Discovering Your Theme: January 27, 2017

Focus: What's your theme?

Winter Assembly: Shortened Class

1. Warming up with your reflections on "Making a Way out of No Way"

2. Understanding Langston Hughes' "Theme for English B"

3. Composing your own "Theme for English B" on your blogs; commenting on what the "theme" is in others' poems

4. Taking your theme and running with it: Working on your Renaissance Little Projects

Extra help: If you still feel iffy on the Harlem Renaissance, click HERE for a 10-minute crash course.

HW:
1. By Monday, make sure you know which part(s) of this project you're going to create with your own two hands (poetry, art, or music), and which parts you will need to research. Renaissance Little Project due by February 10.

2. If you're planning to use your own copy of The Color of Water, start bringing it to class on Tuesday.

3. If you could not complete the reflection sheet today, watch the documentary over the weekend and turn in your reflection sheet no later than Monday.