
Amanda Gorman: Daughters Metro Map to City Identity
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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
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Standards-aligned
Sharon Schwarz
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7 Slides • 2 Questions
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Amanda Gorman: Daughters Metro Map to City Identity
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Objectives
To read and analyze Amanda Gorman's poem "Daughters Metro Map to City Identity"
To uncover and articulate the theme in the poem
To write our own Identity Map poem
To identify our speaker's identity through figurative language
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Open Ended
What do you know about Amanda Gorman?
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Amanda Gorman
Grew up in Los Angeles
Graduate of Harvard University
Struggled with auditory processing disorder
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Step 1: Look at Title: "Daughter's Metro Map to City Identity"
What words stand out to you?
What does it reveal to you about the potential topic of the poem?
What do you wonder about?
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Let's Read
Listen carefully to Gorman's words.
Where is she taking you? What is she showing you?
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Let's Listen!
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Listen Again
Gorman states that this is a great introduction to who she is. After listening, how would you describe Amanda Gorman?
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Multiple Choice
What figurative language device is being used throughout the poem to describe herself (comparing her life to something else WITHOUT using like or as)?
Allusion
Extended Metaphor
Double Entendre
Anaphora
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