Yesterday, in the video you saw about Angel Island, there was a brief mention of the poetry detainees wrote while there. Do you remember that they pointed it on the walls? Well, today we are going to take a good look at some of the poetry.
First we are going to watch a video about the poems here.
Next we are going to look at a website, “The Poetry of Angel Island.” There are four poems on it that you will be able to read and listen to. After we take a look together as a class I will divide you into four groups, one for each poem. Your job will be to study your poem, listen to it, see if you can really get the sense of it, what the writer was communicating. Then you are to take a piece of poster paper and present the poem on it. You may want to draw, to use collage, watercolors, or something else. However you thnk you can best present the poem. These posters will go outside the classroom so they need to be wonderful!