Monday, May 16, 2016
Today's Agenda:

1. Review Thesis Portfolio contents (see page 4 of the Thesis Packet)
2. Review calendar and upcoming due dates 
3. Go to library and check out the play A Raisin in the Sun
4. Read background information on Lorraine Hansberry, the author of A Raisin in the Sun
5. Read the epigraph (Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred") to the play and discuss the poem's imagery and what the images might mean
6. Get note-taking chart for tracking dreams in the play
7. View first half of video  introduction to the play (up to 13:38) and take notes with this sheet 
8. Review the cast of characters and read the opening pages / set directions
9. Watch Act 1, scene 1 (video)

DUE DATE: Wednesday, May 18: THESIS FINAL DRAFT AND PORTFOLIO

                       Tuesday, May 24: Metaphor Project

                        Tuesday, May 31: Finish reading A Raisin in the Sun and hand in note-taking chart (on dreams)