Essential Questions

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Essential Questions

• Explain the Do What method of answering an Open
  Response. (What is a power verb?)
• What conclusions can you draw about the Harlem
  Renaissance?
• How can you determine that a piece of literature
  is considered part of the Harlem Renaissance?

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Importance of Writing Clearly and Correctly

• If your answer is unclear or your wording is
  incorrect, then you will receive a low score.
• If it is hard to understand your answer, you will
  receive a low score.
• Not only is it important for Open Response
  writing, but for real life also
• Letters to friends could be misunderstood.
• Applications for jobs could be misunderstood.

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Importance of the Ability to Answer an Open
Response Question

• Job applications have these kind of questions at
  the end of them.
• If youre asked to explain something to a group
  of people very soon, the notes you write down for
  your speech are an open response.
• If someone asks you to quickly jot down
  directions to your house, thats an Open Response
  question.

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Harlem Renaissance

• Open Response Question

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Your Mission

• (Yes, you must choose to accept it.)
• You will answer the following question on your
  answer sheet
• Youve read several poems written during the
  Harlem Renaissance. Each poem expressed a theme
  and most of those themes represented the days of
  slavery. Following is another poem written by
  Langston Hughes
• A. Compare/contrast the ideas and themes
  presented by Democracy and those presented by
  the other poems youve read.
• B. Explain why Democracy is part of the Harlem
  Renaissance era.

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Democracy By Langston Hughes

• Democracy will not come Today, this year
      Nor ever Through compromise and fear.I
  have as much right As the other fellow has
      To stand On my two feet And own the
  land.I tire so of hearing people say, Let
  things take their course. Tomorrow is another
  day. I do not need my freedom when Im dead. I
  cannot live on tomorrows bread.    Freedom
      Is a strong seed     Planted In a great
  need.     I live here, too.     I want freedom
      Just as you.

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The Do What? Chart

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After You Are Finished

• Make sure your name and date are written in the
  spaces provided on the Open Response sheet.
• Staple your Open Response sheet to your answer
  sheet.
• Put what you have stapled into the appropriate
  tray at the back of the room.
• You may read your AR book quietly.