Today in English III we started our class by going over the Countee Cullen handout that we completed on Friday.  I collected this handout after our discussion.

We then moved on to reading Arna Bontemps' "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" on pg. 937 in our textbooks.  I let the class get into partners and work until the bell rang.  We will be going over this handout at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Homework: Finish Arna Bontemps handout

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Today in English III, we started our class by reading 3 short biographies for our next three poets (Cullen, Bontemps, Toomer) on pg. 934 of our textbook before answering the first question on our Cullen handout (posted below).

After our discussion of this question, we took some notes on metaphor, extended metaphor, and social context (notes in Countee Cullen handout).  After taking notes, I asked students to get into partners to read and analyze Cullen's poem "From the Dark Tower," answering the questions on this poem in our Cullen handout.

On Monday, we will go over the answers to these questions, so please complete any work you didn't finish for homework.

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Today in English III, we worked on the assignment that I introduced yesterday at the end of class. 

I asked students to create the same graphic organizer that they have been making for the poetry of Langston Hughes for Claude McKay's "The Tropics in New York" (pg. 930).  After completing the graphic organizer (conclusions about speaker, proof for conclusions, list of imagery), students used the ideas about the speaker that they came up with to write a brief, paragraph-long response on the back of their graphic organizers.  Please read the assignment slide in today's PowerPoint before you complete this assignment if you were absent.

I collected this assignment at the end of the period.  Students who weren't done were allowed to take it home and complete it for homework.

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Today in English III we started our class by completing our discussion of Langston Hughes' poems "Dream Variations" and "Refugee in America."  When we completed our discussion, I collected this graphic organizer, so remember to hand it in if your were absent.

After our discussion, I gave today's assignment: to read Claude McKay's "The Tropics in New York," complete the same style graphic organizer as the ones we created for Hughes' poetry, and to write a short paragraph-long essay on the back.  Please take a look at the assignment slide in today's PowerPoint before you complete this assignment.

We had enough time to start this assignment but not to finish it.  I will be giving the class at least 15 minutes tomorrow to finish this assignment.  Do not complete it for homework.

No Homework. :) EHock

Today in English III, we started our class by discussing Langston Hughes' poem "Ardella." After finishing this discussion, I collected the students "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"/"Ardella" graphic organizer.

We then moved on to our last two Langston Hughes poems - "Dream Variations" and "Refugee in America."  I asked students to create the same graphic organizer that they made for our first two Hughes poems (pictured below, assignment slide in PowerPoint).  After getting new partners and creating the graphic organizer, I gave students the rest of class to complete their work together. 

We will pick up with our full-class discussion of these poems tomorrow before we move on to "The Tropics in New York" by Claude McKay.

No homework. :) EHock

Today in English III we started class by getting together with our partners and completing the graphic organizer that we started yesterday.

I gave students most of the period to analyze these poems and complete the graphic organizer (assignment slide in PowerPoint, picture posted yesterday).  The graphic organizer asks that students make inferences and draw conclusions about two Langston Hughes poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "Ardella." Please follow the directions in the assignment slide in today's PowerPoint. 

We completed our full-class discussion of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," but we did not finish our discussion of "Ardella."  We will pick up there at the beginning of tomorrow's class.

No homework. :) EHock