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Spoken Word poetry is a form of poetry that is also performance. Authors choose to write and perform their works as Spoken Word poetry for many reasons. Spoken Word poetry allows the author control over how the poem is read, the rhythm, and emphasis of words or sections. It is another way for them to express and share their art.

There are several Spoken Word poetry competitions for young adults where the prize is often a scholarship. Young adults from all backgrounds compete in state and national competitions sharing their art and getting their voices heard. Spoken Word poetry can be done as an individual or a group.  Spoken Word poetry is highly emotional form of writing and performance.

While we watch/listen to this performance, think about what the poem is about and why the author wrote/performed it.

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2017 - 21st Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam - "Chingona" by Leticia

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Do you agree or disagree with Bowels's statements about the importance of diversity in children's literature? Why or why not? Choose either agree or disagree - do not write both.

I agree/disagree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because...

One thing he stated in the video that I agree/disagree with is ____ because...

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Now that we have discussed both "Chingona" and "Border Kid" separately, let's compare them.

What are some of the connections between these two poems?

How might either poem help the reader?

What personal connection if any can you make to one of the poems?

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Reflect on the poems words and the author's performance. What do you think the poem is about and why? Why do you think the author wrote/performed this poem?

I think this poem is about ____ because...

I think the author wrote this poem because...

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Reflect on the poems words and the author's performance. What do you think the poem is about and why? Why do you think the author wrote/performed this poem?

I think this poem is about ____ because...

I think the author wrote this poem because...

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Our next novel, They Call Me Guero, is written in verse. Which is a fancy way of saying that it is written as poetry. Even though the novel is written in verse it still tells a narrative or story. So each of the poems can be read separately or together, and when read together, they tell the story of Guero.

As we watch this video, make note of some of the examples of what poetry is or is not.

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Reflecting Our World with David Bowles | Shake Up Your Shelves

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Reflecting Our World with David Bowles | Shake Up Your Shelves

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Let's watch this video to get to know a little bit about our author, David Bowels. The video is called "Reflecting Our World with David Bowles | Shake Up Your Shelves." As you listen to the video, take notes of some of the points Bowels makes about the importance of having a diverse library and the effect it can have on children. After watching the video, you will reflect on Bowles's statements and determine if you agree with him or not and why.

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Reflecting Our World with David Bowles | Shake Up Your Shelves

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1. List two-three things you learned from the trailer.

2. What is one of the major issues that will be discussed in the book, They Call Me Guero?

One major issue that will be discussed in the book is...

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We are going to start by watching a book trailer for our next novel called They Call Me Guero. The author will talk about his book and what makes it different from other books you may have read.

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David Bowles Talks about his YA Book of Poetry, "They Call Me Guero"

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Answer the following two questions after engaging in a discussion with your classmates.

1. According to this video, what makes a poem a poem and why?

One thing that makes a poem is ____ because...

Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because...

1. How is this format of writing - a novel in verse - different from the other types of texts we have read this year?

The format of the writing is different from our other novels because...

An example of how the writing is different is...

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1. Do you see any similarities between the poems? What are they?

2. How might one or both of these poems help the reader?

3. Are there any personal connections you can make to either poem? (Optional)

A similarity I see between the two poems is...

These poems might help the reader by/because...

(Optional) A connection I can make to the poem is...

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Read the poem "Border Kid" by David Bowles. It is the very first poem in our novel. While you read the poem, reflect on what you think it means and why the author wrote it; including why the author started with this poem.

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They tell me I'm not really Mexican.
As if my latina could be determined by
How many times I can move my hips.
Like no I can't dance but the cumbia
Still moves through my veins l
Like me my mom moved through the house
With a bidi bidi echoing down the hall
And the smell of chilaquiles on Sunday morning.
They tell me I'm not really Mexican
As if my grito wasn't authentic enough,
Having to prove that I can keep a conversation in Spanish
My identity is stripped with grammatical errors.

And I guess I'm not really Mexican because
I refused to wear hoop earrings
Because I didn't want to look chola
But what I meant was - Mexican.
Felt like if I could blend in that that was okay
As if earrings could point me out
While trying to hide an accent cause
I don't want to be made fun of for saying Chipotle'
But yes can I have the sofritas and veggies please.

In interviews, when I'm asked if I'm anything but Mexican
given the "sorry you just don't seem
Hard-working, Independent, Chingona"
Told that I wasn't really Mexican
Because my playlists consist of too many rap songs
That I shop like I'm not broke
Because my privileged 🤬 knows no struggle.
But just because I'm not a GMAC student
Doesn't mean I'm not a dreamer.

We internalize racism, while idiots in government
Want to build a wall that's already built.
We protest racism while practicing it here
Like we're training for points.
Training to sign up
but we're failing to understand each other.
Too American for the Mexicans and
Too Mexican for the whites
I'm bicultural
not assimilated
But Sometimes I wished I was
When I wished my skin wasn't brown and
That I didn't have to fight to legitimize my identity.
Or fight to feel safe.
I'm tangled
Trying to understand the skin that makes me indigenous.
But I'm finding empowerment in Chicana and Chicano

Whoknows what it means to be really Mexican anyways
Too spicy, not so exotic,
strict parents, broken English, but not broken pride.
Soy Mexicana. Gracias.

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I think the author wrote this poem because it what she feels and how she exprees it

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One thing I learned is that he has a girlfriend. One major issue that will be discused in the book is that people are gonna call him "guero"

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1 thing i learned is he is a average 2022 kid.
1 thing i learned is he has a girlfriend and she helps him do something important in the book
ONE MAJOR ISSUE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK IS him and his girlfriend going on cool adventures and his background life

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-I learned that Guero is 12 years old .

-I learned that Guero is light skin and he has red hair.

-One major issue that will be discussed in the book is that Guero is 12 and he is living across the border of mexico.

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1.A girl helps him with stuff
2.

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1. List two-three things you learned from the trailer. That their is a book about a kid. The kid is mexican and lives in the boarder.

2. What is one of the major issues that will be discussed in the book, They Call Me Guero? One major issue that will be discussed in the book is about imigrant and the document.

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Two things I learned about this trailer is that this novel has poems and that the novel includes family. One major issue that will be discussed in the book is something about immigration.

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learned from the trailer is that he has pale skin with red hair One major issue that will be discussed in the book is immigration

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1)In mexico they call the boy Guero
2)He is a 2022 kid
A major issue they will discuss is immigration of students and the presser they are having to go through .

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One thing i learned from this trailer is that guero has red hair and has lighskin . Another thing i learned is that he is 12

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1. The book is about a 12 year old Mexican boy and poems that are connected to the book.
2. Guero is a gamer, has friends and gets in trouble.

One major issue that will be discussed in the book is the problems he gets in when he goes to school.

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One thing I learned about the trailer is that One of the characters are called Guero and Guero is 12 years old.One major issue that will be discussed in the book is that this is a kid of 12 years old in mexico were the border is.

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1. He has s girlfriend to saves him from bullys he lives near the border

2. Immigration

he gets in trouble alot

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1. Guero is light skinned
2. He is Mexican, American
3.  He is 12 years old

One major issue is that the book is about immigration. He is living across the border of Mexico.

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1. Guero is a gamer

2. Guero is not too proud to have his girlfriend save the day with him

3. Guero is Mexican

One major issue is that

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guero is an average gen-z kid, he has red hair, one major issue that will be discussed in the book is gueros family

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Guero has a girlfriend
If he gets in trouble he'll feel bad about it after
Has light skin and red hair

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One thing i learned from the trailer is that there is a character name Guero.

Other thing I learned is that he has light skin and red hair.

One major issue that will be discussed in the books is that immigration of students

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Two things that i learned about Guero are that he is Mexican American.  2. He is light skin and has red hair
One major issue that will be discussed in the book is immigration

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1-Guero is a Gen Z he likes to play video games
2- Guero is light skin and has red hair

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I agree with Bowler's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because there only so many things that a single race can be written about that has not been done before ww2 books have been done many times already same plot they gotta escape Germany and be on the run or hide there wrist bands from Germans or a book that shows a family struggling but theirs other ways people and struggle and the mention book sounded good to read something new

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I agree with Bowle's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because it is true what he said people should experience different type of culture and know more about other cultures

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because it shows

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I agree with bowles statement because people need to know about other people's cultures

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because it teaches children about other races. It is also important because it makes children with different backgrounds feel included.

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I agree with Bowels´s statement about the important of diversity in children´s literature because it makes people/children  with different background as a good and kind people their people are and feel good about them self.

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I AGREE WITH BOWLES"S STATEMENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN CHILDREN"S LITERATURE BECAUSE not just 1 race should experience this all races should could do this experience to expand cultures around the world.

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I agree with bowless statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because he is showing the kids could now that they are important to them and other people

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I Agree with Bowles statement about the importance of diversity in children literature because he wants kids to know there also written about.One thing he stated in the video that i agree with is when he said ''The books kids read while in school shapes their view of themselves.

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the impotance od diversity in childeren's literature because not all people get equalness and all this author wants to do is show young kids do the best for other people and so other people that don't get equalness,he wants that you kids to do well in putting people equalness to others.

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because children could learn different things in the book and not feel excluded or think less of themselves.One thing he stated in the video that I agree with is that he said children could think that they are less because all the main characters are white or all characters.

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i agree with david bowles statement about the importance of diversity in children literature because he wants to make and want kids to feel like they are important to and he wants to make everything equal as if kids can relate to the story in a good way t help them feel good about themselves

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the Importance of diversity in children's  literature because it helps other kids know about other races and cultures. If only white people were in books/shows other kids that are different race will feel like they don't matter.
One thing he stated in the video that I agree with is kid because

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I agree with Bowle's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because people should experience  the different types of races or cultures they are.
One thing he stated in the video that i agree with is

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because it can help people to be more confidence about their race and that they are being known or seen. One thing he stated in the video that I agree with is there are more white main characters.

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the important of diversity in children literature because many Hispanics should be able to feel the same love that white people get. Many kids are judged for their skin or their language along with whites thinking Hispanics are dangerous people. All schools should teach the race's history. A child should be able to grow up and be confident about where their parents come from because it's their blood. One thing he stated in the video that I agree with is books with people of color. Teachers should read about story's where there are all types of race!! Its a way kids can learn that they are special

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i agree with bowles statment about the importance of diversity in childrens literature because kids should experience other cultures
One thing he stated in the video that i agree with is

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1. According to this video, what makes a poem a poem and why?

One thing that makes a poem is the meaning behind it because sometimes it can share thoughts and feelings..

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1. According to this video, what makes a poem a poem and why?

One thing that makes a poem is that they use intense feelings because

Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because...

1. How is this format of writing - a novel in verse - different from the other types of texts we have read this year?

The format of the writing is different from our other novels because

An example of how the writing is different is that its short and it rhymes

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1. According to this video, what makes a poem a poem and why?

One thing that makes a poem is ____ because...

Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because...

1. How is this format of writing - a novel in verse - different from the other types of texts we have read this year?

The format of the writing is different from our other novels because...

An example of how the writing is different is...

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One thing that makes a poem is feelings because not every poem rhymes but they all have is emotion

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One thing that makes a poem is the meaning behind it because it shares feelings behind it. Without it, it is different because the words in the poem would have no meaning. The format of the writing is different from our other novels because it is a poem that tells a story.

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One thing that makes a poem is the feelings you put on it because you can make a poem in different ways but the same thing on all the poems is that you can write what you feel,smell, hear and see. Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because there is an example that a robot can't write a poem like a person, it's different. For example in the video it states that judges read poems of a person and robot and they were able to tell them apart.

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One thing that makes a poem is uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions or a story with the reader because the person writes about what they see or how they live, and some write about their emotions. With it, it is not a poem or it is different because it must rime. The format of the writing "a novel in verse" different from the other novels because, The novels are about a person's life story. And the novel verse are about poem.  An example of how the writing is different is,

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One thing that makes a poem is words that have a definition about the whole poem.
The format of the writing is different from out novels because a poem tells us about what the author been through but saying it like if it were a story but just into a shorter way(a poem).

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1. According to this video, what makes a poem a poem and why? it could be a word of 7,4or 5.One thing that makes a poem is yourself because you could create your own poem.Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because how people think.How is this format of writing - a novel in verse - different from the other types of texts we have read this year? The format of the writing is different from our other novels because there is some poem in it.An example of how the writing is different is of poem.

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One thing that makes a poem is the feeling because if a robot made a poem it wont sound like the normal people do it because some robots don[t have feeling but humans do.

Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because then the poem wouldn´t be as emotional as it is supposed to be.

The format of the writing is different from our other novels because it is poetry.

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One thing that makes a poem rhyme because... if it doesn't rhyme it wont make sense and if it doesn't make sense then it's not a poem.

Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because... it is different because poem is something that rhymes and goes with the words that you chose, and if it doesn'tr go with the flow of poem then it's not a poem but a sentence.

1. How is this format of writing - a novel in verse - different from the other types of texts we have read this year?

The format of the writing is different from our other novels because...

An example of how the writing is different is...

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One thing that makes a poem is emotion  because if you don't put emotion in it then your not saying anything in the poem
The format of  the writing is different from our other novels because

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One thing that makes a poem is the different way they write because they would normally focus on a certain theme.Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because it will start spit 🤬 about another other topic then the main one.It is different format of writing a novel in verse from the other types of text we read this year because they would mostly talk about there point of view instead of any other topic.

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One thing that makes a poem is the rim in the words because if there wasn't no rim the poem would sound good .Without it ,it is not a poem or it is different because the words wouldn't make sense if its about a specific topic . The format of the writing is different from our other novels because it tells stories using prose and not verse other short stories it tells lengthy narrative then a long section  .An example of how writing is different is

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One thing that makes a poem is intense feelings because it shows the emotion of the person who wrote it. Without it, it is not a poem or is different because it just seems like just writing or could be mixed up with a robot.

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One thing that makes a poem is an intense feeling because it connects to the people somehow on what you saying/writing
without it, it is not a poem or it is different because it just doesn't connect to people. people aren't gonna like it it needs to have some connect inspire them. The format of the writing is different from our other novels because it is a poem that tells a story. and its connect to a person

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I think the author wrote this because of the stereotype that goes around

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I think the author wrote this poem because of stereotype people dont think of her as mexican

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I think this poem is about ____ because...

I think the author wrote this poem because...

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Reflect on the poems words and the author's performance. What do you think the poem is about and why? Why do you think the author wrote/performed this poem?

I think this poem is about being youre on skin color or what place u are because it talk about that people do not think that she is mexican.

I think the author wrote this poem because

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I think this poem is about understanding your identity and to be proud of it because at the end, she says that shes Mexican but in a proud way. I think the author wrote this poem because it can inspire and encourage people to be proud of who you are, no matter how many flaws you may have, or how many people doubt you.

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I think this poem is about her expressing
I think the author wrote this poem because

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-I think this poem is about Mexican cultural because she talked about how much people look down on her for not being to Mexican.

-I think the author wrote this poem because she felt a bit insecure about being Mexican or she wanted to tell her life story about being Mexican.

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I think this poem is about how you don't need to do everything other people do from your country and it doesn't define who you are or where you come from .I think the author wrote this poem because there are people that think just because you dont do what other people do your not from that country .

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I think this poem is about
I think the author write this poem because se wanted to tell people just because she doesn't look like she is or sound like shs is Mexican or as they dont think her has a Mexican

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I think this poem is about how people tell her that she isn't Mexican because of the way she is for example she doesn't listen to any Mexican songs or she cant dance

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I think this poem is about not really being Mexican, because many people think Mexican a certain way and if you are not like that you are not a real Mexican.

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I think the author wrote this poem because she wanted to show how she really is where she came and prove people wrong about what they told her.

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I think this poem is about how other humans must "view" her so they would know she is Mexican. It shows that many people think that Mexican's act one way or must dress one way so they "could be Mexican". I think the author wrote this poem because so she can teach human's around that world that you can do whatever makes you happy, don't let a person what you are or what you must be imaged as.

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i think it about day in the life of him because its the way he veiws himself and other to

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I think this poem is about how she felt people telling her she wasn't actually Mexican because she talked about herself and what people told her and what she couldn't do.I think the author wrote this poem to let her feelings out of how she felt when they told her she wasn't actually Mexican.

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I think this poem is about him talking about his day and what he does

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I think this poem is about ____ because...

I think the author wrote this poem because...

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I think this poem is about overcoming because the father says to not worry, and that nothing can stop their heritage from flowing. I think the author wrote this poem because it tells us more about the characters and what's happening.

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I think this poem is about .. because
I think the author wrote this poem because

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I think this poem is about who he is. what the day of his life looks like. I think the author wrote this poem because

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Reflect on the poems words and the author's performance. What do you think the poem is about and why? Why do you think the author wrote/performed this poem?I think this poem is about the border because in the book is shows that their is a kid that went to mexico and when they were coming back to the usa he was scraed about the border.I think the author wrote this poem because

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I think this poem is about how they can do it, they just have to be brave. I think the author wrote this because it gives us a nice introduction about this novel.

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I think this poem is about a kid who is a border kid because

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I think the poem is about a kid on the boarder trying to explain that the border can't effect them.

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I think this poem is about a kid that has to cross the border every Saturday's. I think the author wrote this poem because it talks about how the boy is a hard worker and his daily Saturdays.

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Some connections between these two poems are being more proud of yourself and overcoming. Either poem can help the reader by teaching the reader that you should be confident in yourself no matter what.

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I think this poem is about how he doesn't know if he is Mexican or not because his father tells him he is in neither bank.I think the author wrote this poem because he was not sure of where he was from.

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A similarity I see between the two poems is that at the end they both know they can make it happen

These poems might help the reader because that make us want to keep going no matter what and that we can make it

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A similarity I see between the two poems is
These poems might help the reader by
A connection I can make to the poem is