Hoop Queens
Publication Information
Author:  Smith Jr., Charles R.	Illustrator:
Title:  Hoop Queens	Date:  2003
Publisher:  Candlewick	City:  Cambridge, MA
ISBN, paperback:  0-7636-1422-X	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    short stories, poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
This is a collection of 12 poems about stars of the WNBA. An afterword explains how the poet found a focus for each poem by considering the woman's play.
Teaching Ideas:
The poems make wonderful performance reads, promoting fluency through repeated readings. Students can identify and classify the powerful verbs and visual images contained in the poems. Those who know the women's work might want to discuss/ write about the extent to which the poems capture the essence of the way these women play the game. Copy change using stars from other sports would be a natural extension. Pair with Hoop Kings by the same author.
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
Word Sorts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/word_sorts.pdf
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Literature and Language > figurative language Literature and Language > figurative language > imagery Social Studies > sociology > women Sports/Recreation > athletes Heroes and Heroines > ordinary people Sports/Recreation > basketball Literature and Language > poetry

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