Thursday, 1/17/13

Langston Hughes' 
Mother to Son

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now --
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

• Warm Up: Read for 20 (and log your time)
  
• Theme practice:
  
• -Close read (3 readings) to find the theme- "Mother to Son"  See attached form for the purpose of each reading.
  

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• Begin reading "The War of the Wall" on p. 328 of the red book, pausing to answer the red theme questions as we go. (We will finish this tomorrow.)
  

*****Reading logs will be collected tomorrow!*****