Sorry, I’m not there…i’m thinking of you while I am in my tech GLE meeting. Don’t have too much fun.
First, answer questions about Act III…
1. Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
2. How did Asagai define “idealists” and “realists”?
3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?
4. What fault does Mama find with herself?
5. [...]
We’ll start with the autobiographical letter. These are due as printed copies today. Individually, I’m going to ask students to read one autobio letter and grade it according to voice. These grades won’t affect your fellow student’s grade but is a measure for me in gaging how well you’ve improved in the use of voice.
Next, [...]
So, 1st period will start with SHAPE. Your attentiveness and alacrity will be awe-inspiring.
My 5th period will have a chance to do the voice-acitivity that I had yesterday but didn’t get a chance to do. We’ll share afterwards.
Then, I want to give you writers a chance to get some peer edit help.
Reader [...]
…not your autobio essay of course.
First, we’ll read 1.2 in Raisin in small groups and then answer the questions in my last post.
Next, please read the poem that inspired Raisin by Langston Hughes:
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
Does it stink like [...]
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So, did you get the questions for Act 1, Scene 1? If not, I’ll give you time to do it. If so, we’ll have a bit of discussion about it. Especially, about eggs. I love eggs BTW.
Next, we’ll continue on to scene 2. Here are the questions:
Act I Scene Two
1. Who is Joseph [...]
