Chapter 2 Lesson 3

Task

Instruction

Gather

Class could be set up as a poetry café (dimmed lighting, snacks, neo soul music)

Synthesize

Students and teacher present their Where I’m From poems to the class

Transfer

Students and teacher gather in a circle to do affirmations based on the poetry café:
1. What did you appreciate in this poetry café?
2. Was there something in someone’s poem that really resonated with you?
3. How did this process make you feel? And why?

Beyond

There can be an extended discussion in class with regard to prejudging others, as hearing everyone’s poems might make the students realize their judgments of some students were wrong.