Shimmy, Shimmy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate |
Publication Information
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Author: Giovanni, Nikki |
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Title: Shimmy, Shimmy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate |
Date: 1996 |
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: 0-8050-3494-3 |
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Young Adult:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
poetry, biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies| language arts - reading
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Summary: |
Noted author Nikki Giovanni has selected and comments on poems by some of the greatest African-American writers of this century. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers will probably want to use excerpts, perhaps reading aloud to all but higher level learners. Giovanni's notes serve to add historical and political context, which adds to interest. Bleich's Heuristic and (Write and Share)2 work well with poetry. Learners may want to write responses reacting to both Giovanni's strong voice and the poems themselves. Several biography projects may also be possible.
www.nku.edu/~diesmarj/harlem_intro.htm |
Teaching Strategies: |
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Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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