The Harlem Renaissance and Bronx Masquerade- 8/26/13

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on the elements of narrative paragraphs
-Together we will practice the first two questions and exercise from the COACH workbooks
-Students will independently work on the practice lesson
-Together we will discuss the correct answers to these exercises

Work Session:
-Students will take notes on the Harlem Renaissance
-As a class we will read pages 3-6 of Bronx Masquerade, focusing on the"Long Live Langston" chapter
-As a class we will read and discuss the Langston Hughes poems in the textbook
-Students will complete the critical reading questions in the textbook
-If time permits students will read to page 21 of the book (up to the "Zorro" chapter) while completing the advanced graphic organizer they will copy into their interactive notebooks

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson