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On paper (Individually/5 minutes)

On paper (Individually/5 minutes). How have world events influenced your actions and the way you communicate? What about the world grabs your attention and encourages you to speak out? How would you define passion? What are you passionate about? How are one's goals directed by one's passions?

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On paper (Individually/5 minutes)

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  1. On paper (Individually/5 minutes) • How have world events influenced your actions and the way you communicate? • What about the world grabs your attention and encourages you to speak out? • How would you define passion? • What are you passionate about? • How are one's goals directed by one's passions? • Can you think of examples of people who are passionate about what they do?

  2. With a partner (2 minutes) • With the person/people next to you, discuss your responses to the previous questions.

  3. Brainstorm examples of how the times in which a writer lives can impact his or her writing. • http://www.teenink.com/poetry/ • http://mgfx.com/KIDLIT/kids/artlit/poetry/index.htm

  4. What is the message the author is trying to convey • What about the author’s world might have inspired his or her words? • How do life experiences impact an author’s writing?

  5. Langston Hughes • http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/dreams • What are your initial reactions and interpretations about this poem?

  6. Biography • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inP76rkYUso

  7. Let’s Take a Second Look • http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/dreams • How did what you learned about Hughes' life affect your interpretation of the poem?

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