Prof Rigolino

“THEME FOR ENGLISH B” “MY NAME”

If you could choose a title for your life story

up until this point, what would the title of

the book be?Project yourself 20

years into the future. What is the title of your life story 20 years from

now?

TITLES: FREEWRITE EXERCISE

1902-1967

Poet, Playwright,

Essayist, Novelist

Harlem Renaissance and Beyond

LANGSTON HUGHES

1951 (Hughes was 47)

Setting: Harlem

Contrast between instructor and

student

Style: Free Verse

“THEME FOR ENGLISH B”

Reading “Theme for English B”

VIDEO SEGMENT

1954

Chicana

"always straddling two

countries ... but not belonging to either culture."

SANDRA CISNEROS

Set in Chicago

Narrator young girl

Family from Mexico

Themes: Identity and Growing Up

THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

Interview with Sandra Cisneros

VIDEO SEGMENT

Share the titles of your two autobiographies

Additional Questions:In “The Theme for English B,” do you think

the poem ends on a hopeful note or not? Why?

Look at Cisneros’s story. Choose a line or lines that are well written. Share them with

the class.

DISCUSSION