
Introduction to "Poem at 39"
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10th Grade
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Kendall Umetsu
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Introduction to "Poem at 39"
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Lets start by just a slow read through!
Keep in mind - What are your initial impressions as we read?
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Open Ended
First impression: what is this poem about? How would you summarize it?
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Open Ended
What feature or line stuck out to you the most? Why?
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Alice Walker
Short story writer, novelist, poet and social activist
Pulitzer Prize winner - The Color Purple
First ever African American woman to win for fiction
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What are the three things that you will always be asked about in an exam?
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Language, Structure, Form
Let's start with form today(have your notes ready!)
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This is a Free Verse Poem
No set meter or rhyme
Open to stanza or line length
Question is - Why?
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Open Ended
Think for a minute - what are the similarities between "Piano" and "Poem at 39"?
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