Lesson+4+-+Poetry+and+Cultural+Identity

=Welcome Ms. Vincent's English Class!!! = = =  In today's lesson we will look at two different poems, written by two different people. Once you have read the poems you are to respond to the 7 critical thinking questions within the Discussion tab. You will need your notebooks and a pen for this lesson.

The first thing you are going to do is read the two poems. While you read the two poems I want to you think about, and respond to the following questions in your notebook:  Click here to read We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal
 * Who is the speaker in the poem? How can you tell?
 * Why is the poem being written?
 * What is the poem about?

Click here to read We are Australian by Judith Durham

Once you have read BOTH poems click on the 'discussion' tab at the top of the screen. In __full sentences__, and using __proper grammar__ techniques, you are to respond to questions 1-7 in the wiki.