Amanda Gorman: Daughters Metro Map to City Identity

Amanda Gorman: Daughters Metro Map to City Identity

Objectives

• To read and analyze Amanda Gorman's poem "Daughters Metro Map to City Identity"

• To uncover and articulate the theme in the poem

• To write our own Identity Map poem

• To identify our speaker's identity through figurative language

Open Ended

What do you know about Amanda Gorman?

Amanda Gorman

Grew up in Los Angeles

Graduate of Harvard University

Struggled with auditory processing disorder

Step 1: Look at Title: "Daughter's Metro Map to City Identity"

• What words stand out to you?

• What does it reveal to you about the potential topic of the poem?

• What do you wonder about?

Let's Read

• Listen carefully to Gorman's words.

• Where is she taking you? What is she showing you?

Let's Listen!

Listen Again

Gorman states that this is a great introduction to who she is. After listening, how would you describe Amanda Gorman?

Multiple Choice

What figurative language device is being used throughout the poem to describe herself (comparing her life to something else WITHOUT using like or as)?

• Allusion

• Extended Metaphor

• Double Entendre

• Anaphora