Celebrate the Harlem Renaissance!
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Mission 2
Celebrate the Harlem Renaissance!
Compétence
Parler en continu : je prends la parole pour donner mon opinion.
Did you know?
In England, in the 1920s, people talked about “hot dance music” and not jazz. Jazz was so widespread that it also became popular in New Zealand at the same period! Do you know about Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance?
Exercice 1 : That was Harlem!
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A flourishing time
A flourishing time
Exercice 2 : A flourishing time
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Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
I heard a Negro play.
Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
He did a lazy sway ....
He did a lazy sway ....
To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
O Blues!
Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
Sweet Blues!
Coming from a black man’s soul.
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
I heard a Negro play.
Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
He did a lazy sway ....
He did a lazy sway ....
To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
O Blues!
Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
Sweet Blues!
Coming from a black man’s soul.
Langston Hughes, “The Weary Blues”, 1925.
The weary Blues
The weary Blues
Exercice 3 : The Weary Blues
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Phonology
Recite verses
Listen
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune / Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon
Sing
With his ebony hands on each ivory key / He made that poor piano moan with melody / O Blues!
Grammar
Causative structures
Observe: He made that poor piano moan with melody. My mother had me learn many poems.Think: Spot the two verbs in each sentence. Who does the action for verb 1? And for verb 2?
Practise: You’re the boss. Force people to obey. Then, report: I made… / I had...
Langston is the best. He is a writer and...
Defend an artist
Use Padlet. New York City wants to pay tribute to an artist from the Harlem Renaissance. Choose one and defend him/her.
How far can you go?
A2 I can give my opinion about someone.
A2+ I can also justify my views because I have arguments.
Vers B1 I can use my cultural knowledge of the period to find a compromise.
A2+ I can also justify my views because I have arguments.
Vers B1 I can use my cultural knowledge of the period to find a compromise.
