6th Period: Langston Hughes’s “I, Too, Sing America”
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- #1Class Roster: NDHS, English III Period 6
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- #2Assignment One
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- #3Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter I)
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- #4Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter II)
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- #6Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter IV)
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- #7Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter VI)
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- #11Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter V)”
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- #12Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter IX)
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- #13Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter VIII)
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- #14Period 6: The Great Gatsby (Chapter VII)
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6th Period: Langston Hughes’s “I, Too, Sing America” by Mr. Z
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This poem was written to chronicle the struggle of African-Americans to demonstrate how they, too, are Americans. The color of their skin doesn’t make them any less of a citizen than whites.
6th Period: Langston Hughes’s “I, Too, Sing America” Annotated
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes.
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--
I, too, am America.