Weekly Focus: Novel Study "A Bronx Masquerade"
Monday: Research examples of the fictional theme "appearance vs. reality" on the internet. Read the directions on how to complete the mini project below. Media Project Link (PPT)
Tuesday: Read Langston Hughes "Let America Be America Again" and complete TPCASTT. Rewrite one of his "I am..." stanzas to include the struggling groups of people in America today. Daily Agenda Link (PPT)
Let America Be America Again Link
Wednesday: Read Amy in "Bronx Masquerade" and complete 1-7 discussion questions. Take notes on complex characters and writing an Ode. Daily Agenda Link (PPT)
Thurday: Finish your Media Project Link (PPT). Complete an Ode like the one Amy wrote in the novel by selecting an object in nature (ex: rock ) to compare yourself to. See notes on Ode
One day at Far Rockaway
is all it took.
One look at rocks
in water decided me:
I want to be stone.
I want to be marble.
Dressed up limestone
never looked so good.
Let me be granite
and I promise
I’ll show you
how to take a shellacking.
Yes, I’ll risk sunburn.
Just let me be rock
wedged into the earth
or sea tidal waves
crashing over me
while I remain intact—
no split at the core,
more buffed than bruised.
Forget the pillar of salt.
I’ll look back
at the count of three
and you can turn me into stone.
Go on. I’m half rock already.
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