When you come in… Answer the following in Open-Ended Response format (answer, support, halt!) in your spiral (in whatever section makes the most sense to you).  In his "I Have a Dream" speech, what does Dr. King want his audience to do as a result of listening? Support your answer with evidence from the text.  Discuss answers.

Questions About Yesterday’s Assignment Do you have any?

Assignment Overview: Poem and Collage Write your own or create a “found” poem Compose a collage to accompany your poem Collage will focus on:  Color  Line  Shape

Color Warm colors: red, yellow, orange: sun, fire, speed Cool colors: blue, green: water, grass, sky, comfort Viewers associate things in their daily lives with the colors chosen. Green: grass, leaves; Red: warmth, fire Example: If an alien were colored green, he would be perceived differently than if he were colored red.

Color Get a sheet of paper and divide it into fourths. As you listen to the following poems, in one quadrant of your paper, find colors that represent the mood of the pieces.

Langston Hughes “A Dream Deferred” What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? “Refugee in America” There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heart-strings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I knew You would know why.

Key Questions for Color Answer these two questions in your notes:  What colors would you choose to represent what you’ve read in Dr. King’s speech and one or both of the Hughes’ poems?  Why is that color a good choice? Keep these notes handy. You will need them when you start “writing” your collage.

Shape Curved forms: living (organic), comfortable; trigger emotions Geometric forms: perfection or the ideal; trigger the mind Angular forms: remind us of sharp, painful things

Shape In another quadrant of your paper, find shapes that represent the mood of the pieces.

Langston Hughes “A Dream Deferred” What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? “Refugee in America” There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heart-strings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I knew You would know why.

Key Questions for Shape What shapes would you choose to represent the feelings you experienced as I read this scene? Why is that shape a good choice?

Line “a dot making its way through space” Longer in length than breadth Long, short, wavy, zigzag, fat, thin, swirling, diagonal, series of dots Horizontal and vertical: static Diagonal: create movement and energy Zigzags: forceful and dynamic

Line Curved: gentle, graceful, full of life; natural Thick: bold, daring, heavy Thin: delicate, well-mannered Vague: more dynamic

Langston Hughes “A Dream Deferred” What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? “Refugee in America” There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heart-strings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I knew You would know why.

Line In another quadrant of your paper, find lines that represent the feelings you experienced while reading the pieces.

Key Questions for Line Looking at your quadrant, why is that type of line a good choice?

Assignment Part I: Write a Poem Write your own poem or create a “found” poem in response to Dr. King’s speech and one (or both) of the Hughes poems. Found poetry:  Choose lines from other texts that have meaning or are particularly descriptive (texts:“I Have a Dream,” “A Dream Deferred,” “Freedom”)  Can be single words, phrases, or whole sentences  Piece them together to form a poem expressing your feelings on the subject they share

Assignment Part II: Write Your Collage Visualize the lines and shapes in the words, and think about what color those lines might be.  Envision your collage (rough draft).  Build your collage (second draft).  Revise your collage (final draft). Write your rationale on the back or in a separate document. Explain your choices in terms of color, shape, and line. You may use construction paper/art supplies or glogster (must be printed in color). Due Friday