PURPLE MONDAY Race for the American Dream

Do now: what questions/concerns do you have about the course thus far? (socrative)

Objectives:

• identify literary devices in poetry
• make connections between poem and course essential questions
• understand the complications of the concept of the American Dream

Agenda:

1. do now

2. (in groups) review Hughes' poem and answer the discussion questions

3. Brainstorm "American Concepts" 

4. Race for the American Dream

5. SUMMARIZER: Connect this activity to our poetry discussions: How are they similar and/or different?

HW: Summer Reading Letter Assignment due THURSDAY

Day Two

Do now: Take out Hughes' "Let America Be America Again." Spend 5 minutes reviewing and adding annotations

Objectives:

• identify meaning in a piece of poetry
• brainstorm the options and obstacles surrounding the American Dream

Agenda:

1. do now

2. In table groups: (answer on the poem packet)

• 1. How is the dream described in this poem?  What is its effect on the reader?
• 2. What is Hughes’ tone, and how do you know?
• 3. Why are some people exempt from accessing the dream?
• 4. What does Hughes want America to be?
• 5. What is Hughes saying about the American Dream?
• 6. Do you agree or disagree with Hughes’ interpretation of the American Dream?

3. Race for the American Dream activity- outside

4. If time, brainstorm Summer Reading Letter

5. Summarizer: How do the poems and the activity connect?

HW: Summer Reading Letter due (PRINTED) TUESDAY