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15 Always in circulation.
Money. You don’t know where it’s been,
but you put it where your mouth is. And it talks.
Second Read
• Reread the poem to answer this text-dependent question.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Key Idea and Details: How does the poet feel about money? Cite evidence from the text to support your ideas.
The poet seems fascinated by money as a source of colorful language and figurative speech, such as these metaphors and personification: “It greases the palm, feathers a nest, holds heads above water, makes both ends meet” and
“it talks.” He recognizes its power both to destroy and make things happen (“Watch it burn holes through pockets,” “Money breeds money,” “And it talks.”) RL.11–12.1
My Notes
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lorraine Hansberry grew up in Chicago in an educated and successful activist family. Her father moved the family into a white neighborhood to challenge discriminatory housing practices. Her play, a huge literary and commercial success, was developed out of that experience.
ABOUT THE PLAY
A Raisin in the Sun is a play about an African American family that is set in Chicago sometime between World War II and 1959, when the play was first produced. The family is about to receive a large amount of money after the death of the father. Walter, the son, wants to invest the money in a liquor store, but his mother objects.
Drama
from ARaisinintheSun by Lorraine Hansberry
Characters:
Walter and Ruth Younger (husband and wife) Lena Younger (Mama—Walter’s mother)
MAMA: What was they fighting about?
RUTH: Now you know as well as I do.
MAMA (shaking her head): Brother still worrying hisself sick about that money? RUTH: You know he is.
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7 SECOND READ: During the second reading, students will be returning to the text to answer the text- dependent comprehension question. You may choose to have students reread and work on the question in a variety of ways:
• independently
• in pairs
• in small groups
• together as a class
8 Spend some time reviewing personification and how the use of this literary device in “Money” makes money seem like an even more intimate and powerful part of human life. The synecdoche can be seen in the image of greasing the palm in that the palm stands for the whole person.
9 Have students answer the text-dependent question. If they have difficulty, scaffold the question by rephrasing it or breaking it down into smaller parts. See the Scaffolding the Text-Dependent Questions boxes for suggestions.
10 Read the About the Author and About the Play features before beginning the first read of the drama excerpt.
11 FIRST READ: Based on the complexity of the passage and your knowledge of your students, you may choose to conduct the first reading in a variety of ways:
• independent reading • paired reading
• small-group reading • dramatic reading
• read aloud
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SCAFFOLDING THE TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS
2. Craft and Structure (RL.11–12.4) What is
the significance of Mama’s use of the word ledger when she says “I don’t want that [selling alcohol] on my ledger this late in life”? What does the word ledger mean? In what context is it usually used? How is Mama’s use different?
3. Key Ideas and Details (RL.11–12.1) What
are the conflicting attitudes toward the role of money in this family? What does money mean
to each of the main characters? Identify the textual evidence to support your response. Think
about why each character wants or needs money. What would he or she do with it? How is each character’s plan or desire for the money different?
4. Key Ideas and Details (RL.11–12.2) What message does the author convey about the power of money? Provide evidence from the text to support your interpretation. What problem would having money solve for each character? What do you think will happen to the characters if they do not get the money they think they need? What does that suggest about the real power of money?
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