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10
Subject:
Language Arts
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Students will learn poetic analysis in preparation for an analysis paper on Langston Hughes poems "Theme for English B" and "A Dream Deferred".
Students will apply knowledge of the poems using both poetic techniques and figurative language along with historical information about the Harlem Renaissance and the March on Washinton/Civil Rights.
Students will learn to write a working thesis, support the thesis through quotes and understanding of the author's purpose in writing.
Students will read a selection of non-fiction, historical background pieces to support the time period of the author's life that are reflected in the selected poems.
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Essential Questions:
How do we understand what it means to be American through race, identity and nationalism?
How do we support a thesis using both literature and non-fiction background readings?
How do we include both long and short quotations within the body of the paper?
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Skill Goals:
Students will be able to decode two poems on a theme by one author.
Students will be able to sustain an argument using quotes and a knowledge of an author's works along with side readings from history.
Students will construct a working thesis to support their paper's theme.
Students will practice transitions in paragraphs so that there is a flow to the thesis' ideas.
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