Analysis Of Langston Hughes Theme For English B

The 11th graders have completed reading and analyzing Langston Hughes's poem “Theme for English B” and have drafted informal narrative responses that required them to -- like Hughes did -- write a page about themselves. Their piece had to have structure, be one page long, and focus on their past, present, and future, as they ultimately connect themselves to the poem’s theme.

We will now relate the various themes of these short stories to this year's guiding question of our first unit:
In a culture where we are bombarded with other people trying to define us, how do we make decisions for