Southeast Delco School District

Continuity of Education and Planned Instruction

April 27th – May 1st

Content:

ELA

Grade Level

Seventh (7th) Grade

Teachers: Team members: Danielle Sapienza, Alice Furey, Brenn Basile, Gretchen Simonds, Dominique Hubert, Rachel Strunk, Megan Shell, Theodore Roth

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Resources: Collections book Paper, pen or pencil, documents from school website

Resources: Collections book Paper, pen or pencil, documents from school website

Resources: Collections book Paper, pen or pencil, documents from school website

Resources: Collections book Paper, pen or pencil, documents from school website

Resources: Collections book Paper, pen or pencil, documents from school website

Using the packet below this template and the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long,” (Collections page 321), complete the following tasks: Read study terms below and then read poem once through. After,

rereading the poem, fill in the allusion chart.

Using the packet below this template and the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long,” (Collections page 321), complete the following tasks: Answer 5 of the 7 Close Read Questions. Remember to restate question, answer it, cite evidence, and explain how your evidence connects to your answer.

Using the packet below this template and the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long,” (Collections page 321), complete the following tasks: Performance Task page 325: Think back to an experience or a connection with someone who acted generously to you. Complete a free write about your memory- noting phrases, sentences, quotes or anything else about the experience.

Using the packet below this template and the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long,” (Collections page 321), complete the following tasks:

Performance Task page 325: Think back to an experience or a connection with someone who acted generously to you. Complete a free write about your memory- noting phrases, sentences, quotes or anything else about the experience.

Using the packet below this template and the poem, “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long,” (Collections page 321), complete the following tasks: Complete attached grammar lessons on Verbal Phrases and Participial Phrases

A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long (You Never Know What Troubled Little Girl Needs a Book) by Nikki Giovanni 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(1) sign go on and off greeting The neighbors, discussing 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 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 And sometimes sarah vaughan sing black coffee Which I now drink It was just called music There was a bookstore uptown on gay street Which I visited and inhaled that wonderful odor Of new books Even today I read hardcover as a preference paperback only As a last resort And up the hill on vine street (The main black corridor) sat our carnegie library (2) Mrs. Long always glad to see you The stereoscope(3) always ready to show you faraway Places to dream about Mrs. Long asking what are you looking for today When I wanted Leaves of Grass or alfred north whitehead She would go to the big library uptown and I now know Hat in hand to ask to borrow so that I might borrow Probably they said something humiliating since southern Whites like to humiliate southern blacks

But she nonetheless brought the books Back and I held them to my chest Close to my heart And happily skipped back to grandmother’s house Where I would sit on the front porch In a gray glider and dream of a world Far away I love the world where I was I was safe and warm and grandmother gave me neck kisses When I was on my way to bed But there was a world Somewhere Out there And Mrs. Long opened that wardrobe But no lions or witches (4) scared me I went through Knowing there would be Spring

7th Grade ELA

Read aloud link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw9JO9kjl5A&app=desktop

Poem Footnotes:

(1) jfg: a brand of coffee that was popular in Tennesse; an old electronically lit sign for this was a famous landmark in Knoxville, TN

(2) Carnegie library: a library built with money donated by businessman Andrew Carnegie (3) Stereoscope: an optical instrument with two eyepieces use to create a 3D effect

when looking at 2 photographs of the same scene (4) Wardrobe…lions or witches: refers to The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.

Lewis. In the book, the characters visit a make-believe land called Narnia via the wardrobe, or closet, in a spare room.

STUDY TERMS:

Style: the particular way in which a poet or author writes. Style can be formal, whimsical, humorous,

flowery, or plain

Free verse: irregular rhythm and rhyme and language that flows like everyday speech.

Theme: a message about life or human nature that a writer shares with the reader

Allusion: a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature

Idiom: an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words.

Symbol: a person, place, object, animal, or activity that stands for something beyond itself

ALLUSION CHART

Allusion What it References Meaning in Poem

Jfg

Carnegie library

vine street

opened that wardrobe

Collections Grade 7 Guiding Questions

Collection 6- Pick 5 questions to answer.

“A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” by Nikki Giovanni

Read the poem “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” by Nikki Giovanni. Then, reread the lines

indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence.

1. Title: Explain how the title might reveal the poem’s theme.

2. Lines 1–7: What elements of style are in these lines?

3. Lines 8–17: Explain what the allusions reveal about the young Nikki Giovanni.

4. Lines 28–33: What idiom is in these lines? Explain its meaning in the poem.

5. Lines 34–40: What do these lines reveal about the poem’s theme?

6. Lines 41–51: How do the line lengths and stanzas contribute to the poem’s meaning?

7. Lines 44–51: Analyze these lines and identify the symbol. What is the symbol, and what does it mean?

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