Pat mora biography summary worksheet

          A poet and author equally skilled at writing for both youth and adult audiences, Pat Mora has written a number of children's books and collections of poetry..

          Pat Mora

          American poet and author

          Not to be confused with Patrick Mora, a French theoretical plasma physicist.

          PatMora (born January 19, 1942)[2] is an American poet and author of books for adults, teens and children.

          A native of El Paso, Texas, her grandparents came to the city from northern Mexico.

          This worksheet asks students to use evidence from the poem to answer questions about the poem's message, theme, speaker, diction, and.

        1. SPECIFIC.
        2. A poet and author equally skilled at writing for both youth and adult audiences, Pat Mora has written a number of children's books and collections of poetry.
        3. This question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the poem “A Voice” by Pat Mora (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9.
        4. Pat Mora is one of the most distinguished and well-published Latina writers, especially as a poet and as an author of children's books.

          5. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, received Honorary Doctorates from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo, and was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership. A literacy advocate, in 1996, she founded Children's Day, Book Day (Spanish: El día de los niños, El día de los libros), now celebrated across the country each year on April 30.

          Career

          Pat Mora taught for the El Paso Public Schools, the El Paso Community College, and the University of Texas at El Paso where she then became Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and later Assistant to the President.

          Writing

          Mora began professionally writ