1. Warm-up Write about an experience that involved you and at least one other person. Briefly describe the event how you remember it. Then describe how the other person, or people, remember it differently?

2. Objective To compare and contrast the effectiveness of an author’s use of prose and poetry to create voice and relate an experience, and to use the most effective genre (prose or poetry) to compose a written piece in the voice and perspective of another character.

3. Read “Always Running” As you listen, please do the following: – Annotate the text (highlight) Diction of the characters Strong images that catch your attention – Five senses Syntax; length of sentences, paragraphs, repetitions

4. Luis Rodriguez Lunch Poets

5. Read “Race Politics” As you listen, please do the following: – Annotate the text (highlight) Diction of the characters Strong images that catch your attention – Five senses Syntax; length of sentences, paragraphs, repetitions

6. Two Images, Same Event From each version, choose an image that stood out the most, or made the strongest impression. – What effect does that image have on you as the reader? – Why do you think Rodriguez creates a strong image in that part of the story? – Is the image the same in both versions? Why or why not? Which is stronger?

7. Two Versions of One Memory Which version of the story is more powerful? Why did you choose the version that you did? Which version is easier to understand? What inferences can be made about both characters in the prose piece and the poem?

8. One Memory; Second Perspective How does the speaker influence the story? – Write a piece (prose or poem) from the perspective of the brother RANO. How does the story change/stay the same when told from Rano’s perspective?