Thursday, January 2, 2014

Do Now: In "The Legend", who are the people involved? What is the setting? What is the event?
Classwork: "The Legend" by Garrett Hongo

We have focused on the who, what , where, and when in this poem. Today we focus on the why.
Why is the author ashamed of himself.
Why does he include the allusion to a Hawaiian legend?
Why is this poem a perspective on our inner-city culture?
Poetry Project - You will use a newspaper article and create  a poem in Hongo's style.
Homework: Bring the article/summary of newscast as well as the preliminary steps you filled out on the handout to create your poem.