from Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH): Part 2

Connect: recall a time when you were compared to someone else, how did it make you feel and why?

R, A, and E of RACE Response. Restate the Question, Answer the Question, and Explain your Answer.

Infer: Why might the memory, of why she rereads books, be important to the development of the author’s writing?

In the poem “reading,” the speaker describes a struggle she is having. Describe a time that you have gone through a struggle yourself, and connect your experience with the speaker’s struggle. Use details from the text to support your answer.

RACE RESPONSE.