Summer Reading DHS

Poems

What factors influence our identity?

"You Mean You Don't Weep at the Nail Salon"

Elizabeth Acevedo

"Dear Basketball"

Kobe Bryant

"I Hear America Singing"

Read to find out what is Walt Whitman's perspective on America.

"I, Too"

Read this poem to learn about Langston Hughes perspective of America. This is an actual response to Whitman's poem.

"Still I Rise"

Maya Angelou

Marking the Text-Poetry

CATCH Annotation

Copy this document to use for each poem you read. You can also use the same format and write on your own lined paper.

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