Social Studies- Good afternoon all, your first assignment for this marking period the Negro Speaks of Rivers vs Bio-Poem is due Friday (4/17/20). The assignment will also be on Skedula.
Your Task: Read the Negro Speaks of Rivers and answer the questions or write a poem using one of the people that we studied in class following the given format.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Langston Hughes
I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
Glossary /Vocabulary
Ancient- very, very old.
Euphrates (yoo-FRAY-teez)- a river in Asia.
Congo- a river in Africa.
Lulled (LULD)- soothed; hypnotized.
Nile-a river in northern Africa.
Pyramids (PEER-uh-midz)-tombs for Egyptian kings.
Bosom (Buz-um)- heart.
Dusky- dark-skinned; dark in color.
Questions (The Poem in Review)
1. If you were a photographer, what
picture would you take to show what this poem means to you?
2. Why is the word ancient important in
this poem?
3. Who is the speaker in this poem? What
is he trying to tell the reader?
Or
Bio-Poem
Your task: Choose a person we have studied during class. You can use your notes and your textbook to complete the information below. Each answer should be a line in the poem you create.
Your poem should follow this format:
Line 1: Name
Line 2: Three traits ( a distinguishing quality or characteristic)
Line 3: He/she is form
Line 4: He/she cares deeply about…
Line 5: He/she gives
Line 6: Three traits
Line 7: He/she fears
Line 8: He/she would like to see
Line 9: He/she is remembered for
Line 10: Name, Years of life
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