SOCIALIZING I'ma try to get as much as people as possible in this remind classroom (get the app or go to the link remind. com). I'm gonna make a large group c. hat to socialize and meet new friends on it. Once you've log into remind, join using this code lolz89 and you will be added to the group c. hat within a few hours. if you want to be helpful, copy this message and pass it on by posting so we can get a lot of people to join.

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?