Sara Medrano Per.

4 2/21/13 Black History month Graphic Organizer and Greeting Card

Questions 1. Name and address of the

website you found the poem on.

Answers http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bla ck-history-month/

2. What is the name of the Praise Song for the Day poem? 3. Who is the author of the Elizabeth Alexander poem?

4. Insert a picture of the author.

5. What does the title tell you about the poem? 6. Explain the first thing you notice about the poem? 7. Why did you select this poem? How did it interest or inspire you? 8. What mood did the poem
create in you after reading it?

It tells me that its a poem that praises a song. Its about people not talking to each other when we go to work or school. I selected the poem because I liked it because I liked the meaning of the poem. It interested me by the words in the title of the poem. It gave me the mood to talk to people I dont know.

Each day we go about our business, Walking past each other, catching each others eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, darning a hole in a uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need of repair. Someone is trying to make music somewhere, with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum, with cello, boom box, harmonica, voice. A woman and her son wait for the bus. A farmer considers the changing sky. A teacher says, Take out your pencils. Begin. We encounter each other in words, words spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed, Words to consider, reconsider.

Dear Mom,
This month is black history month. We need to celebrate it. Black History Month is celebrated in the month of February all over America. Carter G. Woodson, a historian and professor established the Negro History Week in 1926 to commemorate the efforts and hard work of African Americans to the American society. In 1976, the revelry was extended for the entire month and celebrated all over America. I selected this poem because I like the way the

Sara Medrano celebrating Black History