Roots and Blues
Publication Information
Author:  Adoff, Arnold	Illustrator:  R. Gregory Christie
Title:  Roots and Blues	Date:  2011
Publisher:  Clarion Books	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  ISBN 978-0-547-23554-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
Adoff uses a shaped speech style to create images of the birth of jazz and its rhythms of life in the South from ancestral drumbeats to sounds of everyday life and work.The unique poetry prances across the page making it as unique as the American form of music called the Blues.
Teaching Ideas:
Students should choose poems to Copy Change into original shaped speech poems. Share in poetry readings. Choral read. Echo read. Study and listen to some great music. Research some the the greats in blues music. Write some poetry that dances and prances. Compare and contrast with a study of other musical styles or African-American culture.
Teaching Strategies:
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
Fluency Activities    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
Helping Students in the Writing Process    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Reader's Theater    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Social Studies > anthropology > cultures Ethnic Groups > African-American Literature and Language > storytelling Music Music > jazz Music > musicians Music > blues Literature and Language > poetry

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