Langston Hughes

Getting Started Open up your Poetry Daily Work document

and label the top “Langston Hughes”

Open up to page 566 and read his biography

List 3 FACTS you see in this biography

“Madam and the Rent Man”

Turn to page 561 and read the poem silently

Now turn to a neighbor and ONE person read just the first stanza (which is lines….???)

What “tone” of voice does the rent man use? How do you know?

Now the other person reads the second stanza (which is lines…?)

What “tone” of voice does the woman/tenant use? How do you know?

“Madam and the Rent Man”

Continue taking turns reading the different stanzas.

When you finish, assign one person the role of the rent man and the other person the role of the madam/tenant.

Practice reading the poem with the appropriate tone/attitude for each part.

I’ll be asking for volunteers!

Tone/Mood What do you think is the Tone/Attitude that

Langston Hughes used in this poem?

Why do you say that? Provide 2 lines/words that prove this tone.

What was the mood that you were in when you read it? Remember, just because the tenant was

angry, doesn’t mean that it’s an angry poem. How did it sound as you read it?

Theme Paragraph Open up your “Theme Paragraph” in your

Google Drive

Look over BOTH the feedback you received and where you scored on the rubric

Make the necessary changes to improve your paragraph

More of Langston Hughes

This will be good test practice, so please take it seriously!!!

Go to my website and open up “Theme for English B” poem by Langston Hughes, and read the poem.

OR pick up a copy of the poem on the back table.

Theme Paragraph Go back to your “Theme Paragraph”

Enter your current Theme Paragraph down

Label the top of the page “Theme for English B”

Pick a Theme Write down which theme you think BEST fits

the poem: People of different races will never be able to

get along

Instructors give confusing assignments that only make sense to some people

All people are connected to one another

People are all exactly the same inside

Then write down TWO lines from the poem that fit your theme.

Theme Paragraph Before you start writing, think/look back to

the feedback you received about your first theme paragraph. You do not want to make the same mistakes again.

Write a well-structured paragraph that answers the question: What is the theme of “Theme for English B”? Use at least TWO ICE Quotes

This is due by the end of the hour