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Many Years Later: Responding to Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool”
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Poetry Reading and Interpretation Through Extensive Modeling
Students will research, read, clarify, analyze, and interpret John Berryman’s poetry and create a sustained evaluation of a given poem in a three- to four-page essay.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 3
Gwendolyn Brooks published Bronzeville Boys and Girls in 1956.
After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom.