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Teaching Vocabulary

Vocabulary

The free verse poem "Vocabulary" by Sudanese American poet Safia Elhillo is structured as a multiple-choice test and explores how language can be open to interpretation.

Safia Elhillo
Reproduced from The January Children by Safia Elhillo by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 2017 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How can language be open to interpretation?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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