Spring 2018 SemesterActivities...
Introduction Today we will learn about writing a text based response based on the poem "Alone" by Maya Angelou. We will also explore the themes of isolation, suffering, spirituality and society and class. Free Write What are some things that you do when you feel lonely? Teacher Instruction and Modeling Activity Fog BY CARL SANDBURG The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Reading & Group Activity Alone Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014 Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is not stone I came up with one thing And I don’t believe I’m wrong That nobody, But nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone. There are some millionaires With money they can’t use Their wives run round like banshees Their children sing the blues They’ve got expensive doctors To cure their hearts of stone. But nobody No, nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone. Now if you listen closely I’ll tell you what I know Storm clouds are gathering The wind is gonna blow The race of man is suffering And I can hear the moan, ‘Cause nobody, But nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone. Homework Write a text-based response analyzing "Alone." An analysis consists of facts and commentaries. It is not a summary, a listing of facts, or random, unsubstantiated conjecture. The following outline may help::
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