ANALYZE How I Learned English 3. Analyze Text Structure: Free Verse Read lines 24-30 aloud to a partner,
Have your partner evaluate how you follow punctuation instead of line breaks.
Then switch roles and repeat the activity. Tell which line ends with a full stop,
which lines end with a slight pause, and which lines end with no pause at all.
4. Focus Strategy Ask Questions Why do you think Gregory Djanikian chose to
write about this event in a poem rather than in a nonfiction narrative? Do you
think the form is appropriate for communicating his story?
Return to the Text
Reread and Write Reread lines 39-46 of the poem. Write one paragraph telling
how the speaker's actions illustrate his success at communicating.