Recap literature

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• Leerjaar 5

Literature recap

Focus

Test week:

- you indicate you have all the necessary knowledge or know where to find it in order to be able to prepare well for the literature test

Test material 

• We Real Cool - Gwendolyn Brooks
• Still I Rise - Maya Angelou
• The Hill We Climb - Amanda Gorman
• A Dark-Brown Dog - Stephen Crane
• The Weary Blues - Langston Hughes
• The American Civil War and the Jim Crow Laws

Handouts - LessonUp Slides - Assignments 

Test 

• 10 true - false questions (max. 10 p)
• 10 multiple choice questions (max. 10 p)
• 5 short open questions (max. 25 words per answer) (max. 25 p)
• one question on literary devices  (max. 10 p)
• 2 essay questions - 50 to 80 words (max. 20 p)

max. 75 points. 

Context

American Civil War (1861 - 1865)

Jim Crow Laws

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

A Dark-Brown Dog

1893

Relationships 

• child - dog
• father - child
• father - dog
• other family members - dog

A Dark-Brown Dog

• Who narrates the story? Whose perspective does it give?
• What is the setting?
• What is the tone?

Tone: 

The attitude a literary work or its characters take toward its subject, especially in the way that the language is used when discussing this subject. 

Harlem Renaissance

• American Civil War 1861 - 1865

• Jim Crow Laws

• Move to the North: Chicago, Detroit, NY, LA, Cleveland

• Harlem: most influential in cultural expression - singing/ dancing, painting, writing

The Weary Blues - Langston Hughes  (1925)

Literary movement?

Literary devices

Setting and characters

Quick recap

Gwendolyn Brooks

(1917-2000)

First African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950

1959/1960

What is the poem about?

Who are its main characters/where are they/what do they say and why?

What literary features does the poem have?

Think: alliteration, rhyme, metaphor, simile

Still I Rise - Maya Angelou

1978

• context 
• literary features  - see LU slides 
• content - what is the poem about?
• the poet

The Hill We Climb - Amanda Gorman - 2020

• context 
• literary features
• content - what is the poem about? whose perspective? 

Check!

Your notebooks  - 

have you completed all assignments?

Friday

Anything you would like to have discussed re. literature 

Watching and listening 

W&L

• watch the clip 
• take notes  

www.bbc.com

W&L

• Name three physical risks  that Night Owls might run.
• What is the main reason Owls are worse of than Larks?
• Which hormone is responsible for a person's energy boost?
• Name two benefits that Owls may experience. 
• What is the cause of whether someone is a Lark or an Owl?

1. cancer, diabetes, heart disease

 depression, anxiety  - mental illness

2. Society is structured around early starts.

3. cortisol

4. extrovert, more open to new ideas, no lunch dip  - maybe more fun?

5. to a large extent genetic