Writer's Journal entry: ten-minute free write. Include at least one simile, one metaphor, and one example of each of five types of imagery in your writing.
Identify examples of similes, metaphors, imagery, and symbol in Jimmy Santiago's poem "I Am Offering This Poem..."
Discuss whether knowing the poet's background and history influences how you read his poem.
Read an excerpt from Jimmy Santiago Baca's memoir A Place to Stand.
Homework: NONE!
Next week you will begin working on your own "environmental autobiography."
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