"Speaking with Hands"

Luis J. Rodriguez grew up in a poor, crime-ridden, gang-filled neighborhood of Los Angeles. In his poem, he shows how this can affect a mother's treatment and behavior at a corner grocery store.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: My Papa's Waltz, in just-, The Last Word, Mushrooms, I Remember, Invisible Man, Four Skinny Trees, Dirty Work, On Seeing England for the First Time, Speaking with Hands, The White Man's Burden, The Poor Man's Burden, Shooting an Elephant, Lindo Jong: Double Face, Stranger in the Village