In the poem Gift it is a simple but meaningful. This poem many teenagers can relate to and wanting their first phone. This poem gives a great description of what a teenager is thinking and feeling. I personally can relate to this poem and wanting my first phone and seeing all my friends with one. This poem is appropriate for early teenagers/ high schoolers because the language and message relates to their lives.
pickThe poem in this book 'Food for each season' is cute and simple. This is a great poem for any age to read. It didn't rhyme but it had a good simple theme of describing a food with the type of season it went with.
pickIn this book the poem called 'Neighborhoods' is cute and simple. The description of the words make it easy to paint a picture of what the author is writing about. The poem would best interest any age of students. The description of the houses and who lives there and who has come so far and worked hard over the years to pay for nice housing is worded amazing.
pickThe poem 'Checkpoint' is informational and gives an inside look an a real family traveling from the US to Mexico. This is a great poem for older readers that would understand the whole crossing the boarder process. This is a great book for students to read about what other students and families have to go through when traveling from country to country. This poem does not rhyme as much but gives a lot of information in a short amount of words.
“In my family, I have the lightest skin. My big sister Teresa is toasty brown and little Arturo's the color of honey.“
These poems would be best for more experienced readers. I think this book would be great to have in a classroom for students to learn about transnational migration between the U.S. and Mexico.
pickThey Call Me Guero is a series of poems written by David Bowles published in 2018. The poems are about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growing up on the border. Migration is a key theme throughout the poems. The poems made me feel like I was apart of the experiences Guero had to go through. The rhythm of each poem differs.
“In my family, I have the lightest skin. My big sister Teresa is toasty brown and little Arturo's the color of honey.“
These poems would be best for more experienced readers. I think this book would be great to have in a classroom for students to learn about transnational migration between the U.S. and Mexico.
pickThey Call Me Guero is a series of poems written by David Bowles published in 2018. The poems are about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growing up on the border. Migration is a key theme throughout the poems. The poems made me feel like I was apart of the experiences Guero had to go through. The rhythm of each poem differs.
