

• Entry #3    Response to “I Have a Dream” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  Prompt:  How does King include many different people in his vision of the American Dream? (Use details from the speech to support your answer.)

• Entry #4    Respond to the prompt connected to the song of your choice.

 “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie 

Prompt: What does Guthrie suggest about access to the American Dream? Support your answer with details from the lyrics.

“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen

                             Prompt: How does this song both celebrate and question the American Dream? What details from the chorus/context support your reasoning? 

• Entry #5: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 1 

A Raisin in the Sun

Hansberry

Act I, sc. i  (pp. 23- 53)

PROMPT: How does living in such a tiny, crowded space make Walter and Ruth feel on the inside? How does the "smallness" of the apartment match their "big" frustrations with life?

• Entry #6: Prompt Response to   A Raisin in the Sun: Part 2

 Entry #6

A Raisin in the Sun

Hansberry

Act I, sc. ii  ( pp. 54 - 75)

PROMPT: How are Mama’s plans for the $10,000 insurance check different from Walter’s plans and Beneatha’s plans? To support your claim, include  a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response. 

• Entry #7: Prompt Response to   A Raisin in the Sun: Part 3

 Entry #7

A Raisin in the Sun

Hansberry

Act II, sc. i and sc. ii  ( pp. 76-109)

PROMPT: Why did Mama ultimately give Walter Lee the remaining $6500?  To support your claim, include  a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response. 

• Entry #8: Prompt Response to   A Raisin in the Sun: Part 4

 Entry #8

A Raisin in the Sun

Hansberry

Act II, sc iii  ( pp. 110 - 130)

PROMPT: Which  hurts the family more- the  "polite" racism of Mr. Lindner, or the betrayal of Walter’s friend Willy Harris? To support your claim, include  a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response. 

• Entry #9: Prompt Response to   A Raisin in the Sun: Part 5

 Entry #9

A Raisin in the Sun

Hansberry

Act II, sc iii  ( pp. 131 - 151)

PROMPT: Why does Walter Lee decide that his dignity is more important than the money Mr. Lindner offers him?  To support your claim, include  a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.

• Entry #10: Prompt Response to   42: The Jackie Robinson Story

Entry # 10    

42

Chapters 1 - 3

5/11/26

Before Branch Rickey asked Jackie Robinson to join the Dodgers organization, he wanted to discover if Jackie could handle the pressure of the intense racism he would face as the first African American to play on a major league team. This is shown in the following passage: 

A cold, hard look settled on Jackie’s face. “Do you want a ballplayer who doesn’t have the guts to fight back?” he asked, barely able to force the words out through his anger. “Is that what you want?”

“I want one who has the guts not to fight back!” Rickey shot back.  (Rosenberg 14-15)

PROMPT: Why is it harder to not fight back? Follow your ideas, wherever they lead. Hit the timer, then write for at least 5 minutes.

• Entry #11: Prompt Response to   42: The Jackie Robinson Story

Entry # 11    

42

Chapters 4 & 5

Tuesday, 5/19/26

PROMPT:  Quick-Write for Chapters 4 & 5  

• Borrow a line or a part of a line from the reading and let it lead your thinking. 

• Write about what you have seen or heard in the piece of writing – a theme or image or big idea. Write anything that the piece of writing brings to mind for you.