Characters
The main character of the Poet X.
Who is Xiomara Batista?
The author of The Poet X?
Who is Elizabeth Acevedo?
Authors use this to make a point.
What is repetition?
This person received brass knuckles for his birthday, but used them to make a science experiment with them...
Who is Twin?
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence states that the United States is now free from England and America is its own country. Basically, a breakup letter to England.
Who is Twin? OR Who is Xavier?
The story takes place in...
Harlem, New York
This literary device used to compare two objects with the words, "like" and "as"
What is a simile?
What does Xiomara's name mean?
Ready for battle. She writes a poem about this!
What were the first set of laws written in the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
The mother in the book.
Who is mami?
Use 3 words to describe Xiomara's mom
2. strict
3. Tough
Anything similar responses will do
A comparison that doesn’t use like or as
A metaphor
What type of techniques are we learning during this unit?
Narrative Techniques
What was the result of the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution. We still use this document today!
The father in the book.
Who is Papi?
Xiomara's English teacher
Who is Ms. Galiano?
Name the structure of a Haiku poem
Three lines.
The first line has 5 syllables
The second line has 7 syllables
The third line has 5 syllables.
Elizabeth Acevedo started writing books because...
she noticed most books written for young adults/middle school students did not have stories that connected with Black and Latinx youth.
What was added to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights.
Xiomara's best friend.
Who is Caridad?
What is the genre of the book we are currently reading?
Poetry
Provide an example of a Haiku
*anything that has follows the 5/7/5 pattern gets the points
Where do Haiku's originate from?
Japan
Describe the difference between the federalists and the anti-federalists?
The federalists believed in a strong central government. The federalists mostly lived in the city, and were wealthy. While the anti-federalists believed in strong state governments. The anti-federalists mostly lived in rural settings and were working class.