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Wednesday 2/29/12

Wednesday 2/29/12. Needed on Desk: Agenda 1 sheet of paper Pencil Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Journal Class To Do List: Review Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Journal Author Study Gwendolyn Brooks Read and analyze “We Real Cool” Partner Poem with ad mimicking Brooks. Gwendolyn Brooks.

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Wednesday 2/29/12

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  1. Wednesday 2/29/12 Needed on Desk: Agenda 1 sheet of paper Pencil Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Journal Class To Do List: Review Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Journal Author Study Gwendolyn Brooks Read and analyze “We Real Cool” Partner Poem with ad mimicking Brooks

  2. Gwendolyn Brooks • 1917-2000 • The first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry • Best known for her poetic descriptions of African American city life on the South Side of Chicago. • In 1968 she was named Poet Laureate for the state of Illinois, and from 1985-86 she was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

  3. What is cool? • Think of what makes someone cool? • Do you have to be in a group? • What is the setting? • What might you hear?

  4. “We Real Cool” • Listen to Brooks read “We Real Cool” & fill in graphic organizer. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15433

  5. THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

  6. THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

  7. The Practice Assignment:Completed by another class • Use Brooks’ framework and the characters in the ad in writing your own “We Real Cool” poem that includes a group of speakers, a setting, and an element of sound. • Class example from an Oreo ad We Real Cool. We are in elementary school. We eat cookies on good days. We sit on the stairs like mama says. We crunch our cookies. We munch with milk.

  8. Example written by another class: We Real Cool. We are in elementary school. We eat cookies on good days. We sit on the stairs like mama says. We crunch our cookies. We munch with milk.

  9. Assignment • Use Brooks’ framework and the characters in the ad in writing your own “We Real Cool” poem that includes a group of speakers, a setting, and an element of sound. • Volunteers will share their “Cool” poem Thursday. The class will record details onto the graphic organizer and guess which ad your poem is referring to.

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