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McDougal Littell Language of Literature

Seventh Grade Resources

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Langston Hughes: A biography of Langston Hughes.

Harlem: Read this Wikipedia article about the history of Harlem in New York.

Black History: A lengthy biography of Langston Hughes.

A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance: A brief article on the Harlem Renaissance.

Drop Me Off in Harlem: Primary and secondary sources for the Harlem Renaissance. Real Player is required to view video clips.

Harlem 1900-1940: Resource for the Harlem Renaissance that includes a timeline.

Langston Hughes: Audio readings of Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred", other Hughes' poems, and further resources.

Mother to Son: The text of the poem. Students can also read letters associated with the poem.

Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry: A worksheet for students to complete with their own metaphors.

Search for African Story Journey: Across Time & Place and Langston Hughes.

Connect to Your Life: Good Neighbors, page 29: Brainstorm connections to your life Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF

Active Reading: Cause and Effect, page 29: Cause and effect Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF

Explicit Instruction: Conflict, page 32: Details about the kinds of conflict found in this story Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF

Explicit Instruction: Events in Plot, page 33: Events that occur in the four stages of plot chart Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF

Literary Analysis: Conflict, page 34: Examples of conflict Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF

Writing: Response to Literature, page 35: Writing a paragraph supported by details Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF