Close Reading Activity Raisin 3- Group 1 A Raisin in the Sun

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1 Name: Date: Hour: Close Reading Activity Raisin 3- Group 1 A Raisin in the Sun English 10 Block DIRECTIONS: Based on the specific questions your group is assigned, read the passage (identified below) and respond to the questions INDIVIDUALLY. When prompted, share your findings with your group. Then, craft a paragraph discussing what you found. PASSAGE: Caged Bird Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own

2 QUESTIONS: (First Impressions) 1. What is the first thing you notice about the passage? 2. What is the second thing? 3. Do the two things you noticed complement each other? Or contradict each other? 4. What mood does the passage create in you as a reader? Why? 5. Why is it important for the reader to know what you have just analyzed and explained? 6. How does the passage you have chosen help us understand the story, poem, or play more completely? Notes: Kyle Boswell Mattawan Consolidated School 2015

3 Name: Date: Hour: Close Reading Activity Raisin 3- Group 2 A Raisin in the Sun English 10 Block DIRECTIONS: Based on the specific questions your group is assigned, read the passage (identified below) and respond to the questions INDIVIDUALLY. When prompted, share your findings with your group. Then, craft a paragraph discussing what you found. PASSAGE: Caged Bird Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own

4 QUESTIONS: (Vocabulary and Diction) 1. Which words do you notice first? Why did they stand out from the others? 2. How do the important words relate to one another? Does a phrase here appear elsewhere in the story? 3. Do any words seem oddly used to you? Why? Is that a result of archaic language? Or deliberate weirdness? 4. Do any words have double/triple meanings? What are all the possible ways to read it? 5. Look up any unfamiliar words. Look up interesting, but very common words as well, since they often have several possible meanings. 6. Why is it important for the reader to know what you have just analyzed and explained? How does the passage you have chosen help us understand the poem more completely? Notes: Kyle Boswell Mattawan Consolidated School 2015

5 Name: Date: Hour: Close Reading Activity Raisin 3- Group 3 A Raisin in the Sun English 10 Block DIRECTIONS: Based on the specific questions your group is assigned, read the passage (identified below) and respond to the questions INDIVIDUALLY. When prompted, share your findings with your group. Then, craft a paragraph discussing what you found. PASSAGE: Caged Bird Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own QUESTIONS: (Discerning Patterns)

6 1. Does an image here remind you of an image elsewhere in the book? 2. How does this pattern fit into the pattern of the book as a whole? 3. How could this passage symbolize something in the entire work? Could this passage serve as a microcosm, a little picture, of what's taking place in the whole narrative or poem? 4. What is the sentence rhythm like? Short and choppy? Long and flowing? Does it build on itself or stay at an even pace? How does that structure relate to the content? 5. Look at the punctuation. Is there anything unusual about it? What about capitalization? 6. Why is it important for the reader to know what you have just analyzed and explained? How does the passage you have chosen help us understand the story, poem, or play more completely? Notes: Kyle Boswell Mattawan Consolidated School 2015

7 Name: Date: Hour: Close Reading Activity Raisin 3- Group 4 A Raisin in the Sun English 10 Block DIRECTIONS: Based on the specific questions your group is assigned, read the passage (identified below) and respond to the questions INDIVIDUALLY. When prompted, share your findings with your group. Then, craft a paragraph discussing what you found. PASSAGE: Caged Bird Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own

8 QUESTIONS: (Point of View and Characterization) 1. How does the passage make us react/think about any characters/events within the poem? 2. Are there colors, sounds, physical description that appeals to the senses? Does this imagery form a pattern? Why might the author have chosen that color, sound or physical description? Is it symbolic? Foreshadowing? 3. Who speaks in the passage? To whom does he or she speak? Does the narrator have partial or omniscient viewpoint? How does that viewpoint help or hinder the reader's comprehension? 4. Why is it important for the reader to know what you have just analyzed and explained? How does the passage you have chosen help us understand the poem more completely? Notes: Kyle Boswell Mattawan Consolidated School 2015

9 Name: Date: Hour: Close Reading Activity Raisin 3- Group 5 A Raisin in the Sun English 10 Block DIRECTIONS: Based on the specific questions your group is assigned, read the passage (identified below) and respond to the questions INDIVIDUALLY. When prompted, share your findings with your group. Then, craft a paragraph discussing what you found. PASSAGE: Caged Bird Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own QUESTIONS: (Symbolism and Other Literary Devices)

10 1. Are there metaphors, similes, figures of speech? What kinds? Why might the author have chosen them? 2. Is there one controlling metaphor? If not, how many different metaphors are there, and in what order do they occur? How might that be significant? 3. What other literary devices are present? How do they impact the plot and/or characterization? Be specific. 4. Why is it important for the reader to know what you have just analyzed and explained? How does the passage you have chosen help us understand the poem more completely? Notes: Kyle Boswell Mattawan Consolidated School 2015