Contents of the poem: In the poem fell means to kill.

Fell. (n.d.). Retrieved February 21, 2018, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fell

-Oscar Aguirre

Old age is said to be a time of reflection of your life and how far you have come. However because of aging people seem to feel as if they have lost control over their life because of failing eyesight, hearing loss, and etc. This can cause negative feelings and emotions to rise like depression and anxiety.

Source: 
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/aging-depression.aspx
-Brianna Anthony

Source 2 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/chauffeur

Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com/

 - Cera Flores-Ramos

2. Brota 

Brota means to shoot, bud or sprout 

In the story it uses it like here here sweet sprouts here or buds here so like it is covering it and I think that it is what it means because in the text they are hiding from the la migra and this is why I think it means that they are trying to be covered and hide and sweet means it's sweet to find this and that we can hide like it is used like this in the story “Agua dulce brota aqui aqui”.

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When was this poem made and where does it take place ?

The poem was made in 1993 and it is about  2 kids that are by the Mexican border and they are saying what they know/see so they are using their advantages and disadvantages to beat one another. The 2 kids are 1 male and 1 female so one is trying to prove what gender is better, boy or girl with the girl coming out on top. This is what I found out about la Migra and where it took place. The reason why Mora wrote this at the time was to teach about sexual assault by the border patrol. 

 
Check out the translation for "brota" on SpanishDict! (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/brota

Analysis of Analysis of Pat Mora(TM)s La Migra - GCSE English - Marked by Teachers.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.markedbyteachers.com/gcse/english/analysis-of-analysis-of-pat-mora-a-tm-s-a-aoela-migra-a-a.htm

Fell is used in the poem to probably state that if yelling at a bear won't work then try to shoot or strike it to make it fall , If not there's another definition to skin something so it might mean that too

 “Fell.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/browse/fell. 

Takoda Espinosa

Definition: 1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.

2. often raptures An expression of ecstatic feeling: raptures of joy.

a. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means.

b. Rapture An event in the eschatology of certain Christian groups in which believers in Christ will be taken up to heaven either prior to or at the Second Coming.

2. What happened in LA?- Officers beat up Rodney King. During the riot 50 people died, and 2000 people injured.

sources- “Rapturing.” The Free Dictionary, Farlex, www.thefreedictionary.com/rapturing

Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts. (2017, April 23). Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/us/los-angeles-riots-fast-facts/index.html

-Esteban Garcia

To the natives, the bear symbolizes medicine and is often used in religious ceremonies. They also believe that the bear has magical powers and that's why they see it as medicine.

 Fell. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2018, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fell 

 

“Native American Bear Mythology.” Native American Indian Bear Legends, Meaning and Symbolism from the Myths of Many Tribes, www.native-languages.org/legends-bear.htm.

 -Aramis Alicea

This line means that through simple but vivid details the mother covers a lot of ground, outlining the diversity of ways in which the daughter can make her mark in the world. From writing with ink to fertility from growing berries or babies, to activism, and spilling her blood when necessary.

What is the meaning of marked?

The meaning an affixed or impressed device, symbol, inscription, etc., serving to give information, identify, indicate origin or ownership, attest to character or comparative merit, or the like, as a trademark.  The idea of “making a mark” in life is played against the idea of being “marked” throughout the poem. A gang member might “tag” a building, marking territory. Tattoos can be seen as simultaneously making a mark and being marked.

-Gabriela Zizumbo

 References:
 Marked. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com/browse/marked

Vulnerable. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com/browse/vulnerable

Frail
(of a person) weak and delicate.
This mean that in the poem the son has weak confidence.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/frail
Marcos Rios

California - Some Information about California is that California leads the U.S. in agricultural production. California is also home to famous cultural institutions and national parks including: Hollywood, Disneyland, Yosemite National Park, Alcatraz, Angel Island and the Golden Gate Bridge.

References

History.com Staff. (2009). California. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/california 

: Luna Morales

“3rd chair musicians, movie extras, bouncers, babysitters, chauffeurs, syndicated cartoonists, featherweight boxers, fruit-pickers and anonymous poets.”

The word Chauffeurs means in the text that Immigrants can get these jobs if they go to the U.S and they can do those jobs. 

California's largest ever fire was a force that could not be stopped. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-epic-fires-california-20171231-story.html

California was on fire in the book it said we are all getting burned. California was on fire for a couple of days so it can connect to the poem to. The book connects to real life events.

-Freddy Cruz

In my poem these were served to the people.

Pakora | Definition of pakora in English by Oxford Dictionaries. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pakora

Sophia Vargas

He was Tupac’s godfather. He was also a Black Panther like Tupac’s mother. He was actually a high ranking leader of the Black Panthers. He served 27 years in prison for a wrongful crime.

Tupac-Where is he from?

Tupac Shakur is from Eastern Harlem, New York City, NY. Tupac grew up there primarily then moved to Baltimore.

 -Akiyah Wafford

“ a state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

"they lived in squalor and disease"

 

In Luis J. Rodriguez poem it meant that when he would look in people's eyes he would see pain and how unpleasant they were.

Los Angeles Public Library. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/trauma-transformation

Stephanie  Padilla

a state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

In the poem they see you as a dirty person.

an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another.

a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women.

I think it means in the poem that you can be who you are.

a person who questions someone closely, aggressively, or formally.

a device that obtains data from a computer file, database, storage device, or terminal.

In the poem, it means to question them back.

fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).

die from the effect of a disease or injury.

I think it means don’t fall into their traps.

never ending or changing.

occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted.

I think in the poem if someone of your race did it’s probably going to you because you're their race. 

In the end of the poem it tells you don’t accept the demonization that happens to people in the world in schools and in public because they are racist.

 by Jaeson

“Mutulu Shakur.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Feb. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutulu_Shakur.

-Leah Haddad