Assignment: ARITS Act 1 Scene 2 - 12/18/23 & 12/19/23 "Genre Setting" Quick Write ASSIGNMENT

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-B (H) 2nd TRI 2023-2024
2023-12-07T19:31:32Z

Due: Dec 19, 2023 by 11:59pm

Common Core State Standards: Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. Students will analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot and/or develop the theme. Students will participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

Language Learning Objectives: I can read act one, scene two in "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry, ask questions to ensure my understanding, and participate in discussion.

Please read Act 1, Scene 2 in "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry:

Hard Copy Book pages 54 - 66 & 66- 75

Electronic Book pages 509 - 524

Vocabulary & Informational Terms:

"shoved hither and yon" = moved all over the place

"sole idle one" = only one not working

"bastion" = protection, guard

"Tarzan" = a fictional character who was raised by apes in the African jungle

"save them from heathenism" = make them Christians

"more salvation from the British and the French" = to be saved from foreign countries who want to control them

"with dejection" = sadly, disappointedly

"we've all got acute ghetto-itis" = we are all suffering from living in poverty

"Assimilationism is so popular in your country" = It is common for people to give up their native culture to become more American

"someone's little episode in America" = your temporary girlfriend while you are in America

"liberated women" = modern, independent women

"You're evading" = you are not giving us an answer

"Missionaries my aunt Jenny!" = You are interested in Africa because of Asagai, not because of missionaries!

"Is tight fisted" = are cheap

"that hard up for" = is too poor to buy herself

"tied up in some kind of knot" = feel upset, angry

"(Beseechingly)" = (Begging for an answer)

"looming" = scary, threatening

"you don't have to ride to work on the back of nobody's streetcar" = you have basic freedoms

"getting rid of the child" = having an abortion

"give up nary another one" = let another baby die

"you are a disgrace to your father's memory" = you are not nearly as good a man as your father was

Questions for Discussion:

Why is Ruth unhappy about her pregnancy?

Walter wants a better life. What makes him feel this way?

What difference does Mama finally see between herself and her children?

What types of conflict do you see so far?

Class Read Aloud Cast:

Narrator = Angela

Mama = Mrs. Richards

Ruth = Zerena

Walter = Sophia

Travis = Luis

Beneatha (Bennie) = Beela

Asagai = Isabella

Quick Write Assignment: 1-3 paragraphs

"Genre Setting"

Identify how setting is a key characteristic of the genre (historical fiction) using specific language from the text as evidence. Consider how mood / tone is created to describe the setting.

YOU MUST INCLUDE EVIDENCE / QUOTE WITH PAGE NUMBER FOR FULL CREDIT.

Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader. Mood is produced most effectively through the use of setting, theme, voice and tone. Tone can indicate the narrator's mood, but the overall mood comes from the totality of the written work.

Words that are commonly used to describe mood are: happy, irritable, melancholy, peaceful, energetic, detached, distracted.

Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing (often expressed through the characters).

Examples of tone would be characters attending a party and have the tone be excited, depressed, sarcastic, frightened, or hopeful. These communicate the way the narrator feels about the situation.

Tone is the author's attitude toward a subject, and mood is how we are made to feel as readers, or the emotion evoked by the author.

Video Time: 29:30 - 53:52

Harvard University 2015

A Raisin the the Sun Performance https://youtu.be/GGPH2fLfwfE (Links to an external site.)

(Only watch the video time: 29:30 - 53:52 for act 1, scene 2).

Update Notes (Optional but Encouraged)

Common Core State Standards: Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. Students will analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot and/or develop the theme. Students will participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

Language Learning Objectives: I can read act one, scene two in "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry, ask questions to ensure my understanding, and participate in discussion.

Please read Act 1, Scene 2 in "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry:

Hard Copy Book pages 54 - 66 & 66- 75

Electronic Book pages 509 - 524

Vocabulary & Informational Terms:

"shoved hither and yon" = moved all over the place

"sole idle one" = only one not working

"bastion" = protection, guard

"Tarzan" = a fictional character who was raised by apes in the African jungle

"save them from heathenism" = make them Christians

"more salvation from the British and the French" = to be saved from foreign countries who want to control them

"with dejection" = sadly, disappointedly

"we've all got acute ghetto-itis" = we are all suffering from living in poverty

"Assimilationism is so popular in your country" = It is common for people to give up their native culture to become more American

"someone's little episode in America" = your temporary girlfriend while you are in America

"liberated women" = modern, independent women

"You're evading" = you are not giving us an answer

"Missionaries my aunt Jenny!" = You are interested in Africa because of Asagai, not because of missionaries!

"Is tight fisted" = are cheap

"that hard up for" = is too poor to buy herself

"tied up in some kind of knot" = feel upset, angry

"(Beseechingly)" = (Begging for an answer)

"looming" = scary, threatening

"you don't have to ride to work on the back of nobody's streetcar" = you have basic freedoms

"getting rid of the child" = having an abortion

"give up nary another one" = let another baby die

"you are a disgrace to your father's memory" = you are not nearly as good a man as your father was

Questions for Discussion:

Why is Ruth unhappy about her pregnancy?

Walter wants a better life. What makes him feel this way?

What difference does Mama finally see between herself and her children?

What types of conflict do you see so far?

Class Read Aloud Cast:

Narrator = Angela

Mama = Mrs. Richards

Ruth = Zerena

Walter = Sophia

Travis = Luis

Beneatha (Bennie) = Beela

Asagai = Isabella

Quick Write Assignment: 1-3 paragraphs

"Genre Setting"

Identify how setting is a key characteristic of the genre (historical fiction) using specific language from the text as evidence. Consider how mood / tone is created to describe the setting.

YOU MUST INCLUDE EVIDENCE / QUOTE WITH PAGE NUMBER FOR FULL CREDIT.

Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader. Mood is produced most effectively through the use of setting, theme, voice and tone. Tone can indicate the narrator's mood, but the overall mood comes from the totality of the written work.

Words that are commonly used to describe mood are: happy, irritable, melancholy, peaceful, energetic, detached, distracted.

Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing (often expressed through the characters).

Examples of tone would be characters attending a party and have the tone be excited, depressed, sarcastic, frightened, or hopeful. These communicate the way the narrator feels about the situation.

Tone is the author's attitude toward a subject, and mood is how we are made to feel as readers, or the emotion evoked by the author.

Video Time: 29:30 - 53:52

Harvard University 2015

A Raisin the the Sun Performance https://youtu.be/GGPH2fLfwfE (Links to an external site.)

(Only watch the video time: 29:30 - 53:52 for act 1, scene 2).

Update Notes (Optional but Encouraged)