Oranges by Gary Soto Elbow partner We all learn many things in school beyond the lessons we study formally What are some things you have learned in school that do not have anything to do with academics ID: 723546
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“Shame” by Dick Gregory“Oranges” by Gary SotoSlide2
Elbow partner-We all learn many things in school beyond the lessons we study formally. What are some things you have learned in school that do not have anything to do with academics? Slide3
Define shameSlide4
Dick GregoryCivil Rights Activist & Comedian (1932-)Synopsis
Activist/comedian Dick Gregory was arrested for civil disobedience several times, and his
activism
spurred him to run for mayor of Chicago in 1966 and for president in 1968. In the early 1970s Gregory abandoned comedy to focus on his political interests, which widened from race relations to include such issues as violence, world hunger, capital punishment, drug abuse and poor health care.
http://www.biography.com/people/dick-gregory-9320102Slide5
Read “Shame” by Dick Gregory Literary Focus-
genre
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etaphors
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naphorarepetitionparallel structure
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se of dialogue (when/ why?)
ironySlide6
“Shame” by Dick Gregory1. Write a summary of the essay.2. Identify the thesis.Slide7
Small group discussion1. What are Gregory’s feelings about his teacher?2. What did he originally think as an innocent child?
3. What did he learn about how the teacher saw him?
4. What were your feelings about her as you read this essay?
5. What could the teacher have done or said that would not have made Gregory feel ashamed?Slide8
Reread this essay’s first and last paragraphs.Compare how much each one emphasizes shame.What other feeling or character trait ties together the first and last paragraph?
Is the last paragraph an effective ending? Explain.Slide9
“Oranges” by Gary SotoSlide10
Gary Soto was born in 1952 in Fresno, California. He bases much of his writing on issues and experiences he had growing up in the urban Mexican-American culture. He had a difficult childhood. His parents worked as farm laborers, and his father died when he was five years old. His mother struggled with poverty, and Soto and his siblings worked to help make ends meet. He worked as a farm worker and in factories. School was not a priority for Gary and his family. Still, Soto loved reading and read books by great authors like Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck. He was determined to go to college, and there he discovered poetry and decided to become a writer.
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gary-sotoSlide11
Free VerseFree verse poems do not follow a particular pattern, rhyme scheme or stanza pattern. However, free verse poems are written with intention. Notice how the lines are written and where the poet chooses to break the poem into stanzas. Graphical elements sometimes create or emphasize meaning in a poem.Slide12
“Oranges”Reading Focus:genreimages of light and dark
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epeating symbols
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one shift
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ow the lines are written
symbolism of the orangesSlide13
Discussion QuestionsWhat do you notice about how the orange changes in the poem?What kind of person might be able to make fire in his hands?
Draw a conclusion about the orange and the speaker at the end of the poem.
What might it mean about the speaker if he can make fire?
What do you think the orange as a ball of fire symbolizes at the end of the poem?Slide14
Double Bubble MapCompare(similarities) and Contrast (differences) the poem and the narrative using a double bubble map.