Being and Unbeing:
A Study of Four Poets - Grade 12
The work of this unit centers on four very different sets of poems:
Three raps from The Tipping Point and How I Got Over, two albums from the rap group The Roots.
Five poems and prose poems from Sonia Sanchez’s book Homegirls and Handgrenades.
Fourteen poems by E. E. Cummings.
Four poems from Carolyn Forché’s The Country Between Us.
Table of Contents
Text Audio
Writing Tasks
Title: S-7: Interpretive Assignment #1: Being and Unbeing in The Roots
Session 7
Title: S-17: Interpretive Assignment #2: Being and Unbeing in E. E. Cummings
Session 17
Title: S-29: Interpretive Assignment #3: Being and Unbeing in Sonia Sanchez
Session 29
Title: S-38: Interpretive Assignment #4: Being in Unbeing in Carolyn Forché
Session 38
Title: S-42-43: The Retrospective Essay
Session 42-43
Charts for Discussion
Title: S-7: Small-Group Work: Problems and Solutions
Session 7
Title: S-8: Being and Unbeing in The Roots
Session 8
Title: S-8: During Interpretive Discussions …
Session 8
Title: S-14: Techniques Used By Cummings
Session 14
Title: S-18: Being and Unbeing in E. E. Cummings
Session 18
Title: S-21: Hip-Hop and E. E. Cummings: Similarities
Session 21
Title: S-30: Being and Unbeing in Sonia Sanchez
Session 30
Title: S-39: Being and Unbeing in Forché
Session 39