Oscar Arriaga and Salvador Raya Period 1, computer February 21, 2013

Black history month Graphic Organizer and greeting card

Questions 1. Name the website you found the poem on. 2. What was the name of the poem? 3. Who is the author of the poem? 4. Insert the picture of the author. Answers The name of the website that I found the poem in is called afropoets.com The name of the poem is Fallen star The author of the poem is Tupac Shakur.

5. What does the title of the poem tell you?

The title tells me about a star that is falling. Similar to like someone falling

6. Explain the first thing you see about the poem.

behind in life. The first thing I saw about the poem was a part in the poem that said They

could never understand what u set out 2 do

7. Why did you select this poem? How did it interest or inspire you? 8. What mood did the poem create in you after reading it? I selected this poem because it was written by one of the worlds best rappers. The poem got me feeling sad because it said how some people bring you down and I can relate.

Happy Black History Month

Dear Salvador, Hello happy black history month! We celebrate black history month because of all the African Americans thought fought to earn their rights and they did so. Black history month is important because now because of all the African Americans, civil rights leaders, and the people that fought for African Americans rights. I selected this poem because it was

Fallen star By tupac shakur

They could never understand What u set out 2 do instead they chose 2 ridicule u

when u got weak they loved the sight of your dimming and flickering starlight

How could they understand what was so intricate 2 be loved by so many, so intimate they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse this way u could not alter the course of ignorance that they have set 2 make my people forget