2023-24 American Literature

   Today we are going to continue with reading A Raisin in the Sun   Quotations—Identify the speaker. 1.       “Here I am a giant--surrounded by ants! Ants who can't even understand what it is the giant is talking about.” (Act Two, Scene 1)     2.      “we all tied up in a race of people that don't know how to do nothing but moan, pray and have babies! (Act Two, Scene 2)     3.      “Sometimes it hard to let the future begin.” (Act Two, Scene 3)       Questions— Act II, Scene I How does the arrival of George Murchison change the mood of the scene?     What is Walter’s attitude toward George?     What news does Mama break to the family in this scene?     How do Ruth and Walter react to Mama’s news?   Act II, Scene II What sort woman does George say he wants ...

 Today we are going to continue with reading A Raisin in the Sun   Quotations—Identify the speaker. 1.       “Here I am a giant--surrounded by ants! Ants who can't even understand what it is the giant is talking about.” (Act Two, Scene 1)     2.      “we all tied up in a race of people that don't know how to do nothing but moan, pray and have babies! (Act Two, Scene 2)     3.      “Sometimes it hard to let the future begin.” (Act Two, Scene 3)       Questions— Act II, Scene I How does the arrival of George Murchison change the mood of the scene?     What is Walter’s attitude toward George?     What news does Mama break to the family in this scene?     How do Ruth and Walter react to Mama’s news?   Act II, Scene II What sort woman does George say he wants Beneath...

I'll give you a few minutes to finish the study questions from Act I. Then we will watch part of the the film from 1963 (Act I and II) and then get back into reading the play.

 We are going to continue to read A Raisin in the Sun and work on the Act I study questions below.   Quotations—Identify the speaker. 1.       “Baby, don't nothing happen for you in this world 'less you pay somebody off.” (Act One, Scene 1)     2.      “Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs.”   (Act One, Scene 1)       3.      “Well--I do -- all right?--thank everybody . . . and forgive me for ever wanting to be anything at all . . . forgive me, forgive me.” (Act One, Scene 1)     4.      “There simply is no blasted god--there is only man and it is he who makes miracles!” (Act One, Scene 1)     5.      “It's how you can be sure that the world's most liberated women are not liberated at all. You all talk about it too much!” (Act One, Scene 2) ...

 Today we are going to have you turn in your final draft of your persuasive essay. We will beginning  A Raisin in the Sun today and voting on which novel you would like to read next: Their Eyes Where Watching God On the Road The Grapes of Wrath    

 Working on essays today.

 Work on essays.

We need to discuss the Do's and Don't in Persuasive Writing and then with writing the essay. Writing a Persuasive Essay: Citing AI in essays MLA Citation Name of AI Tool, version number if known, Name of company that made the tool, Day Month Year content was generated, URL of Tool . Example: ("Two puppies playing by the sea in the style of Renoir" prompt. DALL-E, version 2, OpenAI, 21 Mar).  If you need help with MLA Format: PURDUE.EDU Owl   In-text citations, make sure you have the author's last name and page number if there is a page number. Remember the period goes outside of the (      ). If there is no author then give the first few words of the title of the article or website. Example: ("The Harms of Plagiarism").   MLA 1) Last Name/First Name of Author 2) Title of article or title of webpage 3) Title of book or website 4) Place of publication 5) Publisher 6) Date of publication 7) Page number 8) Source of publication (example: ...