During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman speaks at the inauguration of U.S.
Ron DeSantis, a Republican set to run for president, Florida has used this and other “parental rights” laws to ban works on LGBTQ issues, social justice and even math textbooks. The poem’s removal is the latest consequence of a Florida law that requires the approval of books in classrooms and grants any parent the power to complain about specific works. The same parent made similar complaints about “Love to Langston,” a poetry-based biography of Black poet Langston Hughes “The ABCs of Black History” and two books about Cuba, complaints obtained by the nonprofit group show.Ī materials-review panel at the school declined to remove the books from the school entirely but did decide to move the Gorman poem and two other disputed items to the library’s middle school section, which is for grades six through eight, according to minutes of an April meeting of the committee that were obtained by the nonprofit. It “is not educational and have (sic) indirectly hate messages,” the complaint said, adding that the poem would “cause confusion and indoctrinate students.” Explore the various meanings of light.The acclaimed poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration was moved from the elementary section of a Miami-Dade County public school after a parent complaint and school review, the district confirmed Tuesday.Ī parent of a student at Bob Graham Education Center – a kindergarten through eighth grade school in Miami Lakes – objected to Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb,” for which they erroneously listed Oprah Winfrey as the author/publisher, according to documents first obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project whose authenticity was confirmed by CNN. She both starts and ends her poem with light.
How does Gorman include history (older and recent) in her poem?.Where do you notice words being emphasized together with alliteration? How do you think those words work together to create meaning?.What metaphors does Gorman create? How do they help to make comparisons?.When did Gorman use anaphora? Why might she have chosen to use it there? What effect does it have?.When did Gorman use creative word play? To make what point? (An example of word play: “we’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace” is a play on the common phrase “peace and quiet”).What stands out to you? What part do you remember?.To explore the poem’s craft, some questions you can ask your students (these are also all on the hyperdoc linked above, created by Melissa Alter Smith):
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