13. Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

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​Gwendolyn Brooks and her typewriter

​The Pulitzer Prize is an award given for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters and music. It is recognized as the highest honor in print journalism.

Multiple Choice

According to the story, what prize did Gwendolyn Brooks win for her book, "Annie Allen"?

• Pulitzer Prize

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Booker Prize

• Emmy Award

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What was significant about Gwendolyn Brooks winning the Pulitzer Prize?

• People started buying more of Gwendolyn's poems

• She was the first black poet to win this prize

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Who helped Gwendolyn learn to read and write?

• Her grandma and grandpa

• Her mother and father

• Her brother and sister

• Her teacher

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Who did Gwendolyn send her work to?

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Langston Hughes

• Her grandmother

• Her teacher

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What were her books about?

• Bronzeville, an African American neighborhood in Chicago

• Her childhood

• America

• Children's poems

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How did Gwendolyn feel about reading poetry?

• It should be read by yourself

• She thinks you shouldn't read poetry

• She felt that it should be read out loud

Draw

Underline the places that Gwendolyn would read.

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What does injustice mean?

• Equality

• Unfair treatment

• Just a behavior or treatment

• Treat someone with respect

Open Ended

If you were to write poems about something that is important to you, what woukd you write about?

Open Ended

Gwendolyn Brooks often paid for the prizes she gave out for her contests, what does this tell you about her character?

Draw

Underline 3 pieces of text evidence that prove that Gwendolyn Brooks helped young poets.

Multiple Choice

What is the Authors purpose of this text?

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade