Toni Cade Bambara
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for "Blues Ain't no Mockin Bird" and other stories
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Biography and Background
Biography at Wikipedia.
Biography and bibliography.
Stories
How might students use storyboards to demonstrate and to extend their learning? Check the resources here. Students work with literary elements, dialect, conflict, more.
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Students use a graphic organizer to understand the relationship of characters, practice editing, and explore characterization through dialect. This 6-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.
Summary, related movies and TV shows, and 3 teaching ideas.
"Raymond's Run"
Comprehension questions, allusions, slang, literary analogies, conflict, character motivation, learning activities.