The Harlem Renaissance
The neighborhood in which this movement began.
What is Harlem?
A method used to summarize a piece of writing (hint: restate, answer, cite, explain, summarize).
What is RACES?
The place where Greg met Lemon Brown.
What is an abandoned building?
This type of poem uses a list of things (adjectives and nouns) to describe an event, place, or feeling.
What is a list poem?
The teacher that moved to Philly from California.
Who is Ms. V?
The type of music popular during this time period.
What is jazz?
Everything in a piece of writing except for the text itself (hint: we took a "walk" to find these things).
What are text features?
Lemon Brown's LITERAL treasure (hint: the actual item he showed to Greg).
What is a harmonica?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" (ex: "Like a raisin in the sun").
What is a simile?
The teacher that is from Philly.
Who is Ms. T?
The definition of "renaissance" (hint: a period of European history, after the Dark Ages, during which a lot of art was created).
What is rebirth?
Something that helps us organize our ideas and thoughts before we write a short story (hint: we used these in Week 2).
What is a graphic organizer?
The type of conflict portrayed when Greg's father doesn't let him play basketball.
What is Person vs. Person?
The theme(s) of the poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes.
What is separation/belonging/strength/power?
[Many acceptable answers].
The teacher that speaks Polish.
Who is Ms. A?
The issue that Black artists and musicians faced while sharing their talent with the world (hint: a form of discrimination).
What is racism?
Finding the similarities and differences between two pieces of media.
What is comparing and contrasting?
The type of conflict portrayed when Greg is unsure about whether he should trust Lemon Brown.
What is Person vs. Self?
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" (ex: "Life is a broken-winged bird").
What is a metaphor?
The teacher that wrote a story about her puppy.
Who is Ms. B?
A jazz musician from the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, etc?
The central topic or message of a story or poem (ex: chasing your dreams in "Dreams" by Langston Hughes).
What is the theme?
Lemon Brown's METAPHORICAL treasure (hint: read between the lines!).
What are memories/stories of who you were?
The language used in poetry to produce detailed imagery (hint: metaphors and similes are examples of this).
What is figurative language?
The best class ever.
What is 5th grade summer school?