Mr Donn's Lesson Plans & Activities   The Poetry of Langston Hughes for K-12 teachers & students    Lesson Plan for US History/English 6th-10th grades Time Frame: 3-4 days (90 minute class periods) Mr. Donn;  USA Harlem Renaissance _____________ Day One: Introduction: Provide background/History of the Harlem Renaissance Timeline with details, Harlem Renaissance _____________ Day Two Poetry of Langston Hughes Tell how he wrote while listening to jazz Play some old (dixieland) style jazz and have students read along Pass out packets of poems Tell students that they need to select a poem that they are going to read to music. They get to select the music. Direct students to go through the whole packet and describe in what style poems were written. ___________ Day Three Presentation Day: Allow each student 1 minute If the song selected has words that interrupt the reading, suggest to students that they try turning down the volumn. (It works.) Results in my class: I was surprised by the variety of music selected. The vast majority of students participated. Those who did not actually select a poem and set it to music listened during class to those who did. I did assign a couple of A++, a nearly unheard of success!   Related Lesson Plans & Background Information FREE Poetry PowerPoints African American 20th Century Poets, Unit (1 week, slam, rap, ending activity) The Harlem Renaissance (Score) The Poetry of Langston Hughes Lesson Plan Voice Among Voices (Langston Hughes Lesson Plan) Langston Hughes, Lesson Plans and Units Harlem Renaissance (lesson plan) James Weldon Johnson - Lesson Plan Jacop Lawrence - Lesson Plans Harlem Renaissance, Lesson Plans Harlem Renaissance Units Poetry Slam (Donn) Lost Generation and the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance Webquest - Harlem RenaissanceWebquest - Harlem Renaissance For more units, lesson plans, activities, and learning modules for poetry, literature, fables, myths, and other language arts units, see Lesson Plans Across the Curriculum. For more units, lesson plans, and activities for American History, see Mr Donn's US History Page   All Rights Reserved Counter start date January 2006     Clip Art Credit: Phillip Martin Have a great year!