A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

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Take a Context Clues worksheet for vocab unit part I

LEARNING GOAL & AGENDA

LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Exasperated Verb

Irritated; provoked; irked

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Vindicated Verb

Cleared of accusation; blame, suspicion or doubt

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Vengeance Noun

With violence or fury

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Furtively Adverb

Stealthily; expressive of hidden motives

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Futile Adjective

Useless

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Mutilated Verb

Maimed; damaged

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Forlornly Adverb

Without care; characterized by chance

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Coquettishly Adverb

In a manner befitting a woman who flirts with men

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Oppressive Adjective

Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint; tyrannical

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Part I

Menacingly Adverb

Threateningly

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SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

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• Reading time

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A Raisin in the Sun INTROSetting:

The play was set around 1950 in Chicago’s Southside Act I

Scene One: Friday morning Scene Two: The following morning

Act II Scene One: Later, the same day Scene Two: Friday night, a few

weeks later Scene Three: Moving day, one week

later

Act III: An hour later

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LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

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• Vocab

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A Raisin in the Sun INTROCharacters

The Younger Family Lena- matriarch; proud; strong-willed;

deeply religious; believes in the strength of Family

Walter Lee Jr.- ambitious; loves his family; longs to prove his manhood by owning his own business

Beneatha- as ambitious as her brother with plans to be a doctor; needs to express herself, as her varying hobbies indicate; interested in her African roots

Ruth- loving and faithful wife to Walter and mother to Travis; wants what’s best for her family; her dream is to move into a place with more space and sunlight

LEARNING GOAL & AGENDA

LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

AGENDA:

• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide

A Raisin in the Sun INTROCharacters

The Younger Family Travis- Ruth and Walter Lee Jr.’s son;

his family’s pride and hope for the future; typically energetic ten year old

Other characters Asagai- fellow student; loves Beneatha; a

“modern” African, committed to preserving the cultural heritage of his Nigerian people

George Murchison- modern African American who believes that success lies in imitating whites; scorned by Walter Lee Jr. who considers him a fraud

LEARNING GOAL & AGENDA

LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in A Raisin in the Sun as they relate to the author’s theme development.

SWBAT enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

AGENDA:

• Vocab

• Intro to play

• Reading time

• Study guide