Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Language Arts 9: Jimmy Santiago Baca

Read brief author biography of Jimmy Santiago Baca

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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