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"Magic Island" -by Cathy Song
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"Magic Island" -by Cathy Song
Exit Ticket
What clues point to an explanation of the poem's title? Cite evidence from the text to support your ideas.
Identifying Theme:
Readers can make inferences based on information and details provided in the text.
Reread Lines 28-50 - explain what you can infer about the way the immigrants feel.
The words "joy" (Line 32], "bit of luck" [line 33], and "happiness" [line 42] indicate contentment
The words "suspicious" and "keep expecting rain" [lines 49-50] indicate caution in this new place.
Identifying Similes:
Lines 38-48
[Lines 40-41]: "as if the child were a treasured sack of rice"
[Lines 46-47]:
Lines 46-47:
"a black umbrella, blooming like an ancient flower"
Checking Answers:
Thank you!
1. Cite the line that contains a simile and identify what is being compared. What image does this simile create in your mind?
In Line 12 the poet uses a simile to compare the sky to a swimmer. The image created in the reader's mind is that the sea and sky blend into each other at the horizon.
2. Reread lines 1-12. Then, describe the park's setting. Use quotes from the text to support your answer.
The park is surrounded by water and both the water and the sky are blue. The author describes the park being "windy" and that a kite flies above the trees.
3. Identify the metaphor in lines 35-36. What is the light being compared to? Explain using text evidence.
The metaphor is "the sun sifting through the leaves in panes of light." The light is being compared to window panes.
"Magic Island"
AS YOU READ:
Look for clues that explain the meaning of the poem's title, Magic Island. Write down any questions you generate during reading.
Warm Up Activity
What do you know about Ellis Island?
Questions to answer:
1. Cite the line that contains a simile and identify what is being compared. What image does this simile create in your mind?
2. Reread lines 1-12. Then, describe the park's setting. Use quotes from the text to support your answer.
3. Identify the metaphor in lines 35-36. What is the light being compared to? Explain using text evidence.
Background Info:
During the time the author's grandparents lived, certain United States laws forbade interracial marriage.
Consequently, many immigrant men from Asia found, through the exchange of family letters and pictures, brides willing to travel to the United States to enter into arranged marriages
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