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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

Who knows 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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1.A 12 year old boy leaving near a border that is white that people call him Guerro.
2. Guero is a gamer and a bit of a nerd.
3.Guero has a girlfriend and he isn't happy with a girl helping him.
One major issue that will be discussed in the book is he has some issues,troubles with some bullies.

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One thing I learned from the trailer is that the boy is a normal 12 year old boy that likes gaming, and is a bit of a nerd.
A second thing I learned from this trailer is that the boy gets bullied but he has a girlfriend that saves him but he doesn't like it because she is a girl and he is a boy.
One major issue that will be discussed in the book is that he gets in trouble but doesn't like when his girlfriend saves him from the bullies.

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12 year old boy who leaves near the boarder that is white and people be calling him güero

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One Thing I learned from the trailer is that the boy is a gen z boy that like gaming, and likes playing video games like most kids do.

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One major issue that will be discussed in the book is the struggles that Mexican-American kids who lived near the border in 2018 faced

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1) The character is a 12 year old boy that is leaving near the border

2) He got the nickname Guerro because he is light skinned.

3) Guerro is getting bullied and he has a girlfriend who helps him but he isnt proud of how a girl is helping him.

One major issue that will be discussed in the book ¨They Call Me Guerro¨ Will be all the times he gets into trouble and his adventures

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Two things I learned from this trailer is...
- that Guero is a 12 years old, he likes playing with his friends, likes games and is a bit of a nerd
- Guero gets bullied and his girlfriend comes to save all the time and he feels bad letting a girl save him
One of the major issues is that the problem in this book is about immigration in the border of Mexico.

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One thing that i learned was that there was this 12 year old boy living near a border and they call him Guerro,

The boy has a girlfriend but he doesn't like it because she is a girl and he is a boy

The boy get in trouble a lot and he doesn't like it when the girl saves him from the bullies

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One new thing I learned is there is this kid name guero that lives near the border. Guero is Like a gamer and a bit nerd.

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1. Guerro is a 12 year old boy who lives near the border.
2. Guerro is a gamer
3. Guerro has a girlfriend that helps him with his bullies.
one major issue that will be discussed in the book

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1. Guero is a 12 year old boy who is white and lives near the border

2. guero has a girlfriend who helps him out when he is in a fight

3. guero is a gamer but he is also kind of smart

4. guero gets into fights and his girlfriend has to help him out and he is not happy with that.

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1. List two-three things you learned from the trailer. One is that he is a nice person who is 12 years old. Two he has a girlfriend and she gets him out of the tubule. Three is that he likes to play games he is a gamer

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1. one thing i learned from the video is the boy is 12 years old.
2.He has a strong girlfriend and he is not happy that she is a girl and she protects his.
3. he like video games.

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1,A 12 year old boy leaving  near a border that is white that people call him Guerro.
2. Guero likes to play video games and is a nerd.
3. Guero has a girlfriend, and he isn't happy with the fact of a girl helping him.
One major issue that will be discussed in the book is he has some bullies.

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1) A 12 year old boy lives near a border and they call him Guero because hes white
2) hes a bit of a nerd and hes also a gamer.

one major issue that will be discussed in the book is  that he always gets him self in trouble but he doesint really like when his girlfriend saves him.

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1. Guerro is a 12 year old boy who lives near the border.
2. Guerro is a gamer
3. Guerro has a girlfriend that helps him with his bullies.
one major issue that will be discussed in the book

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1 One new thing I learned from the traller is that is a 12 years old boy that lives near the border .
2 He also got a nickname Guerro  because hes ligthskin .
3. Guerro has a girlfriend that helps him but hes not happy the fact that a girl is helping him .
One major issue is that he always gets in trouble and his girlfreind help him he dosent want help .

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because there should be more options about books and for kids to be able to see that there is a book that kind of relates to them.
One thing he stated in the video that i agree with is when he said that about a quarter feature kids from communities of color because I think that there are a lot of kid would like to see a book that can relate about them and their culture.

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because children's need to learn and to accept how they are to not feel bad about themselves and to go forward and that is what a book will need to show a diversity literature for kids to show their life but show them how have their life good.Also to not be bother by bad things that happend around them in real life.One thing he sates in the video that I agree with is that the books  of school are the the shelf's that shake the kids in a good way.The reason why is because most of the books on the school is things that make kids to kinda changes how kids are because the books of school are about thing or statements that talks or gives good advice's to the kids reading the book.

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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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I agree with Bowel ´ s statements about the importance of diversity.

I agree with Bowler's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because they will feel better about themselves and they will not feel left out.

One thing he stated in the video that I agree with is that there will be some one like them in a book because then they will feel good about them self and like they are being left out.

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because the children will be happy seeing their country, culture in books seeing that there being talked about and are out there. One thing he stated in the video that I agree with is that books change the way children see themselves and that when they don't see themselves in there they think they aren't worthy of being in literature because most book characters are white and when children read books like that and they don't see someone like them they start thinking bad.

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I Agree with Bowel´s statement about the importance of diversity in children literature because the kids see

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in the children's. The kids see themselves and what they want and don't have because they think they aren't worth it.

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I agree with Bowles´ś statement about the importance of diviersty in children literature because there will be children happy learning more about their country and they will not fell left out .

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I agree with Bowles statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because there should be more options for kids to read books that they will love and enjoy. one new thing he stated in the video that i agree with him is that.

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I agree with Bowles's statement about the importance of diversity in children's literature because light skin kids shouldn't feel more important than kids of color

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

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I agree with Bowles´s Statement about the importance of diversity in children´s literature because , There should be more options were kids can find a book that relates to them and that makes them actually want to read it and they become more interested in it.  And the books that remind them of themselves are helping them be able to accept themselves . These books that relate to them are helping them learn to accept themselves And seeing a book that relates to them will make them happy and excited to read. Knowing that they can relate because most books are based off white main characters  and not other races. 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...

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One thing that makes a poem is the rhythm and your feelings because your feelings and thoughts are the things that create your poem. without them your poem would have no meaning . And without a rhythm it would be boring to read because it has no action or motivation in it that makes it pop out.

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One thing that makes rhythm because everything haves a rhythm a feeling has a rhythm a song also is a poem by its rhythm,rhythm is what makes a poem the sounds also makes that rhythm so that way most of us say that the rhythm is what makes a poem.Without it,it is not a poem or it is different because then the poem will not make sense,people would not understand it,it will not be fun or something the people could also express of.The format of the writing is different from our other novels because a poem most of the time is short or one word because one word can make you express through it also because it talks more about people feelings,it rhythms and it sound like you can sing it and is like is a song.The novels we read it doesn't express people feelings it talks more about people troubles and what happend and to say how they feel they just say sad but the writing talks about the trouble but through the trouble they express their feelings with a rhythm.An example of how the writing is different is when their was a a writing that said Me,We.

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According to this video, what makes a poem a poem and why?
One thing that makes a poem is that it involves intense feelings because it tells you the Joy, Fear, Sadness, the madness and much more that it is being told in front of you. Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because it doesn't express the feelings that were written down to make me feel something while reading it.
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 it is written in italic or in cursive letting you know that it is a poem. An example of how the writing is different is that poems are mostly written in a different fount like cursive or italic but they could also be in bold but not always.

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One thing that makes a poem is an intense feeling because in the video it says that a poem has a story to it and can give a specific feeling.
Without it,it is not a poem or it is different because there would be no feeling it would feel empty and simple.
the format of the writing is different from our other novels because there are a lot of rhymes and in the novels it is more simple but it still gives you an intense feeling.
An example of how the writing is different is that a poem has a rhymes an example from the video is I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek, Your heartbeat sound like sasquatch feet, thundering, shacking the concrete."

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One thing that makes a poem is that a poem has to rhyme because thats the whole point. Without it, it is not a poem or it is different because the whole point of a poem is the rhythm and that it has to rhyme.

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Onew new thing thta makes a poem is that a poem a felling because when you read a peom you could see what the poem is about .

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I think this poem is about how she is tolled that she isn't Mexican because she doesn't act like one when she is a Mexican.I think the author wrote this poem because she wanted to show how people like us that are are Mexican and american  go through and how we feel when people say we aren't enough Mexican and not enough  american or that we don't act like one and how we should really act as people like that or eat as people that are Mexican American.

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I think this poem is about her trying to explain that everyday people call her non Mexican. And all the people who are telling her things. Calling her not Mexican because she doesnt look like it and she doesnt dance like it or work hard like one does.

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I think this poem is about how people say that she is not Mexican and how she dosent look like it because they dont see her as a hard working person or because of how she cant dance or listen to the same music as Mexican do
I think the author wrote this poem because she wants to let everyone know that she is Mexican and that no one is going to stop her from being one just because she listen to other music or dosent were something that stands out to her so people can tell she is Mexican.

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i think the poem is about , her thinking shes not mexican because people tell her that she really doesint sound or look Mexican i think the author wrote thus 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 their identity because they are telling all these things that don't make them Mexican and that they don't look, act, dress or talk like a Mexican. I think the author wrote this poem because many people are telling Mexicans that they don't seem Mexican because of what they hear, dress, look or how they act.

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I think this poem is about how she feels Mexican-Americans are being discriminated against and how people say she's not Mexican because she doesn't listen to Mexican music or speak spanish

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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 her colcher because she is talking about how people say she is not real Mexican

I think the author wrote this poem because they don´t think she is Mexican

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I think the girl fells she Mexican-american are being dircrimanited and people tell her that she not mexican and dosent sound mexican. The author wrote this poem because not just dreasing up or acting like a mexican means your mexican.

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I think this poem is about how a kid is enjoying his day but then saw the big border and was unhappy because he didn't like it but his father told him that his ancestors crossed that river a thousand times because there are a lot of kids like the one in the poem that live next to the border.
I think the author wrote this poem because he wants to let everyone know that there are kids that live next to the border and how no one can stop your heritage from flowing forever.

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I think this poem is about how they cross the border to America to Mexico and how they are waiting to crass America again and that there are tall ugly fences that look like they are keeping them out from ever entering again. I think the author wrote this poem because it tells us how the character feels about being kept out

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I think the poem is about a kid being happy because hes a border kid, because he said it's fun to be a border kid to wake up on early Saturdays and cross the bridge to Mexico with my dad. i think the author wrote this poem because hes telling us how he feels .

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I think this poem is about how happy a border kid can feel at a Saturday talking in their language and talk with strangers until they see something that makes a border kid not happy.This is what the poem is about because the kid talks about how it is happy when he wakes up at a Saturday morning and go to restaurants to go an eat talking with strangers using their Spanish language but until he saw the border he wasn't happy because seeing that is what makes a border kid not feel happy.I think the author wrote this poem because we wants to show us that in a moment we can feel happy until we see or something that we don't like happens.

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I think this poem is about the kid and the river because they are talking about the  river and that their anteaters have crossed the river a lot of times
I think the author wrote this poem because they know that some people can be free and some cannot.

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I think this poem is about a kid actually having fun being a border kid and not sad or mad or angry about it but instead happy. Because hes glad to be who he is and isnt ashamed of what culture he is. And hes proud and happy that on Saturday´s He gets to go out and eat and speak him home language . I think the author wrote this poem to tell us how this kids life is and how he isnt ashamed for who he is

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A similarity I see between the two poems is that both of them are talking about how no one can stop them from what they are because in the poem it says that no one can stop your heritage from flowing.

These poems might help the reader by/because some kids might have problems because people say thing that might not be true or are turning them away from who they really are like from were they come from or how they look like.

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I think this poem is about how is like being a boarder kid and what they do  because the boy is saying that you can speack spanish every day and mostly people forget English. I think the author wrote this poem because is trying to tell us that this kid is brave and hes no sad or mad or scared to  cross the border with his father and they do it in avaible to stay alive.

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A similarity I see between the two poems is they are telling us how they feel about being left out because they're Mexican.
These poems might help the reader by telling them how people feel when they are told that they don't look Mexican because of their looks, likes, and how they act and how there different from Americans.

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A similarity i see between the two poems is that their not ashamed of anything people tell them like the border kid hes happy to be a border kid and the chingona girl is also not ashamed what people tell her if shes Mexican or not.

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A similarity I see between the two poems is that both talk about what happens in a morning happy until something that they saw or something you don't like happens.These poems might help the reader by making them feel happy about how they are and not change it.The reason why is because the other people are the ones who need to understand and accept them as how they are.Because there are many kids becoming something that they don't like that makes them be sad and think to themselves that their friends aren't real because they like him by their fake him/she so this will help those kids feel happy of their self's and not change anything of them of their race or anything.