Enrichment: Harlem Renaissance-Language Arts and Langston Hughes

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    Langston Hughes in Chicago, April 1942. (Jack Delano, Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

    Books

    Coming Home from the Life of Langston Hughes can be purchased here.

    Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes can be purchased here.

    Reading Plan

    Day 1: CH pages 1-4. PYP pages 27,14. Watch video.

    Day 2: CH pages 5-8. PYP pages 10, 16. Listen to audio.

    Day 3: CH pages 9-12. PYP pages 15,16,17.

    Day 4: CH 13,14. PYP pages 23, 36, 39, 44. Watch video.

    Worksheets/Activities

    Biography Map: Using CH and online sources complete this worksheet with information about Langston Hughes. Download for free here.

    Literary Devices: Complete worksheets (page one pictured below) about literary devices found on Hughes’ poetry. Answers are included. Download for free here.

    Student poetry: Hughes’ poetry included themes of family, music, Africa, racial identity, and social issues. Have your students choose one of these themes and write a poem. The student must include one of the four literary devices studied in this unit: simile, metaphor, alliteration, or onomatopoeia.

    Let them read what they want to read.

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