Seed 6 Day 1 _A Poem for My Librarian, Ms. Long_ Q2 week 7 language arts 6th grade

1. Warm-up Quick Poll Questions: • Do you like to read poetry? • Yes • No • Do you think understanding poetry is hard? • Yes • No EQ: How do relationships shape us? Provide background information for the above images. I Can: cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the poem says/ means (RL.6.1, RL.6.10)

2. Author/Poet, Nikki Giovanni READ ALOUD (Author Background) Nikki Giovanni, born 1943 calls herself a “Black American, a daughter, a mother, [and] a professor of English.” She is also the recipient of 25 honorary degrees, as well as an award-winning poet, writer, and activist who gives voice to issues of social justice and identity. In this poem, she adopts the persona of a “troubled little girl” in need of a book to demonstrate how reading can be a revolutionary act.

3. Answer the following questions as a class. (Go Back to the previous slide if necessary) • Why do you think the author calls herself “Black American instead of African American? • What is social justice? • What does revolutionary mean? Author/Poet, Nikki Giovanni Go to Study Sync and watch the introductory video for the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Ms. Long.” DISCUSS • What 2 words would you use to describe this video? • What kind of poem do you think you are about to read? How can you tell?

4. Your turn: 1. Read the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Ms. Long”in StudySync as a class. Remember to annotate the text for the following information... • Setting (Where does the story take place?) • Characters (Who are the characters in the story?) • Circle things the narrator likes to do. 2. Discuss the annotated items and then summarize the poem as a class. 3. Exit Ticket: Jamboard 4. Work on i-Ready Reading. (30 mins.)

5. Exit Ticket Answer the following question on the linked JamBoard https://jamboard.google.com/d/1AwaqUO0bmtE3rl19Fmil3iSJJOY6RWhT4bMS1HliSR8/viewer

6. CFA#7: A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesKw-GMgYiWNbUgrvL6cVFvWY4e0WGCX2E_yN9j_Td3ybl8g/viewform First Read: A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long https://apps.studysync.com/#!/auth/google/?assignmentId=5196378&isTest=false