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Goal

“We are striving to forge a union with purpose,
to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters, and
conditions of man.” - Amanda Gorman

Young people like my middle school students are the voices of the next generation. The Florida Sunshine state standard ELA.8.R.1.4 addresses the poetic literary art form by asking the students to Analyze structure, sound, imagery, and figurative language in poetry. Poetry has been hidden in plain sight for a long time. It helps express images and emotions in different formats.

The goal of this grant is to provide an engaging, high interest display of books containing poems my students gravitate to check out and additional books to replenish the display. The display will be used during April’s poetry month, during the lesson plan for the sunshine standard and selected books will be used during other months such as black history month, Hispanic heritage month and women’s history month. The books cover anything and everything from girl power, embracing your inheritance, encouraging changes in the world and believing in yourself. 

What will be done with my students

April is the national poetry month. The media center celebrates by providing a display of books that showcases different aspects of poetry to invoke interest in the pure charm of poetry. Poetry is created in all cultures and therefore has various different formats such as free verse poems and haikus.

The books represent different aspects of world culture. Poems are filled with unique details of the world my students live in. Some are a collection of poems from over 68 countries, some represent up and coming artists, some touch on hard subjects such as immigration. What those books all have in common is to introduce young minds to diversity and inspire them to express their feelings through poetry.

The media center is a hub for students and teachers to come and cover lessons for example for covering poetic literacy in 8th grade Language Arts standard. These books will come in handy for years to come. 

Benefits to my students

The expected outcome is an engaging display of poetry that creates thought provoking questions about the place poetry has as a written literacy art form. The books are of high interest to middle school students and will increase the circulation of poetry by 10%.  

Budget Narrative

If granted, the display will include the following books.

19 varieties of gazelle : poems of the Middle East -- Nye, Naomi Shihab $16
Ain't burned all the bright -- Reynolds, Jason $37
Amanda Gorman -- Borgert-Spaniol, Megan $66
And we rise : the Civil Rights Movement in poems -- Martin, Erica $18
Black girl magic -- Browne, Mahogany L $33
Blue lipstick : concrete poems -- Grandits, John $30
Call us what we carry : poems -- Gorman, Amanda $46
La colina que ascendemos : un poema inaugural -- Gorman, Amanda $16
Cool salsa : bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States $37
Dreams from many rivers : a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems -- Engle, Margarita $19
Heroes and she-roes : poems of amazing and everyday heroes -- Lewis, J. Patrick $17
The hill we climb : an inaugural poem for the country -- Gorman, Amanda $30
I am me : teen artists and writers speak out on being yourself $18
Inheritance : a visual poem -- Acevedo, Elizabeth $16
Ink knows no borders : poems of the immigrant and refugee experience $45
My shouting, shattered, whispering voice : a guide to writing poetry & speaking your truth -- Vecchione, Patrice $48
One last word : wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance -- Grimes, Nikki $18
Origami and poetry : inspired by nature -- Robin, Clover $30
Poems to see by : a comic artist interprets great poetry -- Peters, Julian [ $24
Poetry matters : writing a poem from the inside out -- Fletcher, Ralph J $30
Poetry speaks who I am $19
Pure Poetry Series $88
Read, recite, and write cinquains -- Macken, JoAnn Early $17
Read, recite, and write concrete poems -- Macken, JoAnn Early [ $17
Read, recite, and write free verse poems -- Macken, JoAnn Early $17
Read, recite, and write haiku -- Macken, JoAnn Early $17
Read, recite, and write list poems -- Macken, JoAnn Early $17
Read, recite, and write narrative poems -- Macken, JoAnn Early [ $17
Swimming upstream : middle school poems -- George, Kristine O'Connell $45
Technically, it's not my fault : concrete poems -- Grandits, John $30
This same sky : a collection of poems from around the world $48
Wet cement : a mix of concrete poems -- Raczka, Bob $44
You don't have to be everything : poems for girls becoming themselves $39 

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