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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”
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
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