Book/Author WebQuest
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Go to the hyperlinked sites. Read the article or
early part of the story and then be prepared to answer questions.
1)
The home site for the author
and the book. Reviews of the Bronx Masquerade can be found here.
2)
A monthly online
poetry journal of student writing.
3)
A brief introduction to
the Harlem Renaissance as well as information about its key authors can be found
here.
4)
A high
school
slam poetry website complete with examples of student poetry.
5)
An article on slam
poetry in the
Bronx.
6)
Information on Langston Hughes, the
Harlem Renaissance author who inspired the first student to share his poetry in
Bronx Masquerade.
7)
Information and statistics on
teenage pregnancy, an issue more than one character explores in Bronx
Masquerade.
8)
Information on teenage dating violence, and
issue which one character in Bronx
Masquerade is dealing with.
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