As I Grew Older / Langston Hughes

As I Grew Older It was a long time ago.I have almost forgotten my dream.But it was there then,In front of me,Bright like a sun—My dream.And then the wall rose,Rose slowly,Slowly,Between me and my dream.Rose until it touched the sky—The wall.Shadow.I am black.I lie down in the shadow.No longer the light of my dream before me,Above me.Only the thick wall.Only the shadow.My hands!My dark hands!Break through the wall!Find my dream!Help me to shatter this darkness,To smash this night,To break this shadowInto a thousand lights of sun,Into a thousand whirling dreamsOf sun!This poem was written in 1925 1. Match the Words to their meaning: Click on the word and then click on its meaning in order to connect them. forgotten (adj) something which has slipped from memory rose (v) increased in size break through (v) penetrate shatter (v) destroy by force smash (v) strike with a heavy blow whirling changing direction fast 2. Who is the speaker? A woman A child who likes to dream An African-American man 3. LOOKING INTO THE POEM - TIME FRAMES OF NERATIVE A. Write the lines of each TIME FRAME in the correct place.B. Write briefly what happens in each time frame. TIME FRAMES LINE NUMBERS CONTENT 1st 1-6 The speaker remembers he had a dream. He remembers the dream was forgotten by him, even though it was in his grasp. 2nd 7-19 Something prevented it from achieving his dream. Something big and dark which almost knocked him down. He couldn't see the dream, only the obstacle was visible to him. 3rd 20-29 The speaker finds strength to break the barrier within himself. 4. How many exclamation marks (!) does the poet use? Why do you think he uses them? GIVE A FULL ANSWER AND ADD EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (2-3 SENTENCES). 5. Read the following lines from the poem:"Bright like a sun -My dream...Rose until it touched the sky -The wall."A. What do you notice about the structure of these lines?B. Do you think there is a reason for this structure? Explain. GIVE A FULL ANSWER AND ADD EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (2-3 SENTENCES). 6. LOOKING INTO THE POEM - TONEA. How does the TONE of the poem change? DEFINITION OF TONE: an attitude of a speaker toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a speaker on a particular subject.GIVE A FULL ANSWER AND ADD EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (2-3 SENTENCES).Look at the TIME FRAMES from question 3 to help you answer. B. How does the change in TONE help convey the message of the poem? GIVE A FULL ANSWER AND ADD EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (2-3 SENTENCES).Look at the TIME FRAMES from question 3 to help you answer. 7. The following objects in the poem also act as a symbol. Match the symbols to the thing they represent Click on the object and then click on the thing it symbolizes in order to connect them. sun hope, justice, freedom, equality the wall Something which prevents a person to go forward. Something that singles out a person, or persons, from the rest. shadow ominous and negative atmosphere, Something that can encompass a person and make him stay out of sight. dark hands People taking action as a minority to change what needs changing. 8. H.O.T.S. MAKING A CONNECTION Which verse in the poem could be a MOTTO to any oppressed minority group to live by? Explain your choice. GIVE A FULL ANSWER AND ADD EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (2-3 SENTENCES). ANSWER 0NLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS 9-13: 9. BRIDGING TEXT AND CONTEXTRead the information below and answer the following question:How does the information help your understanding of the poem ? After World War I (1919), many African-Americans left the countryside and came to the big northern cities like Chicago, Philadelphiaand New York, to find work. In New York, many of them moved to a neighborhood called Harlem, where they developed their own culture of art, music, and writing, which expressed a new racial pride in the face of white oppression. They hoped that this cultural creativity would help change the way white people perceived African-Americans. This explosion of culture, which continued until the Great Depressionwas known as the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes is considered one of the leading poets and authors of the Harlem Renaissance.מחבר Lucia Kitlaru שם הספר: Literature Program 5 points opt. 1 שם ההוצאה: UPP - University Publishing Projects שנת ההוצאה: תשע"א - 2011 עמוד: 45GIVE A FULL ANSWER AND ADD EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT (4-5 SENTENCES). 10. Design a poster for a demonstration of a minority group. You may draw or create a collage.YOU MUST COMBINE A MOTTO IN YOUR POSTER. You may use a phrase from the poem as the motto. 11. Describe a difficulty you have overcome in your own life . Explain what your “sun”, your “wall” and your “shadow” were and how you broke through .מחבר Lucia Kitlaru שם הספר: Literature Program 5 points opt. 1 שם ההוצאה: UPP - University Publishing Projects שנת ההוצאה: תשע"א - 2011 עמוד: 45 Write 70-90 words. 12. Add 5 more lines to the poem. You may add them wherever you want. Copy the poem, and paste it as your answer.Add the 5 lines that you want in the place that we want.Color the lines, which you add in green. Watch the clip and read the lyrics.13. Find two things, which are similar and two things, which are different in the Theme of the song and the words of the poem. Rise Up / Andra DayYou're broken down and tiredOf living life on a merry-go-roundAnd you can't find the fighterBut I see it in you so we gonna work it outAnd move mountainsAnd I'll rise upI'll rise like the dayI'll rise upI'll rise unafraidI'll rise upAnd I'll do it a thousand times againAnd I'll rise upHigh like the wavesI'll rise upIn spite of the acheI'll rise upAnd I'll do it a thousand times againFor youWhen the silence isn't quietAnd it feels like it's getting hard to breatheAnd I know you feel like dyingBut I promise we'll take the world to its feetAnd move mountainsBring it to its feetAnd move mountainsAnd I'll rise upI'll rise like the dayI'll rise upI'll rise unafraidI'll rise upAnd I'll do… Write your answer here: