Quick-Write:I Have a Dream.

I am as ______ as a _______, andI Have a Dream.

(create a simile that describes you)

North SeniorAcademy

Twin Day at NSA

Urban Literacy

1. Share Out2. Review author - Wright3. Metaphor and Simile4. Multiple Literacies Quizlet5. Text Analysis T-Charts

View Dutchman

Agenda:

Targets:00

I can analyze a text to interpret the author’s ideas.

I can describe five key literacies.

Richard Wright

• 1908 - 1960• Author – Native Son, (1940)• "father of

African American literature"

• find the gist of the text• find the significant moments• interpret the author’s ideas• analyze the author’s methods

Text Analysis Pattern:Reading, Viewing, Listening

in order to . . .

Metaphoran implied comparison of two things -- never directly using the words, like or as

Similea direct comparison of two things -- using the words, like or as

• “Pam is one tough cookie.”

• “Pam is as tough as leather.”

Pam is a mean person.

• “A day without you is like a day without sunshine.”

• “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.”

You brighten my life.

Multiple Literacies

Functional LiteracyAcademic LiteracyCritical LiteracyCultural LiteracyMedia Literacy

Quizlet

Amiri Baraka

• Born Leroi Jones (1934)• 1960s - Founder of the

"Black Arts Movement"• Author of Dutchman, 1964

Dutchman - sections 5 & 6Gist Statement: A subway encounter between a Black man and a White woman.

1. Other passengers strangely appear

2. Lula begins shouting and dancing through the train

• There are witnesses to the situation

• It forces Clay to act

Meaning (“read between the lines”):The world is full of temptations . . . Life is a crazy subway ride

Methods: mysterious dialogue, symbolism (apples), humor

SigMo: Reason:

I Am

Somebody.