Langston Hughes: Poet and Dreamer 6-Pack

Learn about the life and career of Langston Hughes, an American writer, poet, and activist! This 6-Pack of nonfiction text cards is part of Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts, a collection curated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Each text in this collection builds literacy while engaging eighth grade students in meaningful cultural connections.

Langston Hughes: Poet and Dreamer explores what it means to discover who you want to be. This empowering nonfiction text allows students to see themselves in the materials they are studying, while the accompanying lesson and activities help develop literacy skills.

• Focuses on the theme Self-Identity
• Challenges students to consider how their interests can affect their lives
• Improves content-area literacy and vocabulary by defining unfamiliar words and terms
• Includes discussion questions, a writing prompt, and a creative activity

This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.