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Poetry Break 20

A poem that can be matched with a book of nonfiction (and include bibliographic citation for nonfiction book).

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The Whippoorwill Calls
by Beverly McLoughland
 
No one hears her
Coming
Through the woods
At night
For she is like
A whippoorwill
Moving through the trees
 On silent wings.
 
No one sees her
Hiding
In the woods
By day
For she is like
A whippoorwill
Blending into leaves
On the forest floor.
 
And one night
The whippoorwill calls
And the warm air
Carries the haunting sound
Across the fields
And into the small dark cabins.
 
And only the slaves know
It is Harriet.
 
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. L-I-V-E-S,  Poems About Famous Americans. New York:HarperCollins Publishers. 1999

Introduction
I think students will enjoy reading this  poem about Harriet Tubman.
Expansion
I would use this poem and story for students  in grade 4th -6th. Read the poem and see if the students can guess who it's about. As you read have the students write down facts about her. Next read the book Harriet Tubman by Bree Burns. It is the biography of the Afo-American women best known for her work with the underground railroad. Talk about what happened to Harriet . Why were we so hateful..
 
 
 

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Burns, Bree. 1992.Harriet Tubman. New York: Chelsea
     Junior. ISBN 0-791-101751-6.

Module 4 : Poetry Book Review

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