My People |
Publication Information
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Author: Hughes, Langston |
Illustrator: Smith, Charles R., Jr. |
Title: My People |
Date: 2009 |
Publisher: Antheneum |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 13:978-1-4169-3540-7 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
poetry, photographic essay
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading| language arts - writing| social studies
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Summary: |
Beautiful sepia-tone photographs illustrate Langston Hughes' poem "My People" |
Teaching Ideas: |
Read the poem aloud and have students illustrate what "my people" means to them. Discuss in think-pair-share the figurative language of the poem. Research Hughes' life. |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Sketch to Stretch
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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