Recap of the Week and the Renaissance

Yesterday we finished up the Harlem Renaissance with our unit review Jeopardy! That was my first experience with Jeopardy in a class and I have to say that I think it went well.

I hope that you took from the game that there is certainly some information in the notes that I will be looking for on the test. Make sure that you are studying those notes over the course of the weekend and refreshing your memory on some of the lecture and activities that we did in class.

Monday will be the test over the Harlem Renaissance. Come prepared, this will be a large portion of your 6 week grade.

Unfortunately I ran out of time at the end of class to really explain the homework assignment over the weekend, so here is a brief synopsis of what I'm looking for:

• Write a poem (minimum 10 lines) about yourself.
• The poem does not have to rhyme.
• There needs to be at least one metaphor and one simile present in the poem.
• The first two lines need to start, "I am..." and should summarize the poem about you.
• We will record these lines and put together a class poem about who we are on Monday.
• Connect the poem to one of the themes of the Renaissance that we developed as a class.

For extra credit on this assignment, you can make the poem into a piece of art (decorate the page, draw on the page, do something more than just turn in a blank sheet). You can use more than one simile or metaphor. If there is a definite rhyme scheme, that will count as extra credit.

Good luck, I look forward to reading these next week! Have a great weekend!