Dream Logs

who owns this dream?

 In 2-3 sentences, answer the
question:
“What is/are your dream/s?"
GETTING TO
KNOW
PEOPLE WITH
BIG
DREAMS.
• Owner of a
bookstore
• Did not prosper due
to heavy book
censorship by the
Japanese during the
war
• The first branch was
destroyed by fire
• A typhoon
destroyed almost all
merchandise
• Has always loved to
paint
• Had a diving
accident when he
was 17
• Paralyzed him from
the neck down
• Son of a sidewalk
vendor
• Father died when
he was 12 years old
• Had to be raised by
his mother with 5
other siblings
• Was unable to
finish his college
degree
 DREAMS by
Langston
DEFERRED Hughes
What images are used
in the poem? Identify
the lines containing
such.

#DreamsDeferred
What are some
important facts about
the author?

#DreamsDeferred
• born Feb. 1, 1902
• raised by his
grandmother who
instilled in him a sense
of racial pride and love
for activism
• published 15 books of
poetry, number of novels
and short story
collections, nonfiction
books, plays, children's
books, and more
• was 65 when he died May
22, 1967, of complications
after surgery for prostate
cancer
What could be his
primary reason in
writing the poem?

#DreamsDeferred
What societal issue is
being addressed by the
author in the poem?

#DreamsDeferred
Under the
magnifying glass.
Is discrimination in
any form also rampant
in the Philippines?

#DreamsDeferred
TRIUMPH
over
TRIALS
Despite the several
trials, she didn’t give
up. She is Socorro C.
Ramos.

Owner and founder of

National Book
Store.
Despite the several
trials, she didn’t give
up. She is Socorro C.
Ramos.

Owner and founder of

National Book
Store.
The accident didn’t
bring him down.
He is Jovy Sasutona.

He has been painting

with his mouth for 24
years.
The accident didn’t
bring him down.
He is Jovy Sasutona.

He has been painting

with his mouth for 24
years.
Hardships and failures
in life motivated him
to go on.
He is Alfredo Yao.

He is the owner of
Zest-O.
TRIUMPH
over
TRIALS
We can only see a SHORT distance ahead,
but we can see
PLENTY
there that needs to be done.

Alan Turing – British Computer Scientist

Sometimes dreams
. are wiser than waking.

Black Elk – Oglala Sioux Medicine Man

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable

and life is more than a dream.

Mary Wollstonecraft – British Philosopher & Feminist

If you are always trying to be normal,
you will never know how

AMAZING
you can be.

Maya Angelou – American Poet

 If you can't fly, then RUN.
If you can't run, then WALK.
If you can't walk, then CRAWL.
But whatever you do,
YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist and Pastor

UPDATING
STATUS.
 “You have a dream… Yet
there also things that may
hinder or keep you from
fulfilling those dreams.”
What is your stand on this?
#UpdatingStatus
UPDATING
ASSIGNMENT
Read “Raisin in the Sun”
by Lorraine Hansberry.
 If you can't fly, then RUN.
If you can't run, then WALK.
If you can't walk, then CRAWL.
But whatever you do,
YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist and Pastor