Students should read the following poems, all of which were published in Montage of a Dream Deferred:
"Children's Rhymes"
"Advice"
"Theme for English B"
"Deferred"
"Harlem (2)"
Common Core Objectives
- 1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. - 2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. - 3
