"In Response to Executive Order 9066"

The subtitle of the poem explains Executive Order 9066: "All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers." Dwight Okita contrasts the harsh and suspicious tone of this official order with the innocent obedience of a fourteen-year-old girl.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Poetry, poemcrazy, Nikki-Rosa, We Real Cool, Fast Break, Identity, Ego Tripping, Hanging Fire, odes, Sonnet 18, In Response to Executive Order 9066, Young, Poetry Cafe, poems by Nikki Giovanni
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  1. galosh
    a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
    Of course I'll come. I've packed my galoshes
  2. packet
    a small package or bundle
    and three packets of tomato seeds
  3. messy
    dirty and disorderly
    I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling
    and a messy room.
  4. funny
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    If it helps any, I will tell you
    I have always felt funny using chopsticks
  5. favorite
    preferred above all others and treated with partiality
    and my favorite food is hot dogs
  6. geography
    study of the earth's surface
    I saw Denise today in Geography class
  7. enemy
    an opposing military force
    "You're trying to start a war," she said, "giving secrets
    away to the Enemy."
  8. seed
    small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow
    I gave her a packet of tomato seeds
    and asked her to plant them for me
  9. ripen
    grow ripe
    when the first tomato ripened
  10. miss
    feel or suffer from the lack of
    she'd miss me
Created on Fri Sep 26 14:26:36 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Sep 26 16:42:10 EDT 2014)

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