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- Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  October 3
Gwendolyn Brooks published Bronzeville Boys and Girls in 1956.
After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  February 1
Langston Hughes was born in 1902.
Students examine the poem "Dreams" and identify metaphors in each sentence. Groups of students then compose poems with metaphors for dreams. - Classroom Resources | Grades 8 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  June 27
Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was born today in 1872.
Students read one of Dunbar's most famous poems and explore how critical excerpts shape their understanding. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  May 18
Raymond Carver was inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1988.
Students identify characteristics of Carver's work and compare them to other authors, as well as to literary minimalism. Students then write original poems or short stories in minimalist style.