The Poet X Review
Xiomara sees her mother as a person who judges and misunderstands her, while being obsessively attached to Catholicism.
What are the three types of marks you can get on your Do Nows?
check, check minus, or an x
Her hair was as dark as the night sky
Simile
The beginning of an essay?
The end of an essay?
Intro
Conclusion
Where is Xiomara and her family living right now? Where did her mother move from?
Harlem
Dominican Republic
Describe Twin.
How is he seen by Mami?. How is he seen by Xiomara?
Twin the nickname for Xiomara's twin brother.
Mami adores Twin, as he is a talent in the church with his knowledge of the Bible, and his status as an altar boy. According to Xiomara, she puts less pressure on him.
Xiomara also connects with Twin. She sees him as being soft, but also very thoughtful and kind.
What 3 things must you do as you enter class?
What do you do at the end of each class period?
1. grab folder
2. take assignment
3. open folder, sit and start do-now
At the end, put assignment + do now in folder, have one group member take all folders up.
The desert heat punched at our faces
Personification
What counts as evidence in an essay or short response?
What kind of school does Xiomara go to? How is it described.
What kind of school does Twin go to?
Xiomara goes to a neighborhood public school in Harlem called Chisholm. The reputation is that it has a history of gang fights and drug deals. Although this is not the case anymore, the image stands the same.
Twin goes to a fancy school for students with high test scores. It is very nice and well-funded.
Why does Mami want Xiomara to act submissive and stay away from men?
This may because of her previous trauma with Papi, in which he spent a lot of time in scenarios where he flirted with women and drank.
How many bathroom passes do you get a week?
What happens when you have extra passes left over?
6 passes
You get 5 extra credit points per pass
Metaphor
Restate Question
Answer Question
What scarring event did Xiomara experience in 5th grade? How did Mami React?
Why does Mami want Xiomara to join the church?
What about Mami's past dreams would influence her to pressure Xiomara in this way?
Mami has high expectations for Xiomara; she wants Xiomara to be focused on religion as a way of living vicariously through her. When Mami lived in DR, she wanted to be a nun, however, her family pressured her into moving to the US and marrying, which made it impossible for her to be totally devoted to Christ in the way she wanted.
What is the reward for putting the phone in the bucket during reading sessions?
Up to 3 additional test points on CRQ or Reading Quiz
In that moment, I was Luke Skywalker, and my teacher was the evil Emperor.
Allusion
What is a Thesis
The biggest argument of your essay
Why does Xiomara like her teacher Ms. Galiano? What is it about writing poetry that makes it so important to Xiomara?
Xiomara believes Ms. Galiano actually wants to know about her through the writing assignments.
Writing helps her express the feelings and thoughts she wouldn't be able to under the pressure of others, especially Mami.
In the poem "It Happens", why does Xiomara repeat herself so much?
What was the stressful situation that inspired that poem? (Hint: Caridad and Twin were there as witnesses)
She repeats herself constantly in order to illustrate the multiple times in which she has felt herself being harassed by men. She forces the reader into her mindset, as they feel annoyed and irritated at the unending cycle of trauma.
The situation that inspired the poem was an encounter with a basketball player at Goat Park. The player confronted Xiomara while grabbing his crotch, sexually harassing her.
How much time does one get for the Do Now?
Will a student be allowed to submit their do now late if they show up late or are in the bathroom?
15 minutes, unless requested for extension
Students cannot submit Do Nows late for those reasons.
The water was a mirror. The waves called out to me and told me not to worry. Don't worry...Don't worry...Don't worry...
3 poetic devices
Metaphor
Personification
Repetition
C and E in Race strategy
Cite evidence
Explain your reasoning
In "How I Feel About Attention" Why does Xiomara create an Allusion to Medusa? What does she want to learn from her?
It's likely she relates to Medusa's harassment from Posiedon, as well as the reception of blame from a mother figure (Athena).
She would like to know how to "turn men to stone", likely a metaphor for one's ability to stand up for themself and push away unwanted threats.