Post 5: (Chapters 8 – 10, pages 80-120) As you read the next three chapters, pick specific lines to respond to. What lines did you like or dislike the most from each chapter? Why? Do you think these lines are important to the overall development of the story? Do you have any problems with the way race, class or gender is being portrayed here? Do you think these lines relate at all to your life? Why did you pick them? What do they mean to you?
Use these lines to create a found poem you feel relates to the big critical issues in the story, post the poem to the blog – record it and upload it to the blog so blog members can listen to it as well. You should try using voice thread for this activity
Mother Says
by Tim Monahan
I used to believe everything my mother said,
even when I didn’t know what she meant
“A girl is like a young tree, you must stand tall and
listen to your mother standing next to you.”
“See what happens when you don’t listen to your mother”
“A mother is best. A mother knows what is inside you”
“Not too many good things”
“This is not so good”
She could make me see black where there once was white,
white where there was once black
Where true words came from
Shut
up
I realized I was no better than who I was
I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me
“Why do you not speak up for yourself,” she said.
The power of my words was that strong
My mother gave it to me
Must be born this way
Learned this skill from
my mother
