The poems used in this unit have been placed on file at the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Office.
In preparing the unit, I read the books of poetry listed below. Please go through them for poems your students would like.
Nikki Giovanni:
ego-tripping
. New York: Lawrence Hill and Company, 1973.
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My House
. New York: Quill, 1983.
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Spin a Soft Black Song
. New York: Hill and Wang, 1971.
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Vacation Time
. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980.
Eve Merriam:
Catch a Little Rhyme
. New York: Atheneum, 1966.
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Finding a Poem
. New York: Atheneum, 1970.
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It Doesn’t Always Have to Rhyme
. New York: Atheneum, 1964.
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Jamboree
. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1984.
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Out Loud
. New York: Atheneum, 1973.
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Rainbow Writing
. New York: Atheneum, 1976.
Other Resources:
First Choice
:
Poets and Poetry
(Filmstrips about Nikki Giovanni and Eve Merriam available from Pied Piper Productions, Verdugo City, California).