My Mother Pieced Quilts

• Read the poem on your own.
  
• Divide the poem into four parts for key word notes
  
• Re-read the poem, adding key words to understand poem
  
• Respond to the following:
  1. Who is the speaker of the poem?
  2. To whom is the speaker speaking?
  3. Describe the speaker’s family.
  4. Describe 4 sources of fabric for the quilts.
  5. Reread lines 51-54. Who are “they”? In what way are they… armed? ready? shouting? celebrating?
  6. Describe the theme of the poem.