Part 1 |
Showing Determination |
Langston Hughes |
Mother to Son Advice about facing life's challenges |
ACTIVITY
Working in a small group, identify characteristics that can help one to cope with life's challenges. You may wish to use a concept web to help you. Survey members of your class, and have them rank the characteristics on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most important. Present your findings in a graph or chart.
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Gwendolyn Brooks |
Speech to the Young Speech to the Progress-Toward
A celebration of triumph over adversity
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
The Charge of the Light Brigade
A moving tribute to brave soldiers |
Charles Kuralt |
Mr. Misenheimer's Garden
The discovery of a special place and a special man
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Ralph Waldo Emerson |
LITERARY LINK What Is Success?
Ideas about a well-spent life |
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REAL WORLD LINK Partners in Growing
Young and old enjoy gardening and each other.
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Eve Merriam |
Simile: Willow and Ginkgo
A poem of appreciation for two very different trees |
Naoshi Koriyama |
A Loaf of Poetry
A metaphor for the writing process
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Daniel Keyes |
Flowers for Algernon
A mentally challenged man undergoes many changes. |
Don Marquis |
the lesson of the moth
Advice on how to live life to the fullest
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