WRITING PROMPT FOR ADULT ESL STUDENTS IN THE U.S.:

https://youtu.be/L5HYfRiQJBg

LISTEN TO AN UPBEAT, BARRIO-INSPIRED SONG AND WRITE YOUR OWN "IF" POEM. PLEASE READ RUDYARD KIPLING'S "IF" POEM, AND JOHN STEINBECK'S "THE GRAPES OF WRATH" FOR INSPIRATION.

"IF"

IF GLADY'S "DREAMCHILD" DAUGHTER MADE IT TO THE U.S.,

IF BARRIOS HAD AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FOR HER ALSO,

IF THE BATTERED, MINORITY MUMS DIDN'T HAVE BLACK EYES,

IF WE COULD HAVE THE WORLD IN THIS WAY,

WOULD WE STILL BE ALIVE,

OR WOULD THAT JUST BE ANOTHER WORLD, THAT I CALL HEAVEN?