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    10th Advanced

    Secondary Level Unit 1


    English Department 2022

    Name:
    Name:
    Name:
    “The Writing on the Wall”

    Answer the comprehension check using complete sentences.

    1. Who was sent to Angel Island and under what circumstances?


    - Any immigrant whose papers were not in order because of health concerns, or
    any other irregularities was sent to Angel Island.

    2. Why were the poems inscribed on the walls at Angel Island so hard to see?
    - Because they were penned, and then painted over.

    3. According to the writer, how will the preservation of the Angel Island Detention
    Center poetry benefit her as a poet?
    - Because it can teach her the power of poetry: to calm, to communicate, to
    commiserate, and to conserve.

    Write a short poem using the 3 vocabulary words (memento, composed, inscribed)
    connected to the topic of the blog post. Highlight each vocabulary word.

    The memento that Chinese had,


    were composed by the words.
    that were inscribed in the walls.

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