8.++Books+with+Beat+(4th+Q)

Books with Beat  //Featuring a Student and Staff Poetry Contest // During the fourth quarter, just in time for National Poetry Month, students will be exposed to all kinds of books with poetry in them. Upon entering the library, students will see a bulletin board and an eye catching display featuring books of poetry. Students can also read reviews of many of the featured books on //[|Shelfari]//. Students will get to experience book talks in their Language Arts classes that promote several of the books listed at the bottom of this page. Students and staff will have an opportunity to enter a poetry contest. Poems can be about any school appropriate subject but must be submitted using a web 2.0 tool and in plain paper form as well (credit goes to Cindy Gulden, Library Media Specialist at THS for this idea!) The winning poem will be featured on the library web page and on the school news cast. All entries will be displayed on a bulletin board in the library.

A special book talk will be given to English Classes using the books mentioned below. Special attention will be given to //Bronx Masquerade// by Nikki Grimes. The book talk that I plan to use can be found [|here on my blog].

Featured Books (More will need to be added): 1. //Bronx Masquerade// by Nikki Grimes 2. //Blue Lipstick// by John Grandits 3. //Poetry Speaks Who I am// edited by Elise Paschen 4. //You Hear Me? Poems and Writings by Teenage Boys// edited by Betsy Franco 5. //Locomotion// by Jacqueline Woodson 6. //Cool Salsa// by Lori Carlson 7. //Reflections on the Gift of Watermelon// Pickle edited by numerous 8. Collected works of various poets (E.E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, etc.)

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