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Second Read
• Reread the poem to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
11. Craft and Structure: What is the meaning of the word alien as it is used in the title of the poem? What is the meaning as it is used in line 11?
In the title of the poem, alien is a noun that means “a person who was born in another country.” In line 11, alien is an adjective that means “strange, different.” RL.9–10.4
12. Key Ideas and Details: What is implied in lines 5–7 by the different activities performed in English and Spanish?
The author is suggesting that people see English as the language of success in business while they see Spanish as useful only for ordering food in a Mexican restaurant. RL.9–10.1
13. Craft and Structure: As you saw in Frida Kahlo’s artwork, juxtaposition is the arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison. Identify places where Mora juxtaposes two contrasting views, situations, or actions. How does she use this technique throughout the poem to create a sense of the speaker’s conflict with others—or her conflicted sense of self?
Note the highlighted words on the reduced SE page (in TE only). The use of the prefix “Bi” beginning the poem shows the poet’s sense of being in two worlds. She juxtaposes her perception of being viewed as “exotic” but “inferior” at the same time. Another juxtaposition starts with the title of the poem. She is legal but feels alien. RL.9–10.5
14. Key Ideas and Details: How does Pat Mora represent cultural identity in this poem?
Although an American citizen, Mora feels like an alien as she is constantly singled out for her roots. To the Mexican people also, she portrays her feelings of being far removed from their culture. She is thus torn between two worlds defined here by language occupation, and ethnicity (“Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural”) RL.9–10.2.
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saw in Frida Kahlo’s artwork, juxtaposition
is the arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison. Identify places where Mora juxtaposes two contrasting views, situations, or actions. How does she use this technique throughout the poem to create a sense of the speaker’s conflict with others—or her conflicted sense of self? Look at lines 5–7. What is Mora comparing? What else does Mora compare in the poem that show two viewpoints?
does Pat Mora represent cultural identity in this poem? What cultures does Mora compare in the poem? Identify the aspects of her cultural identity that she describes for both cultures.
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24 Based on the observations you made during the first reading, you may want to adjust the reading mode. For example, you may decide for the second reading to read aloud certain complex passages, or you may group students differently.
25 SECOND READ: During the second reading, students will be returning to the text to answer the text-dependent comprehension questions. You may choose to have students reread and work on the questions in a variety of ways:
• independently
• in pairs
• in small groups
• together as a class
26 Have students answer the text- dependent questions. If they have difficulty, scaffold the questions by rephrasing them or breaking them down into smaller parts. See the Scaffolding the Text-Dependent Questions boxes for suggestions.
SCAFFOLDING THE TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS
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