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Teaching I Ask My Mother to Sing

I Ask My Mother to Sing

A poem about the relationships between memory, song, and emotion.

Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee, “I Ask My Mother to Sing” from Rose. Copyright © 1986 by Li-Young Lee. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of BOA Editions, Ltd., boaeditions.org.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do people experience reminiscing differently?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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