THANK YOU M’AM

LANGSTON HUGHES

BEING REALISTIC

What would you do if someone came up from behind you and tried to steal your purse?

How would react? Would you react positively or negatively?

MEET THE AUTHOR

He was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1st, 1902 City of Joplin, Missouri

Motto: "Proud of Our Past...Shaping Our Future'“

His great-great-grandfather was the first Black American to be elected to public office. He really wanted to live with his parents, but he could not. The Negro Speaks of Rivers was one of his most famous appearing in Brownie's Book. He received a scholarship to Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A.

degree in 1929. Langston Hughes died of cancer on May 22, 1967.

LANGSTON HUGHES

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

Match the colloquial English with standard English.

• ain’t .... a haven’t /hasn’t got/am not/aren’t• coz / ‘cos .... b going to• dunno .... c I don’t know• ‘em .... d let me• Gimme .... e you, your• gonna .... f want to• gotta .... g have got to• lemme .... h them• lotta .... i what are/do you• wanna .... j lot of• whatcha .... k because• ya .... l give me

MATCHINGMatch the words on the right from the text with their correct definitions on the right

1.PURSE a) NOT TO BE HONEST

2.HAMMER b) A LONG LEATHER HANDLE OF A BAG

3.STRAP c) STRONGLY

4.FIRMLY d) A TYPE OF WALLET TO CARRY YOUR MONEY IN

5.LIE e) A METAL INSTRUMENT WITH SHARP END

6.DIRTY f) A TAP

7.SINK g) NOT CLEAN

8.PUT A HALF NELSON h) TRY TO GET SOMETHING FIRMLY

9.SNATCH i) TO GRAB SOMEBODY AROUND HIS NECK WITH AN ARM

VIDEO PRESENTATION

PREDICTING

• Where are they going?

• Is Mrs. Jones punishing Roger?

LISTENING / READING

ASSESSMENT

when a boy ran up behind her and

then he reached down, picked up the boy by his shirt front and shook him

the boys weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance

she was a large woman with large purse

tried to snatch her bag but

until his tooth rattled

Sequence the first part of the story according to the events