Designing the Future Activity
A creative visualization activity where students sketch the 'kitchen' and 'table' from Langston Hughes's poem. Features maximized drawing areas, simplified wording for 9th-grade students, and 6 writing lines for reflection.
Seats at the Table Worksheet
A student worksheet for analyzing Langston Hughes's 'I, Too', featuring guided annotations, metaphor analysis with sentence starters, and a creative writing extension. Revised for better page flow and smaller font sizes to prevent layout breakages.
Stronger Brother Analysis Worksheet
A comprehensive, three-page "Master Analysis" worksheet for Langston Hughes's 'I, Too'. It combines all key assignments including the Verb Vault, Symbolism (Kitchen vs. Table), The Gaze, Beauty as Resistance, Then vs. Tomorrow, and the Evolving Claim. Designed for 9th-grade students with the full poem text and clear scaffolding for deep literary analysis.
Seats at the Table Teacher Guide
A teacher-facing resource for the 'I, Too' lesson, featuring a pacing guide, common misconceptions, scaffolding tips, and a full answer key with exemplars. Revised for consistent compact formatting and updated to include a detailed key for the 'Stronger Brother' master analysis.
Master Analysis Answer Key
A detailed 3-page answer key for the 'Stronger Brother' Master Analysis worksheet. It provides thorough exemplars for all sections, including the Verb Vault, Symbolism, The Gaze, and the final synthesis of the evolving claim. Designed as a separate teacher resource for clear reference.
