Slide 1Agenda: 1/9 Do Now : Do Now : In notebooks: Why do you think the twenties were considered roaring? In notebooks: Why do you think the twenties were considered roaring?…

Slide 1A Raisin In The Sun… ~ Lorraine Hansberry Another Perspective Of The American Dream Slide 2 Inscribed on Hansberrys Tombstone I care. I care about it all. It takes…

Slide 1Free Verse No Rules Allowed Slide 2 History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well known for being early writers of free verse poetry.…

Slide 1LOVELOVELOVELOVE Monea M. 2/13/2012 Slide 2 Life Is Fine I like this poem because it rhyme. I also think that it is very cute. I could give it to someone that is down…

Slide 1Roaring Twenties “Roaring 20’s” – when there was widespread prosperity. Slide 2 New form of music from African American music Slide 3 jazz Slide 4 “Right…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Jeopardy Name that poet Finish that quote Who wrote that Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Final Jeopardy True or False Slide 3 Name that Poet $100…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Influential People of the Harlem Renaissance Slide 3 The New Negro “From 1920 until about 1930 an unprecedented outburst of creative activity among African-…

Slide 1“The Weary Blues” (1925) Langston Hughes Slide 2 Artie Matthews’ “Weary Blues” Published “Weary Blues” in 1915. Had become a huge hit by the time Langston…

Slide 1InventorsScienceEducationPoetrySports Entertainment $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Slide 2 1-100 q The inventor of the traffic light and the gas mask. Slide 3 1-100 a Garrett…

Slide 1Elements of Poetry Slide 2 What is poetry? Poetry is not prose. Prose is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing. Poetry is a form of literary expression…