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Today we are going to take a short look at reading and writing in 9th grade LA and the Summer Assignment.

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Look at the text to the right from A Raisin in the Sun. What do you notice about about it? What jumps out at you? Think about the types of words, sentences, dialogue, images, etc used in the selection. What interests you? Click the plus sign under the "Parent Response" column and type your thoughts.  You do not have to identify yourself in the post.

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There a lots of options to watch the play in it's entirety!

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There a lots of options to watch the play in it's entirety!

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Purchase the play through amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Raisin-Sun-Lorraine-Hansberry/dp/0679755330/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516112313&sr=8-1&keywords=a+raisin+in+the+sun+by+lorraine+hansberry
or look for it in the public library:
paper back- https://gwinnett.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1991128
ebook- https://gwinnett.bibliocommons.com/item/show/231995128

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RUTH What are you going to do with it?

MAMA Now don't you start, child. It's too early in the
morning to be talking about money. It ain't Christian.

RUTH It's just that he got his heart set on that store

MAMA You mean that liquor store that Willy Harris
want him to invest in?

RUTH Yes

MAMA We ain't no business people, Ruth. We just plain
working folks.

RUTH Ain't nobody business people till they go into
business. Walter Lee say colored people ain't never
going to start getting ahead till they start gambling on
some different kinds of things in the world investments
and things.

MAMA What done got into you, girl? Walter Lee done
finally sold you on investing.

RUTH No. Mama, something is happening between
Walter and me. I don't know what it is but he needs
something something I can't give him any more. He
needs this chance, Lena.

MAMA (Frowning deeply) But liquor, honey

RUTH Well like Walter say I spec people going to al-
ways be drinking themselves some liquor.

MAMA Well whether they drinks it or not ain't none of
my business. But whether I go into business selling it
to 'em is, and I don't want that on my ledger this late
in life. (Stopping suddenly and studying her daughter-
in-law} Ruth Younger, what's the matter with you to-
day? You look like you could fall over right there.

RUTH I'm tired.

MAMA Then you better stay home from work today,

RUTH I can't stay home. She'd be calling up the agency
and screaming at them, "My girl didn't come in today
send me somebody! My girl didn't come in!" Oh, she
just have a fit ...

MAMA Well, let her have it. I'll just call her up and say
you got the flu

RUTH (Laughing) Why the flu?

MAMA 'Cause it sounds respectable to 'em. Something
white people get, too. They know 'bout the flu. Other-
wise they think you been cut up or something when you
tell 'em you sick.

RUTH I got to go in. We need the money.

MAMA Somebody would of thought my children done all
but starved to death the way they talk about money
here late. Child, we got a great big old check coming
tomorrow.

RUTH (Sincerely, but also self-righteously) Now that's
your money. It ain't got nothing to do with me. We all
feel like that Walter and Bennie and me even Travis.

MAMA (Thoughtfully, and suddenly very far away) Ten
thousand dollars

RUTH Sure is wonderful.
MAMA Ten thousand dollars.

RUTH You know what you should do, Miss Lena? You
should take yourself a trip somewhere. To Europe or
South America or someplace

MAMA (Throwing up her hands at the thought) Oh,
child!

RUTH I'm serious. Just pack up and leave! Go on away
and enjoy yourself some. Forget about the family and
have yourself a ball for once in your life

MAMA (Drily) You sound like I'm just about ready to
die. Who'd go with me? What I look like wandering
'round Europe by myself?

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DICTION The author’s choice of words and their connotations. What words appear to have been chosen specifically for their effects? What effect do these words have on your mood as the reader? What do they seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

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Here is the the full assignment; students are welcome to get started!

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IMAGERY The use of descriptions that appeal to sensory experience What images are especially vivid? To what sense do these appeal? What effect do these images have on your mood as a reader? What do they seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

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DETAILS Facts included or those omitted What details has the author specifically included? What details has the author apparently left out? (NOTE: This is only for analysis. Do not write about these omitted details in an essay.) What effect do these included and excluded details have on your mood as a reader? What do these included and excluded details seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

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LANGUAGE Characteristics of the body of words use (slang, jargon, scholarly language, etc.) How could the language be described? How does the language affect your mood as a reader? What does the language seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

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SENTENCE STRUCTURE The way the sentences are constructed (See extended handout.) Are the sentences simple, compound, declarative, varied, etc.? How do these structures affect your mood as a reader? What do these structures seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

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I think it is interesting that Mama calls Ruth her child even though she is not blood.  Mama cares for her.

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the passage shows how even during that timepeoole faced the same fears as today when it comes to investing and stepping out of their comfort zone.

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Sounds like a conversation between a ninth grader and parent 😏

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It is interesting that every time they talk about the talk about the $10,000, it is like it is not even real.

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The conversation feels authentic, the characters sound real.

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The conversation feels authentic, the characters sound real.

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Mam is very direct when she talks to Ruth.

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Liquor stores can potentially make a LOT of $

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Liquor stores can potentially make a LOT of $

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I love Mama's line, "I dont' know what Walter needs, but I can't give him any more." 

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I love Mama's line, "I dont' know what Walter needs, but I can't give him any more." 

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This scene illustrates two perspectives colliding...

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This scene illustrates two perspectives colliding...