Today we had a shortened class period because of the Parcc testing schedule. In this class we have been learning the process of analysis with using S.O.A.P.S.Tone. THis has been very helpful for me and understanding what I am reading on a deeper level. We have also been reminded to use literary devices to help us.
S- speaker
O- occasion
A- audience
P- purpose
S- subject
T- tone
We have been dissecting a poem by Langston Hughes called, “Let America be America again” with our group members. Mr. Rivers has given us a great resource called Kami; which displays the poem online, and you can annotate it. Mr. RIvers assigned each group with a different component of Soapstone. My group was assigned with Speaker. We had to annotate the poem and find speaker qualities. Then we had to make a claim. My group’s claim was; The speaker has grown up in America, disappointed in the tragedy's he has witnessed, and has high hopes for the equality in America's future.
Next we met with other groups and we put our claim ideas together. When my group and another put Speaker and Tone together we came up with; The Author Langston Hughes has an angry and disappointed emotion towards America considering he has grown up witnessing many tragedies. When my group and another put Tone and Occasion together we came up with; The Author Langston Hughes feels hope for America throughout the Great Depression.
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