Students will analyze two gothic poems on the same theme to recognize gothic elements, figurative language, and differences in tone on that theme.
This activity is an alternative for the topic test in the section "Contemporary Voices" for English III B.
You will read a poem by Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Mr. Rodriguez's brother, and analyze the current events or social / cultural truths of life in America today present in the poem. Then, you will write your own poem reflecting your own cultural experience. |