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November 16th

Analyzing the impact of figurative language on the tone of Z.N. Hurston's poem and discussing the influence of race on the author's sense of identity. This lesson also explores the purpose and importance of race in the poem. Additionally, students watch a related YouTube video and explain the extended metaphor at the end of the story.

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November 16th

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  1. November 16th

  2. Agenda

  3. Bellwork: Figurative Language • Identify and discuss one example of of figurative language from one poem and how it impacted the tone of the poem.

  4. Procedure: Turning in Work and make-up work

  5. Essential Question • EQ R5: How does the structure of specific parts of a literary text contribute to its overall structure, meaning, and aesthetic impact? • Literature: How It Feels to Be Colored Me”

  6. Z.N. Hurston "I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."
     - Letter from Zora Neale Hurston to Countee Cullen

  7. How It Feels to Be Colored MeZ.N. Hurston p. 900 • In "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," describe how race shapes Hurston's sense of identity. • What is the purpose of Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels to Be Colored Me"? • Why is race important in How it Feels to Be Colored Me? • Watch the Youtube Video. Focus on the following questions: • www.youtube.com/watch?v=poHu2t01how

  8. Exit Ticket: Explain the extended metaphor at the end of the story.

  9. Answer to Exit • Hurston uses the metaphor of colored bags to describe what people are like: bags full of hopes, desires, disappointments, and the stuff of life. If you were to dump these bags out, everyone would be more or less the same, regardless of the color of their skin/bag.

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