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WE WEAR THE MASK
Paul Laurence Dunbar
OBJECTIVES:Students will be able to:
• analyze poetry by completing the SIFT graphic organizer.• use the SIFT graphic organizer to
generate ideas for literary analysis writing.• compose one paragraph focusing on
a single literary device for a literary analysis essay.
LET’S DECIDE
When we view the next several images,
let’s decide:• the person’s gender, age, ethnicity.• the kind of person you think he or she is.• what he or she might sound like.• what he or she might talk about.
Gender? Age? Ethnicity? What kind of person is he or she? What does he or she sound like or talk about?
Gender? Age? Ethnicity? What kind of person is he or she? What does he or she sound like or talk about?
Gender? Age? Ethnicity? What kind of person is he or she? What does he or she sound like or talk about?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The son of former slaves, Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906) was the first African American writer to
earn his living solely by writing poetry and fiction.
He was also the first to gain a national audience of
mostly white reader.
WE WEAR THE MASKWe wear the mask that grins and lies, We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes – To thee from
tortured souls arise.
This debt we pay to human guile; We sing, but oh the clay is vile
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
And mouth with myriad subtleties. But let the world dream other-wise,
We wear the mask.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
QUICK WRITE
What is one mask you
wear in your daily life?
Why do you wear it?
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY WORDS TO OWN
Symbols: anything (object, animal, event, person, or place)
that represents itself but also stands for something else on a
figurative level
Images: word pictures that appeal to the reader’s senses –
sight, sound, smell, taste, touch
Figures of Speech: imaginative language not meant to be
taken literally (similes, metaphors, personification)
Theme: The central meaning or message of the text
RE-READ AND TEXT-MARK
Symbols: Place a circle around any words or
phrases that are symbols
Images: Underline any images which appeal to
the senses (sight, taste, sound, touch, smell)
Figures of Speech: highlight any figures or
speech (similes, metaphors, personification)
ALL WRITE ROUND ROBIN
Starting with number 1 in your group, share and
explain what you circled for symbols. Move
clockwise in your group until all members have
shared what you text-marked for SYMBOLS.
REMEMBER: As your team members share their
text-markings and annotations, be sure to update
your own text-markings.
WE WEAR THE MASKWe wear the mask that grins and lies, We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes – To thee from
tortured souls arise.
This debt we pay to human guile; We sing, but oh the clay is vile
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
And mouth with myriad subtleties. But let the world dream other-wise,
We wear the mask.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
ALL WRITE ROUND ROBIN
Starting with number 1 in your group, share and
explain what you underlined for images. Move
clockwise in your group until all members have
shared what you text-marked for IMAGES.
REMEMBER: As your team members share their
text-markings and annotations, be sure to update
your own text-markings.
WE WEAR THE MASKWe wear the mask that grins and lies, We smile, but, O great
Christ, our cries
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes – To thee from tortured souls arise.
This debt we pay to human guile; We sing, but oh the clay is vile
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, Beneath our feet, and long
the mile;
And mouth with myriad subtleties. But let the world dream other-wise,
We wear the mask.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
ALL WRITE ROUND ROBIN
Starting with number 1 in your group, share and explain
what you highlighted for figures of speech. Move
clockwise in your group until all members have shared
what you text-marked for FIGURES OF SPEECH.
REMEMBER: As your team members share their text-
markings and annotations, be sure to update your own
text-markings.
WE WEAR THE MASKWe wear the mask that grins and lies, We smile, but, O great Christ,. our cries
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes – To thee from
tortured souls arise
This debt we pay to human guile; We sing, but oh the clay is vile
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
And mouth with myriad subtleties. But let the world dream other-wise,
We wear the mask.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
THEME
THINK ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT
LESSONS YOU’VE LEARNED FROM
NOVELS, STORIES, OR POEMS THAT
YOU’VE READ IN THE PAST.
WHAT LESSON(S) ABOUT LIFE MIGHT THE
POET BE REVEALING TO HIS AUDIENCE?
(2 minutes)
SIFT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
WRITING AN ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH
In the poem the poet, uses to convey
the message . His first use of is evident in line
when he says, “ .” This means that ,,and it
contributes to the theme because .Another
example of is in line
when he uses the word(s) . By this he means . This
also contributes to his message because . Not only
does the poet effectively use to convey the idea that
,but he also uses to reveal the theme that .