02/11 Warm Up by English I Teacher

Please answer ONE of the questions below after reading the biography.

teachersrock — 2021-02-11 00:40:51 UTC

Biography: Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award-winning writer and high distinctions graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Sociology. She has written for the New York Times and has three books forthcoming with Penguin Random House.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, she began writing at only a few years of age. Now her words have won her invitations to the Obama White House and to perform for Lin-Manuel Miranda, Al Gore, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Malala Yousafzai, and others. Amanda has performed multiple commissioned poems for CBS This Morning and she has spoken at events and venues across the country, including the Library of Congress and Lincoln Center. She has received a Genius Grant from OZY Media, as well as recognition from Scholastic Inc., YoungArts, the Glamour magazine College Women of the Year Awards, and the Webby Awards. She has written for the New York Times newsletter The Edit and penned the manifesto for Nike's 2020 Black History Month campaign. In 2017, Amanda Gorman was appointed the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate by Urban Word – a program that supports Youth Poets Laureate in more than 60 cities, regions and states nationally. She is the recipient of the Poets & Writers Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, and is the youngest board member of 826 National, the largest youth writing network in the United States (Amanda Gorman)<---Click here to read more about her, and also see her books!

Question: Please write one thing you would like to ask her based on his biography.
Question: What is one thing you learned about Amanda Gorman?

Sentence Stem: If I could ask Amanda Gorman one thing it would be ______________________________, because ________________.
Sentence Stem: One thing I learned about Amanda Gorman is _______________.

Watch her inauguration speech!

teachersrock — 2021-02-11 00:53:41 UTC

Skylar. p

2021-02-11 14:15:30 UTC

Amanda Gorman is the recipients of the poets and writers also the youngest board members f the 826 national the largest youth writing network in the United States

Jaylan Guin

11302131 — 2021-02-11 14:17:22 UTC

If I could ask Amanda Gorman one thing it would be what influenced her to do poetry and how did she deal with doubters

Naijah Berry

11173752 — 2021-02-11 14:20:17 UTC

Gabrielle

2021-02-11 14:20:19 UTC

If I could ask Amanda Gorman one thing it would be what was her inspiration and how long did it take for her to get where she is in life and did she have any complications if so what were they.

Queen Holt

2021-02-11 15:16:45 UTC

If i could ask her one thing it would be how does it feel to be apart of history.

James walko

11222741 — 2021-02-11 15:17:06 UTC

One thing I learned about Amanda Gorman is She is the recipient of the Poets & Writers Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, and is the youngest board member of 826 National, the largest youth writing network in the United States.

Makayla Davis

2021-02-11 15:23:34 UTC

One thing I learned about Amanda Gorman is that she was the youngest inaugural poet in U.S history

Samiya Agnew .

2021-02-11 15:23:53 UTC

i wonder how old was she when she started writing and what made her start writing .

Jermaine smith

2021-02-11 19:21:55 UTC

One thing that I learn was that she was the youngest writer.

Kanaysha Williams

2021-02-11 19:22:57 UTC

One thing I learned about Amanda Gorman is that she is the youngest of 826 National.
One thing I would ask her is, what it was like to receive her first bit of big recognition.

Kc

2021-02-11 19:24:31 UTC

If I was able to ask her a question I would ask her what
Inspired her to keep going

Nal

2021-02-16 04:31:36 UTC

Na'kiyah

2021-02-16 04:33:32 UTC

One thing I would ask her is how does it feel to get so much recognition and win awards. One thing I learned is that she is the recipient of the poets & Writers Barnes & Nobles Writers for Writers awards.