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Where are they (open and close quotation marks) positioned in the
sentences?
What are enclosed in quotation marks?
How do the uses of the quotation marks in verse no.1 differ from
verse no.2?
When do we use a set of single quotation marks (‘ ‘ )?
What are the other uses of quotation marks?
Report back to class, and share your findings.
B. QUOTE ME
Recall your most liked or interesting lines ( at least three ) from the poems
explored in class.
Imagine the persona/ poet is personally talking to you.
Report directly what the persona/ poet is saying by writing these lines
using quotation marks.
C. You Said It
have a purpose driven life.
Create a discussion between the poet/ persona and you about it.
Act out a conversation and present a written copy of the conversation or
dialogue.
Use quotation marks in your dialogue.
With a partner,
DRAFT
create a brief conversation you would have about how to
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YOUR DISCOVERY TASKS
To expand your experiences on the message of the poem, you need to
Task 1
STRIVE
Pair up, and share ideas, thoughts on how can a poem help young people
who are having trouble.
Report back to class.
Task 2 Sharing with the Persona
Work in groups of five, imagine you meet the persona.
Share which of the persona’s
insights you would like to discuss with him
experiences that made him change his mind strengthen his resolve
about something or see something about himself and others in a new
light.
Report back to class.
Task 3
Your Turn
Imagine you are a poet receiving the Medal of Honor Award for the
inspirational poem you shared.
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