Gwendolyn Brooks' "10 POEMS" [LESSON ACTIVITIES & POEMS]
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This Gwendolyn Brooks "10 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] product provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 10 of Brooks' popular poems, 80+ discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this product. Check it out!
Summary:
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks moved to Chicago at a young age. She began writing and publishing as a teenager, eventually achieving national fame for her 1945 collection A Street in Bronzeville. In 1950 Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, for her book Annie Allen. She died in her Chicago home on December 3, 2000.
This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand the need to reflect.
Poems Included:
1. "The Kitchenette Building"
2. "A Song in the Front Yard"
3. "The Mother"
4. "We Real Cool"
5. "The Sonnet-Ballad"
6. "The Bean-Eaters"
7. "Sadie and Maud"
8. "Speech to the Young, Speech to the Progress - Towards"
9. Primer for Blacks"
10. "Tommy"
This Product Includes:
1. Who was Gwendolyn Brooks? Written/Video Biography
2. Each poem has 9 - 9 Discussion Questions [80+ questions]
3. Brooks Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. The Brooks Project
7. The Brooks Documentary
8. The Literary Criticism of Gwendolyn Brooks
9. Letters to the Speaker and much more
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