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American Voices II Reviewing tone and historical context in American Writing

Lesson 1 Agenda –Works Cited Activity –Mike Check by Suheir Hammad –Discuss and Share Out Tone –Part IV work

Mike Check by Suheir Hammad In groups, complete the section for Mike Check on your Tone sheet. Be ready to share out your findings.

TextTone; List tone words that apply to this text Evidence of Tone; Quote of text that is an example of the tone. Correctly Cite How does the evidence show the tone? Poem: "Mike Check Poet: Suheir Hammad Part IV : Part IV

Part IV Work Write the texts you chose for part IV of the final in the space provided on the Tone sheet. Fill out each section for each text. When you are done, put the tone sheet somewhere safe. Dont lose it!!!!

Lesson 2 Agenda: –Works Cited Activity! –Mike Check Historical Context ICTW # 2 Historical Context –Part IV work

HBO: Tell us about the piece you read tonight. Suheir Hammad: The piece I read is called "Mike Check", which I wrote after many, many instances of being randomly stopped at airports, because I traveled a lot. Poetry has taken me all around the world, and I'm lucky to be able to be in airports often. And I wanted to write a piece that spoke to the experience of being profiled often, but that had compassion and a little bit of humor at the same time. So that's why I wrote "Mike Check." HBO: What do you hope that the audience takes away from the piece? Suheir Hammad: There's a young poet this season named Dahlak, and he wrote this piece about profiling the police, as long as black men in America continue to be profiled. And I think what I would hope people walk away with from "Mike Check" is this idea that you never really know who the person in front of you is unless you ask, and no matter how fast we're living, there's always time to ask who you're talking to. That's what I hope they get from it.Dahlak ICTW # 2 Think about the first time you read and watched this poem. Do you think Hammad achieved what she wanted with her writing? Why or why not? How did she achieve her desired meaning in the poem? What do you need to know about American history in order to better understand the meaning of Hammads poem?

Historical Context In groups, complete the section for Mike Check on your Historical Context sheet. We will share out our findings in 10 minutes.

TextHistorical Context; List what you know about the time in which this text was written. Evidence of Historical; Quote of text that is an example of the historical context. Correctly Cite How does the evidence show the historical context? Poem: "Mike Check Poet: Suheir Hammad Part IV : Part IV

Historical Context