Black History Month Author Challenge

February 1-March 1 Black History Month Author Challenge Objective This month step outside of your comfort zone to read, celebrate and learn about Black authors!

Each week we will celebrate two authors and give challenges that honor the authors’ style

Each student that completes a challenge will have their name entered to win a gift card. There will be a weekly drawing! Week 1 Authors Langston Hughes and Jason Reynolds Click on each author picture and/or name to learn more about them

Langston Hughes Born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri

Jason Reynolds Born December 6, 1983 Washington, D.C. Jason Reynolds books available in Book Nook click on book to read summary https://www.poetryfoundation.org/video/145225/how-poetry-can-help- kids-turn-a-fear-of-literature-into-love Week 1 Challenges In honor of African American poets, such as Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, Rudy Francisco and Amanda Gorman

Challenge Choices Each challenge must be recorded or seen by Mrs. Davis

Memorize a poem by an African American poet

Write two poems

Read a collection of poems from an African American poet and write a paragraph about how it made you feel Poetry available in the Book Nook Hey Black Child by 3year old poet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlQbhj1ZiJk Questions

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