Aim: Students will understand the term epic poem.
Students will engage in active reading by identifying the poem’s epic characteristics
Students will make connections
Students will enhance their vocabulary
Do Now: What kind of revolution would you like to fight for and why? Explain in your journals.
Response: I don't know for what revolution I would fight for, but what I do know is that many people would or do fight for early child marriges. Others fight for civil rights and woman rights too. In Israel, for example, woman are not allowed to drive.
Classwork:
1.Read an excerpt from:
“I am Joaquin/Yo Soy Joaquin” by Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales
2.Comprehension check:
a. According to the speaker, what struggle have his fathers won and what struggle have they lost?
According to the speaker, his father had won the economic struggle and have lost the cultural struugle. The immagrants have to work hard and only earn minimum wage.
b. What does the speaker wish for his children?
The speaker wishes his children to know who he is. he wants to leave something behind for future generations.
3.Think critically:
a.What kind of revolution do you think the speaker is calling for? Explain.
I think that the speaker ios calling for a Mexican-American civil Right Movement. He also wants others to join him in the fight towards the social an economic struggle.
b. Analyze the poem as an effort to persuade. Who do you believe is the intended audience, and what do you think the poet wants the audience to do, think, and feel?
I belive that the intended audience was the Latin American people who lived in the US during that time of the 1960's. He wants them to join him in the importance of continuing to battle for their social revolution. To recognize his culture, he must fight the social economic battle.
Teacher’s Model:
Epic Characteristics
Evidence from Poem
Hero with high ideals
Courageous deeds
Large-scale setting
Universal ideas
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