OL/OSB Activity 8: Thinking Critically and Questioning the Text by Hankins, Eric https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc en-us 2020-11-04 17:05:59 UTC 2026-01-27 06:58:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Who are the other characters in these poems? What do they help us understand about the situations the mother and daughter are facing? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890841227 The other characters in the poems are the cousins and the woman who came in the village to study the village. And the reporter shows that the village and the mother are in major poverty. And the cousins that went with the daughter shows that multiple young people in the village want to leave the village]]> 2020-11-04 17:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890841227 What is the significance of the different colored bandanas? What does this detail help us understand about the daughter’s situation? About the larger context for the poems? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890843708 The different colored bananas show what groups or organizations guard the border, this can go outside of the poem showing that this is a real life problem fro people trying to cross the border]]> 2020-11-04 17:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890843708 How does each poem start? Why is this important? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890844758 Both of the poems starts with the topic of the girl running. The reason why the poems start like this is to show how the poems start at the same time Just in different perspective. ]]> 2020-11-04 17:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890844758 Each poem contains a brief narrative or story. The daughter’s poem is a hypothetical scenario. The mother’s poem is an experience she had that day. What is the significance of these narratives? What do they help us understand? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890846749 The narratives that both of the characters go though in the poems show how serious the situations are for both characters and how there is very little room for error for the daughter to complete the journey. And the mother only has a certain amount of food left before she may die,]]> 2020-11-04 17:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890846749 Why do you think the mother’s perspective comes after the daughter’s perspective? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890848080 The mother's perspective comes after because it tells us what the mother is feeling after telling us what her daughter has to go through and how there's always different sides to a story or that there are always other people that suffer even if it's not themselves]]> 2020-11-04 17:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890848080 What does Garcia seem to be saying through her poems? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890849352 Garcia seems to present these poems in a chronological order. She wants the reader to understand the thinking process as to why one would have to leave, and the tribulations needed to get there.]]> 2020-11-04 17:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890849352 How does Garcia present this message or messages - consider the way the poems are organized, stanzas, lines, diction and imagery, POV, narrative? 2899742 https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890851498 Garcia seems to be sharing a story and the courage,strength,and thought process. We've seen in other stories the perspective of the immigrant, but not what it's like for them to leave home, and we don't normally see their exigence either]]> 2020-11-04 17:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2899742/x4f58fs7hpbeprbc/wish/890851498