Objective: You will complete the assessment for reading comprehensive of Langston Hughes' Thank You M am and the story's vocabulary. When complete, you will begin creative writing assignment below.
Warm- Up
Quick self review and clarify answers to any questions. Take out notebooks for notebook check.
1. TEST - THANK YOU M AM - LANGSTON HUGHES
Character traits
Direct vs. Indirect Characterization
Round vs. Flat characters
Internal vs. External conflict
Vocabulary (synonyms)
2. Review the character traits of the characters in both Mother to Son and Thank you M am. Analyze the relationship between the boys and maternal figures. Now imagine what the boys' lives will be like over the next ten years. Will they go to school or drop out, live on the streets, join a gang, go to college, get a job? Have children and/or get married? Work hard to succeed? Become an athlete or do drugs? You decide what happens to each of them.
Then write a letter from the boy to maternal figure as if it were ten years from now. What does he say? Write at least three paragraphs. Use your best grammar, vocabulary and adjectives. Double check subject /verb agreement.
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