They are to recreate a situation or activity where strangers are often placed together, i.e., bus, football game, park, etc. Two students will be instructed to speak a gibberish only they seem to understand while the other two students speak English or Pig Latin. Their improvisation will elicit further discussion about racial attitudes. Students will review essay written by Pablo Medina. Students will begin developing material for poetry.
Materials Copy of essay.
Medina vividly describes his father s great love of the land. Students will begin using the writing process to create poems about Cuban life. Students will act out coffee house poetry reading using own material. Drafting refer to the list of images to develop ideas. Share read aloud and discuss ideas in class in smaller groups.