The setting's effect on the Harlem Renaissance

What effect do you think where you live (setting) had on the Harlem Renaissance?  Would the result have been different if it hadn't started in Harlem, NY?

Harlem Renaissance

Using your (5) senses, what does this music, image, and poem represent to you?

Dream Variations

Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967

To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
    Dark like me—
That is my dream!

To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance!  Whirl!  Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening . . .
A tall, slim tree . . .
Night coming tenderly
    Black like me.

Edict

TODAY’S WORD:     Edict   

DIRECTIONS 

"Dic-, Dict-." - Word Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.

1. Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible denotative definitions (dictionary definition).
2. Write down any and all connotative definitions of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word).
3. Use the word in a sentence.
4. Write down 3 synonyms and 3
   antonyms of the word.
5. Add a picture

Effective Writers

Use ACE to write an 8th-grade quality response for the following prompt:
Why is it important to be an effective writer?

Grow Your Mind: Social Media 1

GROW YOUR MIND

Learn your societal issues to make the world a better place. Read, write, think, and reflect on the controversies that exist today.

Social media includes any web based social networking in which people can interact and communicate with one another. How familiar are you with social media? Do you think it is having a positive or negative impact on our society? Explain your answer! 

Oblivious

TODAY’S WORD:     Oblivious   

DIRECTIONS 

1. Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible denotative definitions (dictionary definition).
2. Write down any and all connotative definitions of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word).
3. Use the word in a sentence.
4. Write down 3 synonyms and 3
   antonyms of the word.
5. Add a picture

Tragedy

Reflect on a time you have experienced a tragedy, and think about how you felt.  

How do you think the people of the Chicago Fire, Boston Marathon Bombing and 9/11 survivors felt?  How do you know?