This week let's read two poems by Langston Hughes. The first starts on page 364 and is called "Let America Be America Again," and the second starts on the bottom of 365 and is called "A New Song."
Use the questions in the green boxes at the end of each poem to spark your discussion.
Note how the questions after the first poem prompt discussion on HOW the poet constructs meaning. The first question after the second poem pushes for discussions of comparative meanings in both poems, and the second question asks for discussions of political aspects of the poem.
