English 11 Unit 7-2

English 11 Unit 7-2

Redefining Home

A Raisin in the Sun Part 2

​7-1 Due Date 4/19

7-2 Due Date 4/23

7-3 Due Date 5/03

7.4.3 Due Date 5/06

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• Identify the effect of dramatic conventions.

• Analyze a drama to find symbols and themes.

• Write a research essay.

​7.2.1 Read

​You're about to read the text of President Lyndon B. Johnson's speech, "The American Promise." Even though he gave this speech in 1965, several years after A Raisin in the Sun was first performed and after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, you'll see some of the same ideas reflected in his speech that appear in the play.

​Younger family-- Raisin in the Sun

​Minor characters-- but they help support the plot.

Match

Match the symbol with its possible meaning.

• "Eat your eggs!"

• Mama's plant

• Beneatha's hairstyle change

Comformity

Persistence

Individuality

• Comformity

• Persistence

• Individuality

​Spend time reading about the development of the characters in this Study

Mama page 6

Beneatha page 7

Ruth page 8

Walter page 9

​7.2.2 Character development

​Before you read the second half of A Raisin in the Sun, review the main motifs and topics from Part I. You can be sure that they'll show up again in the pages of the second half of the play.

Individuality Family

Heritage Injustice

Risk-taking Inequality

Home

​Main topics in the play

​7.2.4 A Raisin in the Sun Part 2

​Read the rest of the play

Pick up in Act 2 Scene 2

In our PDF version, it's about 52 pages

​7.2.6 Study page 1

​Remember to consider how themes and symbols introduced early in the play continue to contribute to the play's overall meaning and aesthetic impact. (how the craft and beauty of the writing/story move the reader).

Remember the Study Guides are always a valuable resource.

​Themes 7.2.6 pages 5 - 8

​Write 7.2.8 & Practice 7.2.9

​This writing assignment will focus on the following skills:

Integrating quotes

Citing sources

Selecting an image or media element

Organizing your essay into paragraphs

​Note that the questions on the Writing Guide let you know what is important to work on:

1. All about your visual aid.

2. Create parenthetical citations for each source so they are ready to roll when you need them.

3. Practice including direct quotes....using an intext citation and introduced with the author's name.

4. Paraphrase instead of using a quote.

5. 6. 7. Write introduction, 3 body paragraphs and conclusion.

   Put them all together. I'm not grading it in pieces.

​7.2.8 pages 2-3 Visual Aid help

​a visual aid/media element might be nice, but if your audience doesn't know its purpose, it might actually

be distracting.

​The goal of including a media element in your paper is to convey information in a quick and clear manner. The visual you have chosen should make it easy for a reader to figure out

​7.2.8 page 4 Plagiarism

​Proper citation is helpful to readers who may want to use your source for their own purposes, but it also helps show that you've done your research and builds your credibility.

You also need to cite your sources to avoid plagiarism. If you don't cite your sources, you're basically saying the information is your own, which isn't true.

You cite when you use a direct quote, when you paraphrase an idea or when you reproduce an image or graph.

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​7.2.8 page 5 Parenthetical citation

​Let's say you want to cite the book When Chickens Go Mad by Eleanor Edwige. A basic parenthetical citation would look something like one of these:

​Citing from a website. page 6

​7.2.8 pages 7 to the end

​These pages help a bit more with in-text citations (parenthetical citations). page 7

When to quote and when to paraphrase. pages 8 - 10

Introductory, Body and Concluding paragraphs pages 11-15

Do not blow these pages off.... they offer you a lot of help in completing this project.

​Rubric---- always check it!!!

​The rubric is always at the end of the Writing Guide. It is there for you to use. I will grade according to its specifications. Everything that is expected is listed on it.

The Works Cited page is not graded in this assignment, but include it with information.... not web addresses...

I need the Works Cited page to grade your in-text citations (parenthetical citations).

​Respond to ME in the CHAT:

What is aesthetic impact?


A. How well we understand the meaning of a written piece.

B. How well a writer uses the resources of language to convey his or her ideas.

C. How the beauty and craft of a written work impact the reader.