Wednesday March 18, 2015

Honors 9- Today we finished answering the questions "What makes up a hero?" and created our own working definition of what a hero is. This will support our thinking as we move into our reading of The Odyssey. Reminder: Vocab Quiz Friday! Make sure you are studying.


English 10- Toady we finished our analysis of Auto Wreck and started our look at Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. Reminder: Poetry presentations are on Friday. See yesterdays blog for the requirements.  Here are the poems if you missed class today:

(Harlem) A Dream Deferred

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 rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over--

like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

I,Too

 By Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.