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\nTeach This Poem: \"Tuesday 9/11/01\" by Lucille Clifton\n

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\nA photograph and a poem remind young people of the events of November 11, 2001. After examining Andrea Booher's photograph taken on September 13, 2001, and reading Lucille Clifton's poem \"Tuesday 9/11/01\", scholars compare their...\n
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\nWon't You Celebrate With Me: The Joy of Lucille Clifton\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of poetry through movement and song. They watch Lucille Clifton read her poem, and write their own poem.\n
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\nDream in Color — Middle School\n

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\nCelebrate diversity with a toolkit designed to inspire young poets to develop their own voices. After examining poems by African American poets, individuals craft their own poetic stories. The packet features poems by Gwendolyn Brooks,...\n
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\nFriendships and Differences\n

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\nYoung scholars complete a variety of activities related to the book \"My Friend Jacob\" by Lucille Clifton. They complete a graphic organizer web about friendship qualities, and participate in a discussion about friendship. In small...\n
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\nA Poem's Theme\n

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\nShow young poets how to use the main idea and voice to determine the theme of a poem. Model the steps using Listen Children. Lucille Clifton’s This Morning provides guided practice. Finally, class members use Nikki Giovanni’s...\n
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\nHomage to My Hips Questions\n

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\nIn this reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the poem \"homage to my hips.\"\n
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\nTuesdays with Morrie: K-W-H-L Strategy\n

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\nReaders of Tuesdays with Morrie are directed to use a K-W-H-L chart to record what they know, what they want to learn, how they will find information, and what they learned about a particular topic related to Mitch Albom's book.\n
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\nIn My Own Voice\n

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\nStudents engage in a language arts instructional activity in order to appreciate the study of names. They investigate the significance of a name to the owner. Students research the origins of their own name and state how it reflects...\n
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\nFamily Origins and American Cultural Pluralism\n

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\nStudents explore, analyze and discuss family origins, special legacies, and racial/cultural groups in literature and art that exposes them to positive examples in African-American history and culture. They encounter examples from dance,...\n
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\nPass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing\n

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\nStudents read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about...\n
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\nChildren of Long Ago\n

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\nStudents complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Children of Long Ago. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...\n
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\nWriting Anger\n

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\nLearners write about anger through poetry and introduce a productive way of dealing with unanswerable questions.\n
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\nNo Fears\n

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\nTwelfth graders imagine themselves living in a different world and attempt to see themselves in the world differently.\n
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\nWhat Smells?\n

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\nStudents read the poem \"Light\" together and then discuss how poetry can come from anywhere.\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: Poetry Everywhere: Won't You Celebrate With Me, by Lucille Clifton\n

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\nExplore themes of identity, race, and gender as contemporary poet Lucille Clifton reads her poem, \"won't you celebrate with me\" in this video segment from Poetry Everywhere. [0:45]\n
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\nPoetry Foundation: Lucille Clifton (1936 2010)\n

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\nBiographical information on the life and works of poet Lucille Clifton.\n
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\nGa Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet: Lucille Clifton\n

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\nThis lesson focuses on Lucille Clifton, her poetry, and her use of Biblical allusions. It features links to her biography, a Wikipedia article about Absalom, three of her poems: \"adam thinking,\" \"eve thinking,\" and \"oh absalom my son my...\n
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\nPoets.org: Homage to My Hips Audio by Lucille Clifton\n

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\nContains an audio recording of the poem \"homage to my hips\" by Lucille Clifton provided by the Academy of American Poets.\n
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\nLucille Clifton\n

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\nAn image of Lucille Clifton.\n
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\nPoets.org: Maryland Poets\n

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\nPoets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Maryland includes information on the poet laureate, Michael S. Glaser. Other sections include featured poets (Edgar Allan Poe and Lucille Clifton) and...\n
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\nPoetry Hunter: Adam Thinking\n

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\nThis site shares written and audio versions of the poem entitled \"Adam Thinking\" by Lucille Clifton. This poem describes a young man who has been devastated by a girl.\n
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\nUniversity at Buffalo: Lucille Clifton\n

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\nThis site from the University at Buffalo gives a page devoted to Clifton that offers an excerpt of her writing, a short biography & bibliography. Also includes photos of the author.\n
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