"We Wear the Mask" Pre-Reading Guide & Reading Questions / Editable
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A few years ago, my team added "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar to our unit on To Kill the Mockingbird. For my team, this poetry selection complements the themes of Harper Lee's classic and also acts as our students' introduction to poetry.
To this end, I've put together a pre-reading tool that asks students to consider Dunbar as an author as well as the historical and cultural context(s) in which the poem was written.
I've also included multiple choice and short answer questions (keys included) to help students analyze and make inferences about the poem, including its structure, syntax, and use of figurative language.
To make sure this resource is as flexible as possible, I've included an editable Google Slides and self-grading Google Form! (Since this is a Google Resource, when you purchase this resource, TPT will create a file in your Google Drive where you will find everything.)
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