through nikki's eyes
Take some time now to independently read the article about Nikki Giovanni. While reading pay attention to the characteristics of this particular text. Do not forget to use the highlight- it and mark-it strategy to take notes while reading.
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organize your notes and thoughts
Now that you have read the article and took some notes. I want you to compare your notes to the notes you took on the characteristics of the poem "Ego Tripping." To compare those notes, you will complete the graphic organizer attached below.
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After the organizer
The last thing that you will do for this lesson is to go to the tab entitled, "Discussion Forum" on that forum you will add a comment to the current blog post, sharing with your classmates one thing that you learned about the characteristics of poetry, use an example from either the poem or the article we covered today as evidence support.