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Second Reading: vocabulary in Context
After reading the poem to yourself, listen and follow along as the poem is read again aloud. Again, circle any additional words or allusions that you don’t know or that you think are important to your understanding of the poem.
Check your Understanding
Pair with another student, share your circled words, and discuss the meanings and effect of the words on your understanding of the entire poem. Choose two or three of the words you have examined that you think are important to your understanding of the poem. Use the words in a sentence or two that explains why these words contribute to your understanding.
Third Reading: Text-Dependent Questioning
Reread the poem a third time and respond to the questions that accompany it.
A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long
by Nikki Giovanni
(You never know what troubled little girl needs a book)
At a time when there was not tv before 3:00 P.M. And on Sunday none until 5:00
We sat on the front porches watching
The jfg sign go on and off greeting
5 The neighbors, discussion the political
Situation congratulating the preacher
On his sermon
There was always the radio which brought us
Songs from wlac in nashville and what we would now call
10 Easy listening or smooth jazz but when I listened
Late at night with my portable (that I was so proud of)
Tucked under my pillow
I heard nat king cole and matt dennis, june christy and ella fitzgerald
key ideas and deTails
What is the purpose of this parenthetical comment that Giovanni includes below the title? How does it affect your understanding of the poem?
key ideas and deTails
How does Giovanni use specific details to contrast her childhood world with her adult experience and perspective? How and why are these two perspectives different?
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