Writer's Journal entry:
1. Does Jimmy Santiago Baca sound like a person whose work
you'd like to read? Why or why not?
2. Do you think that knowing the author's biography and life
history is important for your understanding of a poem or story? Why or why not?
Review of and notes on simile, metaphor, imagery, and symbol.
Read Jimmy Santiago Baca's poem, "I Am Offering This Poem to You." Watch video of Baca reading his poem aloud
Homework: prose poem due Friday, August 24
On Friday, you will be finding the similes, metaphors, imagery, and symbol in "I Am Offering This Poem to You" and reading an excerpt from Baca's memoir
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