Your World - Vocabulary
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Your World by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Lesson Plans by Ashley Trudeau
“Your World” is a remarkable poem with a message of perseverance. It describes the journey of a person recognizing their potential in the world, using a bird in flight as a metaphor to represent a person “flying” free from the limitations that would keep them from reaching their fullest potential.
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Your World Poem - Vocabulary | Your World by Georgia Douglas Johnson
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- Definition
- This is a restricted area. No one is allowed to enter!
- Quote
- I will achieve my goal. You will not stop me!
- n. a line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it
- Examples
- CORDON
- "I battered the cordons around me"
- Non-Examples
- No entry! This is a crime scene.
- Music Festival
- Everyone's welcome, come on!
- barrier, line, row, chain, ring, circle, picket line, close off
- combine, desegregate, free, join, let go, unite, release
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