Curated teaching resource
Mondays Made Easy: 3 engaging activities (symbolism graphic organizer, Hughes biography, paired poems)
By Mondays Made Easy
- Collection
- Instructional Guides
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grades
- Grades 7-8
- Format
- lesson-page
- Curriculum
- Cross-curricular
- Publisher or host
- mondaysmadeeasy.com
Why this resource is included
Three activities: (1) Symbolism graphic organizer where students locate and interpret symbols in the story with pre-reading informational handout defining symbolism. (2) Hughes biography activity tracing formative years and literary influences. (3) Paired poems worksheet with Harlem, Mother to Son, and I Too by Hughes; students annotate each poem then answer short-answer questions. Free blog walkthrough; worksheets available for purchase.