1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2:​Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex
account; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2: Assessment
Comparing Theme: Langston Hughes’ Poetry
Dreams
Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Top 2 Important Words
Theme Evidence
Objective Summary:

2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2:​Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex
account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Harlem (Dream Deferred)
Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
​Or does it explode?
Top 2 Important Words
Theme Evidence
Objective Summary:

3. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2:​Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex
account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Dreams Similarities Harlem