1. Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Poetry Unit

2. Objective(s)
Today we will:
Read a nonfiction passage to become familiar with his life and work; and the Harlem Renaissance.
Read and analyze the poem, “Harlem.”
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, R1.8.3, R1.8.10, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.10, W.8.9, W.8.10, L.8.1, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.5, L.8.6, SL.8.1, SL.8.6

3. I see…
I think…
I wonder…

4. You will now view a short video about the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes biography. Pay close attention and take notes, you will have to answer a few questions afterward.

5. This is both an English & Reading Grade!
Langston Hughes
Doodle Notes 1
Independent
Practice
Use your notes from the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes, along with the information in the nonfiction text about these topics, to complete the Doodle Notes.
This is both an English & Reading Grade!
6pts.
each

6. I see… I think… I wonder…

7. This is both an English & Reading Grade!
Langston Hughes
Doodle Notes 2
Independent
Practice
Use your notes from the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes, along with the information in the nonfiction text about these topics, to complete the Doodle Notes.
This is both an English & Reading Grade!
12 pts.
each

8. Now, let’s look at some poetry by Langston Hughes.
I see… I think… I wonder…

9. Harlem by Langston Hughes
Original title
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?
Changed title
Hughes touches on the human spirit and experience with this poem about dreams.

10. Harlem by Langston Hughes
Delayed; postponed; held back
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?
To generate pus; rot; irritation

11. This is both an English & Reading Grade!
Langston Hughes
“Harlem”
Poem Analysis
Flip Book
Independent
Practice
This is both an English & Reading Grade!
25 pts.
each