First and foremost, here is the link to the PLHS Bulletin. Make sure you read it before leaving class today. It has some important information you will need to know for the rest of the year. Also check out the Gatsby projects and word clouds from your classmates that are now on the blog.
In your journal answer the following questions:
1. What does the word revolution mean to you?
2. What about pride?
*If you do not know these words you can look them up BUT make sure you write the definition in your own words.
Directions:
1. Read the poem “Revolutionary Dreams” Nikki Giovanni.
2. In your EJ write down what you think the tone of the poem is.
3. Copy and paste the poem into awesome highlighter.
4. Highlight all of the words in the poem that support the tone.
5. Copy and paste both links into your EJ.
6. In your EJ explain what you think the poem is saying about life (theme)?
then...
1. Read the poem “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay.
2. In your EJ write down what you think the tone of the poem is.
3. Copy and paste the poem into awesome highlighter.
4. Highlight all of the words in the poem that support the tone.
5. Copy and paste both links into your EJ.
6. In your EJ explain what you think the poem is saying about life (theme)?
Close/Reflection: What similarities or differences did you notice in the tones of both poems? What about the themes?
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