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Lesson 1Working With Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Define each figurative language term correctly.

1. Alliteration-

2. Metaphor-

3. Hyperbole-

4. Simile-

5. Personification-

6. Onomatopoeia-

7. Oxymoron-

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Lesson 2

Act 1, Scene 2: What is Happening?DIRECTIONS: You have been placed in groups to read selected pages out of the play A Raisin in the Sun. This sheet is to help you work with your group members and dissect the play. Answer each with the support of your group members and support from the text.

1. Who is in this part of the scene? (Pgs. 66-69)

2. Explain Beneatha and Asagi’s disagreement about love.

3. How does Mama react to Mrs. Johnsons remark about borrowing the cleanser?

4. How does Mama react when she opens the mail? Give details from the text.

5. Why do you think she acts this way? Use support from the text.

6. What would Mama do with the money if not for her children?

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7. How do you think Walter will react to all of the news? (Pregnancy and the check arriving).

8. Give a 3-4-sentence summary about what has happened in the pages you have read.

9. As a group, what is your prediction(s) for the rest of this scene?

10. What does money mean to you? Think BIG picture here.

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Lesson 3

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DIRECTIONS: In each column write the pros and cons of living in the time periods

1950s pros/cons 2015 pros/cons

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Lesson 1,2,3

DIRECTIONS: Record each character’s dream that is expressed in the scene.

MAMA

WALTER RUTH

BENEATHA TRAVIS

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