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### Crafting Connections: Exploring Heritage through My Mother Pieced Quilts ###

This lesson plan focuses on analyzing the poem "My Mother Pieced Quilts" and its exploration of heritage and identity. Students will engage in warm-up activities correcting common errors in sentences and then dive into a literary narrative. They will read aloud, annotate the poem for striking imagery, and discuss its significance with partners. Activities include highlighting important words, creating personal quilt pieces that symbolize their identities, and participating in meaningful discussions about the poem’s themes. The goal is to foster connection through language and personal storytelling. ###

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### Crafting Connections: Exploring Heritage through My Mother Pieced Quilts ###

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  1. Warm-Up • Correct these sentences-12 errors: (apostrophe, colon, periods, comma, words often confused, homophone) • derricks father carried the dog home at 930 AM and then he began to bathe it • naomi please get off of that table and set hear by the window *Don’t forget your homework is due Friday!

  2. Literary Narrative • Using your cross finish your introduction • Make sure your foldable has your name on it, put the prompt inside and • TURN IT IN!

  3. My Mother Pieced Quilts • The speaker uses images of quilts and quilting to show connections both to her mother and to her heritage as a Mexican American • We’re going to read the poem aloud • Put a * to signal striking or interesting images • A ? To signal a line that is puzzling or to note a question in the margin • A ! To indicate a personal connection to the poem

  4. My Mother Pieced Quilts • Read the poem again to yourself • draw an illustration for one stanza which you will then share with a partner • partner discussion: Why is this memory significant to the speaker? How does the poet use imagery to convey the significance of the memory?

  5. My Mother Pieced Quilts • Identify: • Topic of the poem • Purpose of the poem • Occasion

  6. My Mother Pieced Quilts • You need yellow, green & orange highlighters • Reread the poem • Identify the following in the stanza you are assigned: • Nouns—yellow • Verbs—green • Adjectives—orange

  7. My Mother Pieced Quilts • Choose three of the words you highlighted • Using these words give 3 synonyms for each (you may use a thesaurus) • With a partner explain why you think Acosta chose the particular word she did rather than one of the synonyms • Explain how the poem would be affected if Acosta had used one of the synonyms

  8. My Mother Pieced Quilts • Pick the most significant word in the poem regardless of its part of speech, and discuss why you think this one word is so important • Answer questions 3-4 on page 9 with your partner

  9. Academic Vocabulary • Vocabulary section of your notebook • Divide it in half • Left side=word • Right side=definition

  10. Your own quilt piece • Brainstorm a list of significant experiences from your childhood that SYMBOLIZE who you are as a person • Choose one to develop • Be sure the one you choose captures the essence of your character • It needs to be neat and colorful • These will be hung on the wall to create a Class Quilt!

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