Objectives: Evaluate the role of theme, mood, tone, setting, speaker, and author's purpose in poetry.
SWBAT: Evaluate mood, theme, speaker, tone, and themes in poems by several authors. Students will be able to evaluate how words, phrases, and author purpose shape the meaning of literature.
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Describe a time when you, or someone you know, dealt with racism. What happened and how did you (or he/she) respond?
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Complete a graphic organizer using information from "Elements of Literature" and a short video about the Harlem Renaissance.
