Harlem/Juicy Writing Assignment

Langston Hughes Group 1

On your chart paper, each group member must answer the following question in one sentence.

Identify how Hughes uses imagery for all five senses in his poem.

• Sight
• Taste
• Touch
• Smell
• Sound

 

Remember:

Imagery: The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

 

Langston Hughes Group 2

On your chart paper, each group member must answer the following question in one sentence.

How does the sum total of all of the imagery add up to answering the question put forth by the speaker in line one, “What happens to a dream deferred?”

Remember:

Imagery: The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

 

 

Langston Hughes Group 3

On your chart paper, each group member must answer the following question in one sentence.

What is the unspoken message the speaker is telling the reader about going after their own dreams?

 

Biggie Smalls Group 1

On your chart paper, each group member must answer the following question in one sentence.

Line 16 claims that birthdays were the worst days?  Why do you think the poet felt this way

Biggie Smalls Group 2

On your chart paper, each group member must answer the following question in one sentence.

What images from the verse does the poet use to evoke images of the rewards of wealth and Hip-Hop fame in the readers mind?

Remember:

Imagery: The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

 

Biggie Smalls Group 3

On your chart paper, each group member must answer the following question in one sentence.

What images from the verse does the poet use to evoke images of the poverty he endured prior to achieving Hip-Hop fame?

Remember:

Imagery: The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

 

Compare/Contrast Group 1

On your chart paper, create a double bubble thinking map.

Find similarities and differences between the poem and the rap song.

Think about:

• Language Used
• Imagery
• Who wrote each piece (how are they the same?)
• Topics discussed