My People
Publication Information
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:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, photographic essay
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| language arts - writing| social studies
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:
Sketch to Stretch    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
Think-Pair-Share    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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