The Poet X Vocabulary
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
By Liane Hicks
The Poet X is a realistic fiction novel that is written in verse. It is about 15-year-old Xiomara Batista, a gifted poet who lives with her family in Harlem, NY. The novel is from Xiomara's point of view and reads like her personal journal of poetry describing her life, her views on religion, having to face constant sexism, her strict Dominican parents, her new forbidden boyfriend, and navigating the world as a young woman of color trying to find her voice.
Storyboard Description
Students can illustrate and define new vocabulary from The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Storyboard Text
- CONFIRMATION
- “Of your own volition you will accept him into your lives. You will be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit. And this is a serious matter.”
- STOOP
- NUYORICAN POET'S CAFE
- (n.) Confirmation is a sacrament in which a person is admitted to full participation in the church, usually around the age of 12-14.
- (n.) small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house or apartment building.
- The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe is where Xiomara competes in the slam competition at the end of the novel. It is a real place in New York City, founded in 1973 by Puerto Rican poet Miguel Algarin. It has been a place for poets and artists of all races, cultures, and backgrounds to share their work ever since! Allen Ginsberg is quoted as saying the Cafe is "the most integrated place on the planet."
- THE POET XVOCABULARY and ALLUSIONS