Read the poetry and answer the questions in 1-2 sentence.

On page 48, poet Natalie Diaz claims every story is a story of water. Access to water is the very foundation of a society, a city, and a civilization. The challenge for this class is to say how we can find it in our texts.

1.Assuming you read “lake-loop” by Natalie Diaz (46), “Acequia del Llano”
by Arthur Sze (150), and “The Beginning of the Beginning” by Phuong T.
Vuong (154), from The Best American Poetry, 2021.

2. For each poem, write 1-2 sentences on why water is important to the story.

3. Tell me TWO examples of texts where water is an important part of the text.
Write 1-2 sentences eac