Langston Hughes: Poetry Part I10.9.2013 Kingsley

Reflection on the poetry: No books---Just reflect/remember!

• Take 10 minutes to write down terms, ideas, phrases, and images that come to mind as you think about the poetry.

Entry into the Poems: Listening to Hughes• As you listen to these poems, what do you notice? What

language stands out? Themes? Tone? Add these observations to your list

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7HSOwJw20

Looking back at the poems: Notes• What else did you mark or notice in the poems? Include page

numbers (& poem titles).

Group discussion: Themes, Images, Ideas• Choose a “SCRIBE”—this is the writer who will listen for ideas

that the group shares or that he/she thinks are MOST important. The scribe’s role is to record!

• As a group, each person should share your reflection & notes: What kinds of themes, images, ideas have you noted.

• SCRIBE—pick out ideas you think are most important (develop a curated list). Share with the group, edit as a group, and be ready to present.

Locating the Conversation: Researching Hughes at the LIBRARY!

• http://www.dvc.edu/org/departments/library/

• “Articles”• Subject Tabs• Search Terms• Scrolling through the research

• “Books and ebooks”

Google Books & Google Scholar

• http://books.google.com/• Google Books is good for—full length texts, chapters in books,

longer works, “previews”

• http://scholar.google.com/• Google Scholar is good for—”scholarly articles,” articles written

by academics for research journals, cited sources, dissertation chapters.

Research Time• Go to the Calendar and open the research worksheet• Use the rest of your library time to complete the worksheet. • Anything unfinished, can be finished at home.

Applying the conversations to the poems

• As a group, share your research findings. Any intersections? Links? Connections?

• What is one common conversation you share?

• Once you have located a common conversation on Hughes’ work, select a poem that you think most exemplifies this conversation (or contributes to this conversation).

• Prepare a summary of the poem (process from last time), prepare a close reading of a couple of verses or passages within the poem (even a piece of language or image), and create a set of questions for the poem.