1-21-20

Date: 1-21-20                                                             homeworkushg.blogspot.com

Teacher: Ms. Figueroa/U.S History and Government.              Class: ____________

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________________________________

HOMEWORK

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Daywork

There is daywork for colored women.
In the mornings their dark bodies
fill the crosstown buses,
taking them away                             Line 4
from Nicholtown                               Line 5
to the other side of Greenville       Line 6
where the white people live.           Line 7
Our grandmother tells us this
as she sets a small hat with a topaz pin on her head, pulls white gloves
over her soft brown hands.

Level 1:

1.    Read or ask for help reading lines #4 - #7 Does this poem represent segregation or emancipation? _____________

Level 2:

1.    Read the poem by Jacqueline Woodson from brown girl dreaming. Fill in the blanks to summarize the poem. 

This poem is about ______________ who work during the day on other side of town. The women are ___________________ from “where the white people live”. 

2. Does this poem represent segregation or emancipation? This poem represents ________________________. 

Level 3:

1.     Summarize the poem above: include a noun (person), a location and a verb (action) in your sentence. 

____________________________________________________

2. Does this poem represent segregation or emancipation? This poem represents ________________________.