Texts & Media, ‘Me & My Monster’: 

 

Core Texts:

These are texts directly referenced and included in the lessons. 

Text Set:

Text Sets support all learners, especially those with background knowledge or vocabulary deficits, by building up these domains through a volume of reading on Science, Social Studies, and other high interest topics. You can learn more about building and using text sets here. 

The texts listed below have been pulled from readworks.org, newsela.org, El Education modules, and resources referenced in text sets from achievethecore.org based on their connection to the topics addressed in this lesson.  In addition, we have partnered with Lee & Low, the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States, to add to the text set and ensure that there are fiction and non-fiction selections that represent a diverse set of experiences. 

Texts listed are at a variety of reading levels and could be read aloud or printed/provided for students to read, depending on the needs of the readers in your classroom. These texts are not integrated into the lessons; they are an optional extension, and listed here as a reference for educators interested in building their student’s background knowledge around the project’s core topic.

ISBN/Website 

Title 

Author

Type

9781584302414

Cool Melons— Turn to Frogs! The Life and Poems of Issa

By Matthew Gollub

Illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone

Book/Poetry

9781620145876

Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou

By Bethany Hegedus

Illustrated by Tonya Engel

Book/biography

9781584302834

Love to Langston

By Tony Medina

Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Book/poetry

9781620143117

I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage

By Lee Bennett Hopkins

Book/poetry

9781620140277

Poems in the Attic

By Nikki Grimes

Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Book

9781600608926

Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas’ Sproutings

By Pat Mora

Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Book/poetry

9780892392025

Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems / Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno

By Francisco Alarcón

Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Book/poetry

9780892391981

Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems / Los Ángeles Andan en Bicicleta y otros poemas de otoñ

By Francisco Alarcón

Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Book/poetry

9780064409599

Love That Dog  

by Sharon Creech

Fiction/poetry/Book

0329708880

A River of Words 

by Jen Bryant 

Non-fiction/Biography/Book

9780763660918

A Voice of Her Own: The Story of

Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet

By  Katherine Lasky,

Non-fiction/Biography/Book

9780590418867

Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and

Rhymes from Latin America

By Jorge Argueta

Fiction/poems/book

9780763660703

Jump Back, Paul: The Life and

Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

By Sally Derby

Non-fiction/book

9780805091984

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

By Monica Brown

Non-fiction/book

0060271744

Moon, Have you Met My Mother? 

By Karla Kuskin

Fiction/poems/book

newsela.org

Kids find a voice in poetry and learn about writers that came before them

By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff

Non-fiction/article

newsela.org

Finding metaphors in hit songs and poems

By ThoughtCo.com, adapted by Newsela staff

Non-fiction/article

newsela.org

Cuban-America poet Margarita Engle revisits Cuba with her writing

By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff

Non-fiction/article 

newsela.org

Many Syrians who suffered through years of civil war turn pain into poetry

By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff

Non-fiction/article

newsela.org

New African-American history museum inspires new look at famous poem

By Smithsonian.com, adapted by Newsela staff

Non-fiction/article

 

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