PPT-Langston Hughes Word Power

By Meghan Brennan Instructions Read the question Click on the answer Dont click on anything else or it may go to the wrong slide Question 1 Innuendo Secrecy Unpleasant Insinuation Funny Remark . 1902-1967. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. Watch: . Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance . | . Langston Hughes and His Poetry. (Library of Congress). With Marianne Moore 1952. Langston. Hughes. Robert Frost. 1874 - 1963. Lived much of his life in New England . Used more traditional poetic forms . Writes language as it is actually spoken. Writes searching and often dark meditations on universal themes. Informative Paper . An informative essay is a piece of writing that is written to educate the reader on a certain topic. . An informative paper only give factual information. To do this you need to be able to research and find reliable information! . Inspired by the blues and jazz he heard in Harlem nightclubs, Hughes tried to write poetry with the distinctive rhythms of these type soft music. As we read his poems, try to detect the different rhythms that Hughes creates through his arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.. . By: Langston Hughes. The Poem. I dream of the drums. And . remember . Nights without stars in Africa..  . Remember, remember, remember!.  . I dream of the drums. And remember . Slave ships, billowing sails, . Pgs. 471-484. Conservation. For many years, hunters had been killing birds on Pelican Island for their colorful plumage. Many people feared that the entire bird population would be wiped out. After many unsuccessful attempts to stop the hunting there, a group of people brought their concerns and frustrations to President Roosevelt’s attention. He asked, “Is there any law preventing me from declaring Pelican Island a Federal Bird Reservation?” When he was informed there was not-as the land was owned by the government-he responded, “Very well, then I so declare it.” His conservation efforts for birds did not stop there. In his two terms of office he created fifty-one Federal Bird Reservations. . Example poem: “Dreams” by Langston Hughes. What is TPCASTT?. TPCASTT is an acronym that students can use to help analyze and understand the “puzzle” of a poem. I suggest memorizing the acronym so that it can be used on ANY test that requires analysis of poetry.. Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Public Sector North America.  . Bud Langston leads . SalesForce. Public Sector government strategy and Business Development Group. . He . is responsible for major strategic accounts within Federal/DOD, State & Local, provincial governments and Aerospace & Defense. . Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Public Sector North America.  . Bud Langston leads . SalesForce. Public Sector government strategy and Business Development Group. . He . is responsible for major strategic accounts within Federal/DOD, State & Local, provincial governments and Aerospace & Defense. . snow: cold - _______ : sweet. 2. strawberry : grapefruit – red : _____. 1. . i will learn you more about the short story lost in the city. 2. . kevin visited canada in june but he couldn’t stay long. Example poem: “Dreams” by Langston Hughes. What is TPCASTT?. TPCASTT is an acronym that students can use to help analyze and understand the “puzzle” of a poem. I suggest memorizing the acronym so that it can be used on ANY test that requires analysis of poetry.. Learning . Objective. To understand the context and subject matter of the poem.. The poem focuses on a nameless soldier in the First World War (1914-18).. It describes the experience of 'going over-the-top'. This was when soldiers hiding in trenches were ordered to 'fix bayonets' (attach the long knives to the end of their rifles) and climb out of the trenches to charge an enemy position twenty or thirty metres away. The aim was to capture the enemy trench. The poem describes how this process transforms a soldier from a living thinking person into a dangerous weapon of war.. HUGHES STADIUM ANALYSIS COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY P L A N N I N G, D E S I G N AND C O N S T R U C T I O N HUGHES STADIUM OPENED IN 1968 with ~27,000 SEATS on 162 acres at an approximate cost of $3M. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47Y6VHc3Ms. . ‹#›. PLANNER: . HOMEWORK. Tonight, you should finish your freeform poem and turn it in on Thursday. You should also be reviewing your notes in your Poetry Packet for the Poetry Terms Test on Friday..