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Dreams - Life Lessons Via Literature
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It's today's date 10 years into the future. You have come to your old favorite pizza place in your home town for a planned reunion with a few of your friends from high school. Ten years ago you and these close friends you are about to meet again were having a serious discussion about your individual dreams or vision for your future. The discussion was so good that you agreed to meet at this location in ten years to check with each other on your progress toward realizing your dreams/vision.
You are early and have time to reflect and write some notes to share with your friends who will be arriving soon.
Reflect on your progress in your journey toward realizing your dreams/vision and on the positive steps you have taken toward your goal.
Jot down some notes to share with your friends when they arrive. REMEMBER you are describing yourself as the person you are and the life you lead 10 YEARS from now.
PART I - Word Cloud
Required: In 10 essential words or less, list in very specific terms where you are, what you do, what you look like, what you feel, etc. Try to show how this future self compares and contrasts with the self you are today.
Also, concentrate on the following:
� Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Name and describe a specific place.
� What are you doing with your life in 10 years? How do you see yourself spending your 9�5 time?
� What is the biggest physical change in you from your high school self? In other words, when your friends first lay eyes on you after 10 years, what will they notice first about you?
� What is your general attitude toward life? Are you happy? depressed? confused? dissatisfied?
� What do you miss most about your high school self and/or your high school life?
Links to Research
Remind yourself of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens 7 Habits
Required: View the Gallery at Wordle. Use your 10 essential words to CREATE and print a FutureYou Word Cloud. WORDLE
Part II - Poem Rewrite
You are a member of a poets� ensemble who seeks to inspire teens to realize their dreams. Your poems and other works are known for helping teens discover, define and achieve their OWN brand of success.
Motivated to continue your own record-breaking success, write a new best selling poetic piece that teaches others how to pursue their dreams in life against all odds and beyond everyone�s expectations.
Required:
Pair off to form a team of two students.
Your team must do research to understand the meaning of Harlem by Langston Hughes
Then, rewrite the poem in any poetic style that you feel best reflects the ideas your ensemble
OR
Mimic Hughes' style, but with your own questions and similes that retains the essence of the original piece.
Each team's poem MUST start with the first three lines: �What happens to a dream deferred?/Does it dry up/Like a raisin in the sun?�
Pair off to form a team of two students.
Your team must do research to understand the meaning of Harlem by Langston Hughes
Then, rewrite the poem in any poetic style that you feel best reflects the ideas your ensemble
OR
Mimic Hughes' style, but with your own questions and similes that retains the essence of the original piece.
Links to Research
READ Harlem by Langston Hughes- poetryfoundation.org
LISTEN to Harlem by Langston Hughes- learner.org
Research Harlem Renaissance Poets and others Poets.org
Your group may wish to discuss these questions; then write your new Harlem (Dream Deferred) poem using the material generated from your group�s discussion:
Question Set 1- Shmoop.com
Question Set 2- Shmoop.com
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You will share your poems aloud with the class.
As a class, we will share our opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches shared using a checklist.
As a class, we will share our opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches shared using a checklist.
Poem Rewrite Self-check Checklist
Only 1 of 4 is REQUIRED
Only 1 of 4 is REQUIRED
- Makes personal connections to the original poem
- Identifies the literal meaning of the original poem
- Identifies symbolic or metaphorical meanings of the original poem and is able to support this with evidence from the original poem Harlem.
- Accurately describes several literary elements from the original poem in the NEW poem.
Writing Checklist
- Focuses on a subject/topic/theme that contributes to the poem
- Maintains similarity to the original poem (connections between the two are clear and obvious-First 3 lines are included.)
- Has no spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
- Contains ENTIRELY ORIGINAL creative details and shows imagination beyond Hughes� style
- Chooses words that mimic Hughes' style (optional)
PART III - Instructional Brochure or Booklet
Funerals mark the end of official mourning and the pain is over for the deceased, for the survivors it has only just begun...
MEET THE YOUNGERS
Our play, A Raisin In The Sun opens with the five members of the Younger family working their butts off, living in a cramped roach-infested apartment, and sharing a bathroom with neighbors across the hall. They do have hopes and dreams for change, however. It is in the form of a very large check coming in the mail from the deceased Mr. Younger's life insurance policy. The family disagrees on how to use the money. Each character's dreams are wrapped in this insurance check...
Amidst much conflict over the money, Lena (Mama) comes to a sudden sad realization that her husband's life and everyone's dreams had boiled down to a stack of paper bills.
Sean Covey himself as chosen you to publish an attractive, easily read self-help information booklet/brochure that instructs your character from A Raisin In The Sun how he/she can make changes in life today, to accomplish his/her goals for the future.
#1) Select the character who will be the subject of your self-help booklet/brochure design.
Lena Younger:
matriarch; proud; strong-willed; deeply religious; believes in the strength of family
Lena Younger:
matriarch; proud; strong-willed; deeply religious; believes in the strength of family
Walter Lee Younger Jr:
ambitious; loves his family; longs to prove his manhood by owning his own business
Beneatha Younger:
as ambitious as her brother, with plans to be a doctor; needs to express herself, as her varying hobbies indicate; interested in her African roots
Ruth Younger:
loving and faithful wife and mother; wants what's best for her family; her dream is to move into a place with more space and sunlight
Travis Younger:
he is the family's pride and hope for the future; typical energetic ten-year-old
Asagai:
fellow student; loves Beneatha; a "modern" African, committed to preserving the cultural heritage of his Nigerian people
George Murchison:
modern African-American who believes that success lies in imitating whites; scorned by Walter Lee, who considers him a phony
#2) Research your selected character from A Raisin In The Sun
#3) REQUIRED:
Your booklet/brochure MUST include a photo of your character (real cast-members or anyone of your choosing)
Each idea below must be addressed based on your character research:
- Your selected character is in charge of his/her life. He/she can show he/she in charge by ___fill in the blank__ .
- To begin with the end in mind he/she must use his/her imagination.
- What is he/she doing right now with his/her life?
- Does it make him/her happy?
- What does he/she want to do in life that will make him/her happy?
- What things does he/she need to set in place to reach his/her goals?
#4) Design and print your booklet or brochure using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press
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