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From: Crystal <cfaris>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:57:46 -0500
Mr. Hopkins post reminding us of poetry as an introduction to biography triggered a fond memory of one of my most successful booktalks for an elementary school. I had been requested to booktalk only non-fiction and not being a big non-fiction fan, I was struggling with this request but decided to hook each booktalk to an object in a huge bag I took to the class with me. On each object I attached a notecard with a poem that applied to the object and connected to one of the books I planned to booktalk (I admit that some of the connections were a stretch!). The students took turns picking an object and reading the poem, then I proceeded to booktalk the book.
Class participation, bizarre objects (such as a giant plastic spider), poetry, and non-fiction booktalks turned out to be a winning combination. (Of course, I also had the poetry books with me from which I had taken the poems and all books had been checked out to the classrooms for their use.)
Crystal Faris Youth Services Manager Nassau Library System 900 Jerusalem Ave.; Uniondale, NY 11553 516)2?20; cfaris at nassaulibrary.org www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/kidsmainpage.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Lbhcove at aol.com
To: Subscribers of ccbc-net
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Nonfiction in the Classroom
Does anyone use poetry to coincide with biography? Recently several books of
poems have appeared highlighting famous lives. One is FREEDOM LIKE SUNLIGHT
by J. Patrick Lewis (Creative Editions) subtitled "Praisongs for Black
Americans." Another is my own collection LIVES: POEMS ABOUT FAMOUS AMERICANS
(HarperCollins.) Included in the volumes are poems about Langston Hughes,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Sacajewea, Helen Keller,
etc.
I have used poetry in all grades to coincide with biographies.
Anyone else?
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Received on Mon 27 Nov 2000 11:57:46 AM CST
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:57:46 -0500
Mr. Hopkins post reminding us of poetry as an introduction to biography triggered a fond memory of one of my most successful booktalks for an elementary school. I had been requested to booktalk only non-fiction and not being a big non-fiction fan, I was struggling with this request but decided to hook each booktalk to an object in a huge bag I took to the class with me. On each object I attached a notecard with a poem that applied to the object and connected to one of the books I planned to booktalk (I admit that some of the connections were a stretch!). The students took turns picking an object and reading the poem, then I proceeded to booktalk the book.
Class participation, bizarre objects (such as a giant plastic spider), poetry, and non-fiction booktalks turned out to be a winning combination. (Of course, I also had the poetry books with me from which I had taken the poems and all books had been checked out to the classrooms for their use.)
Crystal Faris Youth Services Manager Nassau Library System 900 Jerusalem Ave.; Uniondale, NY 11553 516)2?20; cfaris at nassaulibrary.org www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/kidsmainpage.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Lbhcove at aol.com
To: Subscribers of ccbc-net
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Nonfiction in the Classroom
Does anyone use poetry to coincide with biography? Recently several books of
poems have appeared highlighting famous lives. One is FREEDOM LIKE SUNLIGHT
by J. Patrick Lewis (Creative Editions) subtitled "Praisongs for Black
Americans." Another is my own collection LIVES: POEMS ABOUT FAMOUS AMERICANS
(HarperCollins.) Included in the volumes are poems about Langston Hughes,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Sacajewea, Helen Keller,
etc.
I have used poetry in all grades to coincide with biographies.
Anyone else?
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Received on Mon 27 Nov 2000 11:57:46 AM CST
