May 6, 2020: Thoughtful poetry for all times…
Woodson, J. (2014). Brown Girl Dreaming. NY: Putnam
This is a book of poetry centering on the author’s life experiences growing up in Ohio. She remembers life as a child and applies these memories to her future.
There are two poems that I would like to cite:
- “every wish, one dream”
pages 313–314 - “it’ll be scary sometimes”
pages 13–14
“every wish, one dream” The first selection is about Woodson’s dream of becoming a writer. As many writers have, she has read much and remembered the themes, lines of stories and poems, and their life lessons. As I read the passage to you, think about her expression of her life’s goal.
“it’ll be scary sometimes” The second poem is about a memory from early life stories about family experiences from past generations...
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Megan
November 12, 2020
This is amazing and serendipitous.I am a teacher of the Deaf and hard of hearing (an itinerant) and I have a new Spanish speaking student that has to tackle “brown girl dreaming”
I mention tackle because she has a profound hearing loss, is not proficient in English, and is reading on a 1st grade level.
As her itinerant; I really want to help her understand and find meaning in this book as I work with her one on one outside of her regular English class.
Which of your books should I start with to guide me? The grammar packet?
Please help.
Was looking up mindwing recommended from a friend and was so surprised to see “brown girl dreaming”
Thank you!