Monday,+May+16

Bell Ringer: Group Practice- Analyzing Poetry Using TPCASTT
With your small group, use the TPCASTT handout to analyze "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost and "'Hope' is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson

Discuss these poems as a class. [|TPCASTT.doc]

Discuss Homework
Read the poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Read some of the conversations from the discussion board. Remember that everyone should have two posts!

Read Aloud: "Harlem"
Read "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.

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Write a tone thesis for "Harlem" by Langston Hughes. Post it on today's discussion board. Want to look at some sample tone thesis statements? Here is a link to AP Lang's discussion board of tone thesis statements for an essay on science by TH Huxley.

Independent Practice
Write your own version of "Harlem." Follow the same pattern as the poem. Post this on your blog and post the link to the post in the discussion board.