Celebrate the Harlem Renaissance!
P.75-77
Did you know?
1. People in England didn't use the word "jazz" in the 1920s.
2. Jazz was popular in the USA only.
3. Jazz was meant for a quiet dance.
2. Jazz was popular in the USA only.
3. Jazz was meant for a quiet dance.
That was Harlem!
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A flourishing time
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A flourishing time
a) Langston Hughes → .
b) Zora Neal Hurston → .
c) Bessie Smith → .
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The Weary Blues
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a) Moving forwards and backwards, while singing gently. →
b) In a soft light. →
c) Touching the white piano keys with black fingers. →
d) Moving from side to side on an old chair. →
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| Croon | |
| Sway | |
| Drowsy | |
| Mellow |
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The Weary Blues
a) The keys played a drowsy tune. → He made .
b) The piano swayed to the mellow croon. → .
Phonology
Recite verses
Listen
Listen: Droning a drowsy syncopated tune Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon.
Réfléchis : Repère les syllabes accentuées, et marque bien la différence avec celles non accentuées. Ressens-tu le balancement propre au Blues ?
Repeat
Répète : 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.Réfléchis :
a) Quels sont les verbes conjugués au passé ?
b) Quels verbes indiquent pourtant une réelle action ?
c) Quels sont donc les sujets de ces actions ?
Conclus : Dans une structure causative le sujet du conjugué n'est pas le sujet de .
Mission 2
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