Two Versions Of One Memory Spring Boa
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Memoir Unit
Two Versions of One Memory Lesson
Directions: You will read two texts about the same incident by the same author. One version is in prose and the other is in poetry. As you listen to both read aloud, visualize the incident and take notes on the graphic organizers below. Think about which version paints the most vivid picture for you.
Prose Version: “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez (Prose is ordinary written or spoken language, using sentences and paragraphs, without deliberate or regular meter or rhyme; not poetry, drama, or song.)
Diction
Imagery
Syntax
Inferences about the speaker based on VOICE
Poetry Version: “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez
Diction
Imagery
Syntax
Inferences about the speaker based on VOICE
Post Reading
Which version do you think is more powerful and why?
Which is easier to visualize and understand?
Prose Version: “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez
How does the speaker influence the telling of the incident?
What is the most important detail to you that is connected to this memory?
Poetry Version: “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez
How is the power of memory evident in this poem?
Imagine that the speaker has changed to Rano, the older brother. Write a piece in Rano’s voice describing the same incident from his perspective and using sensory images.
Memoir Unit
Two Versions of One Memory Lesson
Directions: You will read two texts about the same incident by the same author. One version is in prose and the other is in poetry. As you listen to both read aloud, visualize the incident and take notes on the graphic organizers below. Think about which version paints the most vivid picture for you.
Prose Version: “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez (Prose is ordinary written or spoken language, using sentences and paragraphs, without deliberate or regular meter or rhyme; not poetry, drama, or song.)
Diction
Imagery
Syntax
Inferences about the speaker based on VOICE
Poetry Version: “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez
Diction
Imagery
Syntax
Inferences about the speaker based on VOICE
Post Reading
Which version do you think is more powerful and why?
Which is easier to visualize and understand?
Prose Version: “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez
How does the speaker influence the telling of the incident?
What is the most important detail to you that is connected to this memory?
Poetry Version: “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez
How is the power of memory evident in this poem?
Imagine that the speaker has changed to Rano, the older brother. Write a piece in Rano’s voice describing the same incident from his perspective and using sensory images.