A Raisin in the Sun

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A Raisin in the Sun

• A guide to teaching the text using multimedia
  resources

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Author Background Lorraine Hansberry

• Hansberrys background in relation to text
  background
• Hansberrys personal experiences
• Provides students with African-American
  experiences of the time period
• http//www.kirjasto.sci.fi/corhans.htm

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Multimedia Connection to Author Background

• NPR Interview with Cheryl Corley
• For Morning Edition, NPR's Cheryl Corley reports
  that the play has its roots in Hansberry's
  experiences as the daughter of wealthy Chicago
  parents. Her report is part of NPR's Present at
  the Creation series about the origins of American
  icons.
• http//www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/
  raisin/

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Poetry to Introduce the Play

• The poem from which the author derived the title
• A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
• http//www.cswnet.com/menamc/langston.htm

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Multimedia Connection to Play

• Interview with Lorraine Hansberry
• Discusses personal motivations and struggles with
  the writing experience
• http//www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/
  raisin/

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Post-reading Assessments

• Write a book review
• Write a movie review
• Create a storyboard

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Book Review

• Introduce the idea of reviewing texts through
  reading a book review
• Discuss with students point of view, tone, and
  audience appropriate for book review
• http//www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename
  articlenodecontentIdA6455-2001Jul16notFoundt
  rue
• Students will write their own review of the play

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Movie Review

• Watch the film version of the play
• Introduce to students a movie review for a
  current film, Guess Who
• http//www.nypost.com/movies/41583.htm
• Students will write their own review of the film

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Storyboard

• Class assessment of important events and scenes
  from the play
• In groups, students select 5 scenes to depict on
  a visual that summarizes the plot
• http//english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/
  movies/storyboard_example.html
• Groups create storyboards elements reviewed on
  the website, such as a visual and a caption