Transcript "Shame" and "Oranges" PowerPoint (Pre-AP)

“Shame” by
Dick Gregory
“Oranges” by
Gary Soto
Elbow partner We
all learn many things in school beyond
the lessons we study formally. What are
some things you have learned in school
that do not have anything to do with
academics?
Define shame
Dick Gregory
Civil Rights Activist &
Comedian (1932-)
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Synopsis
Activist/comedian Dick Gregory was arrested
for civil disobedience several times, and his
activism spurred him to run for mayor of
Chicago in 1966 and for president in 1968. In
the early 1970s Gregory abandoned comedy
to focus on his political interests, which
widened from race relations to include such
issues as violence, world hunger, capital
punishment, drug abuse and poor health
care. http://www.biography.com/people/dick-gregory-9320102
Read “Shame” by Dick
Gregory
 Literary
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Focus-
genre
metaphors
similes
anaphora
repetition
parallel structure
use of dialogue (when/ why?)
irony
“Shame” by Dick Gregory
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Write a summary of the essay.
 2. Identify the thesis.
 HOMEWORK:
Due Wednesday
Small group discussion
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1. What are Gregory’s feelings about his
teacher?
2. What did he originally think as an innocent
child?
3. What did he learn about how the teacher
saw him?
4. What were your feelings about her as you
read this essay?
5. What could the teacher have done or said
that would not have made Gregory feel
ashamed?
Reread this essay’s first and
last paragraphs.
 Compare
how much each one
emphasizes shame.
 What other feeling or character trait ties
together the first and last paragraph?
 Is the last paragraph an effective ending?
Explain.
“Oranges” by Gary Soto
Gary Soto was born in 1952 in Fresno,
California. He bases much of his writing
on issues and experiences he had
growing up in the urban MexicanAmerican culture. He had a difficult
childhood. His parents worked as farm
laborers, and his father died when he
was five years old. His mother
struggled with poverty, and Soto and
his siblings worked to help make ends
meet. He worked as a farm worker
and in factories. School was not a
priority for Gary and his family. Still,
Soto loved reading and read books by
great authors like Ernest Hemingway
and John Steinbeck. He was
determined to go to college, and
there he discovered poetry and
decided to become a writer.
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe
t/gary-soto
Free Verse
 Free
verse poems do not follow a
particular pattern, rhyme scheme or
stanza pattern. However, free verse
poems are written with intention. Notice
how the lines are written and where the
poet chooses to break the poem into
stanzas. Graphical elements sometimes
create or emphasize meaning in a poem.
“Oranges”
 Reading
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Focus:
genre
images of light and dark
repeating symbols
tone shift
how the lines are written
symbolism of the oranges
Discussion Questions
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What do you notice about how the orange
changes in the poem?
What kind of person might be able to make
fire in his hands?
Draw a conclusion about the orange and the
speaker at the end of the poem.
What might it mean about the speaker if he
can make fire?
What do you think the orange as a ball of fire
symbolizes at the end of the poem?
Double Bubble Map
 Compare(similarities)
and Contrast
(differences) the poem and the narrative
using a double bubble map.