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1 AAPI Women Voices: Untold Stories Through Poetry
LESSON 6 Form and Review AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

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Form and Structure The particular pattern and organization of the poem This can be created through the length of the lines, their rhythm, and the use of literary devices like rhyme and repetition AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

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“Sing with Your Body” Features to notice in the poem, “Sing with Your Body”: Observe the unique spacing she uses throughout to mimic dancing. The placement of the line “go quickly”. Your interpretation of each line and the concluding line. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

4 “Sing with Your Body” by Janice Mirikitani
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5 “Sing with Your Body” by Janice Mirikitani
FORM: CLASS DISCUSSION Question Class Notes What words, phrases or lines in “Sing with Your Body” draw your attention? What is Mirikitani trying to convey? What does the concluding line, “go quickly to who you are before your mother swallows what she has lost” mean? One interpretation of the poem is a mother encourages her daughter to explore who she is. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

6 “Sing with Your Body” by Janice Mirikitani
FORM: CLASS DISCUSSION One thing poets can do via poetry is to share how to deal with change. What in your life is changing? Is everything the same as it was? Record some things that have changed recently for you. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

7 Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META- PHOR ALLITE R-ATION REPETI- TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTATION NEGATIVE CONNOTATION 1 “the loo, the crew, the whole slough” 2 “If I could I’d gin, I’d bargain, I’d take a little troll” 3 “Bamboo, pine, plum, Resilience, strength, beauty” 4 “I am camellias that bloom at your door” 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” 6 “my crawling, crack-crazed street sprawled out” 7 “like a river of roots, we spread, connect, grow” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

8 Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 1 “the loo, the crew, the whole slough” 2 “If I could I’d gin, I’d bargain, I’d take a little troll” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

9 √ Reviewing literary devices: “the loo, the crew, the whole slough”
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 1 “the loo, the crew, the whole slough” √ 2 “If I could I’d gin, I’d bargain, I’d take a little troll” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

10 √ Reviewing literary devices: “the loo, the crew, the whole slough”
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 1 “the loo, the crew, the whole slough” √ 2 “If I could I’d gin, I’d bargain, I’d take a little troll” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

11 Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 3 “Bamboo, pine, plum, Resilience, strength, beauty” 4 “I am camellias that bloom at your door” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

12 √ Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 3 “Bamboo, pine, plum, Resilience, strength, beauty” √ 4 “I am camellias that bloom at your door” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

13 √ Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 3 “Bamboo, pine, plum, Resilience, strength, beauty” √ 4 “I am camellias that bloom at your door” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

14 Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” 6 “my crawling, crack- crazed street sprawled out” 7 “like a river of roots, we spread, connect, grow” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

15 √ Reviewing literary devices: 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” 6
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” √ 6 “my crawling, crack- crazed street sprawled out” 7 “like a river of roots, we spread, connect, grow” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

16 √ Reviewing literary devices: 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” 6
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” √ 6 “my crawling, crack- crazed street sprawled out” 7 “like a river of roots, we spread, connect, grow” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

17 √ Reviewing literary devices: 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” 6
SIMILE META-PHOR ALLIT-ERATION REPETI-TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTA-TION NEGATIVE CONNOTA-TION 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” √ 6 “my crawling, crack- crazed street sprawled out” 7 “like a river of roots, we spread, connect, grow” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

18 Reviewing literary devices:
SIMILE META- PHOR ALLITE R-ATION REPETI- TION RHYME POSITIVE CONNOTATION NEGATIVE CONNOTATION 1 “the loo, the crew, the whole slough” √ 2 “If I could I’d gin, I’d bargain, I’d take a little troll” 3 “Bamboo, pine, plum, Resilience, strength, beauty” 4 “I am camellias that bloom at your door” 5 “and memory is a burnt wire” 6 “my crawling, crack-crazed street sprawled out” 7 “like a river of roots, we spread, connect, grow” AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

19 Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Native Hawaiian born and raised in Pãlolo Valley, O’ahu. Concerned with the coastal use for commercial fisheries, tourism, military, heavy industry, and other activities. Actively participates in discussions to address these issues to protect the Hawaiian ecosystem. Board member of Pacific Tongues, an award- winning non-profit organization that cultivates an active Pacific Islander community of activists, writers, poets, musicians, performers, educators, and leaders. e. Currently a PhD candidate in English at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

20 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
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21 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the literary devices Stanza 1 I know girls like you The kind to run when seeing stacks of words on top of each other I know the way it makes every part of your body stutter, shake and shatter How the insecurity you think you’ve locked under your skin Comes flying past the surface  I know how the repeating consonants remind you of bars AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

22 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Repetition I know girls like you The kind to run when seeing stacks of words on top of each other I know the way it makes every part of your body stutter, shake and shatter How the insecurity you think you’ve locked under your skin Comes flying past the surface  I know how the repeating consonants remind you of bars Rhyme AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

23 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the literary devices Stanza 2 And walls Scratch against the back of your throat Like dry chalk AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

24 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Simile And walls Scratch against the back of your throat Like dry chalk AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

25 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the literary devices Stanza 2 How you will cramp and cram your tongue into itself Just to make the sounds seem like they fit falling through your lips AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

26 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
3 sets of Alliteration How you will cramp and cram your tongue into itself Just to make the sounds seem like they fit falling through your lips AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

27 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 3 I know how you will write Write And not know why Not understand the ocean of water falling out Because you will refuse To let a single word under light AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

28 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
I know how you will write Write And not know why Not understand the ocean of water falling out Because you will refuse To let a single word under light Rhyme AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

29 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 4 Because you are second language Second chance You are back of the classroom Without a hand You are broken body And beated tongue AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

30 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Repetition Because you are second language Second chance You are back of the classroom Without a hand You are broken body And beated tongue Metaphor & Negative Connotation “Without a hand, You are broken body, And beated tongue” is a negative connotation, meaning you are not able to raise your hand to offer your answers. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

31 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 5 You are poems On poems Because the thought of punctuation makes you want to crawl inside of yourself Makes you remember AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

32 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Repetition You are poems On poems Because the thought of punctuation makes you want to crawl inside of yourself Makes you remember Metaphor “You are poems, On poems, On poems” could mean there are many ways to write poems. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

33 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 6 You dumb You worthless child With words no worth Illiterate They say Illiterate you believe Because your vocabulary don’t stretch far enough to understand The way the attempt at that insult is laughable AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

34 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
You dumb You worthless child With words no worth Illiterate They say Illiterate you believe Because your vocabulary don’t stretch far enough to understand The way the attempt at that insult is laughable Negative Connotation Repetition AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

35 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 8 That cage they built with the rules of their words Make you believe they own your tongue AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

36 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
That cage they built with the rules of their words Make you believe they own your tongue Metaphor & Negative Connotation AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

37 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 8 How bright that light of you shines Who would have thought your future would be in words “your future would be in words” could mean your future is determined by the language you speak. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

38 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
How bright that light of you shines Who would have thought your future would be in words Rhyme Metaphor & Negative Connotation “your future would be in words” could mean your future is determined by the language you speak. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

39 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 9 And because you were the last to learn of your brilliance It will be your job to remember The fractures of beginning The way you built your own fortress from nothing AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

40 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
And because you were the last to learn of your brilliance It will be your job to remember The fractures of beginning The way you built your own fortress from nothing Positive Connotation AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

41 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 9 Took those words they called broken And misused And lined the whitest of Houses with your dirty brown speech AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

42 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Took those words they called broken And misused And lined the whitest of Houses with your dirty brown speech “dirty brown speech” means broken words. Metaphor & Negative Connotation AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

43 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 10 Don’t let their walls, cages, rules and commas name you anything other than genius Than strong Than beauty Because you are transformation embodied Evolution acquired You are two worlds In one throat The closest thing to coexisting That survives AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

44 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Don’t let their walls, cages, rules and commas name you anything other than genius Than strong Than beauty Because you are transformation embodied Evolution acquired You are two worlds In one throat The closest thing to coexisting That survives Positive Connotation Metaphor for You are bilingual AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

45 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Identify the 7 literary devices Stanza 11 You are Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio A chant sung to the heavens You are made of words Built of language And the last thing you should be afraid of Is yourself AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

46 “Letter to a Bilingual Poet” by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
What do you think the concluding line means? Stanza 11 You are Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio A chant sung to the heavens You are made of words Built of language And the last thing you should be afraid of Is yourself The concluding line could mean you should be proud of who you are. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

47 “I Am” Poem Feedback Form:
Use the handout to discuss the following: The strengths of the piece & what you might want to improve or change Two things you like about the piece Two things you have questions about Lastly, rate the clarity of the central idea, the concluding line, and the use of the seven literary devices from this unit 1. Pair students according to need or self-selection. 2. Have both students read and silently record feedback on one another’s “I Am” poem on the central idea and the 7 techniques. 3. Direct student A to share feedback for five minutes. 4. Direct student B to share feedback for five minutes. AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

48 Homework - “I Am” Poem Revision:
Complete this handout for homework using the comments and suggestions on your feedback form: What are you trying to convey in your poem? (What is the central idea of your poem?) What is your concluding line to convey your message? What words, phrases or lines do you want to use to draw readers’ attention? How would you revise them using the 7 techniques? (simile, metaphor, repetition, alliteration, rhyme, positive and negative connotation) How would you revise your poem with a different form to convey your message? Write your revised poem AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

49 “Black White Whatever” by Kelly Tsai Performance
Features to Notice: Observe how Kelly changes scenes to provide emphasis. Think through what she wants the audience to learn. What is her theme? Reminder: You will perform your own “I Am” poem in front of class in next lesson [run time: 4 minutes] AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

50 AAPI Women Voices: Untold Stories Through Poetry
Curriculum Developer: Megan Roberto Curriculum Contributors: Prabhneek Heer, Kristy Phan AdvancingJustice-LA.org AASC.UCLA.edu

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