| Sing the Sun Up: Creative Writing Ideas from African American Literature Contributor(s): Thomas, Lorenzo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0915924544 ISBN-13: 9780915924547 Publisher: Teachers & Writers Collaborative OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: In Sing the Sun Up, 20 teaching writers present practical ideas and methods for motivating students to write imaginatively, inspired by African American poetry, fiction, essays, and drama. Among the many authors discussed are James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Jean Toomer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Literary Criticism | American - African American |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| LCCN: 97042310 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.06" W x 8.98" (0.72 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Teachers of English literature, music and multicultural studies will find this to be an invaluable source for supplementary reading and writing lessons on personal narrative, history, drama and poetry. Diverse methods of inspiring students to write through readings of African American literature--from all over the Americas--include exercises using the poetry of Nobel laureate Derek Wolcott, Aimee Cesare, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Rita Dove, Bob Kaufman, Nikki Giovanni, and Langston Hughes. Exercises stressing the musical influence on jazz and blues poetry, and the resultant use of lyric poetic devices, also fortify this collection. Included are student samples, a select bibliography, and a brief discography. |