Book Detail

Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

Publication Information
Author:  Carson, Jo Illustrator:  
Title:  Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet Date:  1989
Publisher:  Orchard Books City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-531-05808-5 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
A collection of 49 poems, these vignettes of Appalachian life are funny, sad, moving, and silly. Not all of them are of great quality; teachers may want to pick and choose among them. The poem (on pg. 50) on abuse is powerful and likely to provoke good discussion.

Teaching Ideas:
Students may want to collect phrases, speech rhythms and patterns, and stories from a relative, and then write a poem about that person using his or her words. Teachers may use the poems to discuss dialect or to have students read them aloud in pairs. Some of these poems would fit well in a thematic unit on abuse, work, family, or rural life. It may be fun to pair this book with others set in Appalachia, like Lyon's Choices, Rylant's and Evans' Something Permanent, or Rylant's Appalachia: Voices of Sleeping Birds. This collection is likely to inspire students to write about their lives.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > cultures
bullet Family > family history
bullet Family > family violence
bullet Family > oral history
bullet Literature and Language > dialect
bullet Communities > rural > rural life
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > violence > domestic abuse
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Appalachia


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