Engl 11 4/29/24

Mon, Apr 29, 2024

• Discuss "We Wear the Mask"

  1. Review Author info - Booker T Washington-pg 495

  2. Review Author Info - W.E.B. DuBois pg 497

  3. Read together in class: "Booker T and W.E.B" Assign M&W and ??? pg 508 & 509

Assignment:

• Journal Writing Option #2 page 496

• Read "Up from Slavery" in class pgs 495-496 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

• Do discussion questions 1-3 pg 496

• Read from "The Souls of Black Folk" pg 497-507 Do M&W

• Do discussion questions 1-3 pg 507

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

• apply reading strategies and skills.

• use context clues to understand unfamiliar vocabulary.

• analyze literary elements

• address critical thinking questions.

Tue, Apr 30, 2024

• Discuss "Up From Slavery" and "The Souls of Black Folk"

• Discuss Booker T and W.E.B. Pieces and questions pg 508 - 509

• Read Part 3 --Harlem Renaissance Author Focus -- Langston Hughes

Assignment:

• • Build Background pg 641 together in class

  • Read "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Do Mirrors and Windows (M7W) pg 643

  • Read "I, Too, Sing America" pg 644 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W) pg 644

  • Do discussion questions ??? 1-5 pg 647 In Class

Wed, May 1, 2024

• • Discuss "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Do Mirrors and Windows (M7W) pg 643

  • Discuss "I, Too, Sing America" pg 644 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W) pg 644

Assignment:

• • Read background Page 645

  • History of the Cotton Club

  • Read from "The Big Sea" pg 646-647

  • Do Questions and Text 2 Text page 646

College Students: Do Creative Writing pg 647. Write your own blues poem. Your poem should be infused with a theme that comes from complaint or a lament, suffering, struggle, real life experiences. It meets life head on, no nonsense, often with sarcasm and with humor, a wisdom born from pain. Posted to Google Classroom by Midnight Thu, May 2. Post to three classmates by Sun, May 5.

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

• 1. read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate two lyric poems by Hughes.

  2. analyze and understand speaker and tone.

  3. identify common themes and styles in Hughes's writing.

Thu, May 2, 2024

• Discuss The Big Sea

Assignment:

• Background Page 664

• Read "Any Human to Another" pg 664

• Do Questions M&W and Questions 1-3 page 665

• Journal: Writing Option #2 pg 665

• TURN IN JOURNALS WHEN DONE!

Fri, May 3, 2024

• No School